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Traditional Skills Training for Building Contractors

Stirling City Heritage Trust is committed to supporting projects and initiatives to improve traditional skills.
We offer training for building contractors looking to develop their traditional building skills.

Lead Skills Training Courses for contractors
Autumn/Winter 2019. Dates to be confirmed. Two 3-day courses available: Leadwork Bossing and Forming & Lead Welding. Check your eligibility.

Mortar and Masonry Skills Training 2019
Gain SQA National Units 1, 2 & 3 in Conservation Masonry in this five day intensive workshop with the Lime Centre Trust.

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Robert Burn’s First Trip to Stirling

25 January 2021

Here at SCHT we are celebrating Burn’s Night on the 25th January by looking back and learning about Robert Burn’s first visit to Stirling in 1787. On his way up to Inverness… Read more

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A Future in Traditional Skills

26 November 2020

This year has been tough for everyone, but most would agree that the impact on young people has been significant. With schools closed, exams cancelled, restrictions on meeting with friends, and a… Read more

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Stirling’s Witches

27 October 2020

In early modern Scotland witches and witchfinding became something of a national obsession. Between 4,000 and 6,000 people were tried for witchcraft in this period, but the number of people executed is… Read more

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Stirling’s Ancient Wells

Wells were an important focal point in pre-Christian Scotland. Rivers, streams and wells were associated with deities and water itself was linked with life, and was often assumed to have healing… Read more

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An architecture student’s take on the City Of Stirling

28 September 2020

Student Internship 2020 SCHT was pleased to offer a 1-month placement for an architecture student in August 2020 through The Robertson Trust who are our landlords at The Barracks. They support students… Read more

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Online Learning

Learning from home has never been more accessible. The coronavirus pandemic has meant that many of us have had to move a lot of our work to online platforms; but whilst this… Read more

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