Things have really moved on since my last post about The Tinkers’ Heart. On July 30th 2015 the Tinker’s Heart was officially placed on the scheduled monuments of Scotland, meaning it is now a protected historical site.
From the campaign, lifelong friendships have been forged and we have formed a group: HOTT (Heart of the Travellers) a registered charity working to preserve and promote all things ‘Traveller’ and their part in Scotland’s story. To this end, we produce a magazine that explores and celebrates the part all people play in our own story. The magazine is free to download and can be found here: HOTT Magazine
The Tinkers’ Heart sits about 80m from the new main road at Ardno Farm on the A844 around 2 miles from the A83 junction. It’s very easy to miss when travelling by car, particularly given the lack of safe places to park at present. However, it’s really good news that Argyll and Bute Council will be erecting a sign and opening an old layby for visitor parking and I think the plan is to have these in place by Easter 2016.
And the Heart now has its own song. Poet, Rolf Campbell; and musician, Jeff Jeffrey, created a beautiful, haunting song in honour of this sacred place.
Jeff Jeffrey, Jess Smith and Rolf Campbell at the first public performance of the Tinkers’ Heart Song.
The song had its first live performance at the Artizan Gallery, Dumbarton on February 11th. It will also be performed at the Coach house, Cairndow, at Easter. Tinkers’ Heart Song
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