The Place-Names of Berwickshire vol.1 – Vol. IX of The Survey of Scottish Place-Names – Simon Taylor and Eila Williamson with Carole Hough

We are pleased to announce that the latest volume of the Survey of Scottish Place-Names has now been published:  Simon Taylor and Eila Williamson with Carole Hough, The Place-Names of Berwickshire. Volume One. The Border Parishes. (Vol. IX of The Survey of Scottish Place-Names) Donington: … Continue reading “The Place-Names of Berwickshire vol.1 – Vol. IX of The Survey of Scottish Place-Names – Simon Taylor and Eila Williamson with Carole Hough”

Lecture – Michael Ansell – “Revealing the Gaelic mountain-names of the Galloway Highlands”

Comann Rìoghail Ceilteach Royal Celtic Society http://www.royalcelticsociety.scot On Thursday the 3rd of November at 7:30pm (GMT/UTC) Michael Ansell will present “Revealing the Gaelic mountain-names of the Galloway Highlands” an unravelling of the underlying Gaelic landscape in Galloway. Synopsis: Galloway resembles parts … Continue reading “Lecture – Michael Ansell – “Revealing the Gaelic mountain-names of the Galloway Highlands””