When the Scottish Place-Name Society was founded, following an inaugural meeting at St Andrews in 1996, one of its objectives was to establish a Survey of Scottish Place-Names. Much progress has been made in pursuit of that goal over the … Continue reading “RECOVERING THE EARLIEST ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SCOTLAND (REELS) (Carole Hough)” →
Glen Girnaig in Blair Atholl, more of a strath than a typical glen, is almost totally depopulated, but as is plain on the ground or from satellite imagery once supported a substantial population. 18th century estate records show that this … Continue reading “Glen Girnaig in Blair Atholl” →
Scottish Place-Name Society Comann Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba DAY CONFERENCE AND AGM Saturday, 5th May 2018 Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 78 George Street, Perth, PH1 5LB CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A PRINTABLE BOOKING FORM (SEE ABSTRACTS BELOW) 1015 – 1045 … Continue reading “DAY CONFERENCE & AGM, 5 MAY 2018, PERTH” →
Scottish Place-Name Society Comann Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba Joint Conference with Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland November 4th 2017 Mitchell Library, Glasgow 1030 Registration * Session 1: 1100 Irene O’Brien: Glasgow City Archives – sources for … Continue reading “DAY CONFERENCE, 4 NOVEMBER 2017, GLASGOW” →
Day conference and AGM – Saturday 6th May 2017 Scottish Borders Campus, Nether Rd, Galashiels TD1 3HE 1045–1120 Registration and tea/coffee 1120–1200 Bill Patterson: Names from Hunting Landscapes 1200–1230 Leonie Dunlop: Boats, Bridges and Barricades: Some ways water changes our … Continue reading “Day conference and AGM, May 6, Galashiels” →
The narrow flat-topped sea-stack separated by shear drops from the rugged Bowdun Head between Stonehaven and Dunnottar castle is known as Dunnicaer, with other spellings including Dun-na-caer. It has intrigued antiquarians and archaeologists since incised stones with patterns resembling well-known … Continue reading “Dunnicaer” →
On 14th December 2013 the death occurred of Professor Geoffrey Barrow at his home in Edinburgh at the age of 89. His qualities and achievements as one of the greatest of all Scottish medieval historians have been justly praised and … Continue reading “G. W. S. BARROW, Honorary Preses of SPNS – A toponymic tribute by Simon Taylor” →
