Hello to all our members and supporters! In the light of Covid-19, like everyone else, the SPNS is making some adaptations. Our AGM was held ‘virtually’ on 2 May, and committee meetings are temporarily being held via Zoom. This has … Continue reading “SPNS Committee News – June 2020” →
‘The Cobbler’, or Ben Arthur (884 metres), a favourite weekend destination for hillwalkers living in and around Glasgow. It is one of the ‘Arrochar Alps’ to the west and north-west of Loch Long, puny in height compared with the continental … Continue reading “‘The Cobbler’ (Ben Arthur)” →
In Glen Doll, Angus, beside the White Water, a tributary of the South Esk. In his book on the names of The Glens of Angus, the late David Dorward noted that the name Glen Doll did not seem ancient. Although … Continue reading “Glen Doll” →
(from Newsletter23, Autumn 2007) This is an extract from a paper entitled ‘Marches and Coldrain: exploring the place-names of boundaries and assembly sites in east central Scotland’, which Simon Taylor gave at the Mary Higham Memorial Day Conference held at … Continue reading “The Trouble with OUTH: Defining a boundary in medieval Fife – Simon Taylor” →
The Cateran Trail is a long-distance foot-path which begins in Blairgowrie and then takes in Strathardle before heading over the hills to Spittal of Glenshee and then on to Alyth via Kirkton of Glenisla. I was asked by Cateran Commonwealth, … Continue reading “THE CATERAN TRAIL: A WALK AMONG THE PLACE-NAMES AND FIANNSCAPE OF EASTERN PERTHSHIRE AND STRATHARDLE (PETER MCNIVEN)” →
The Llyfr Aneirin (henceforth LA), now housed in the National Library of Wales (Cardiff MS 2.81), is one of the most celebrated but controversial collections of early Welsh poetry. LA contains the famous elegies collectively referred to as Y Gododdin, four interpolations and four gorchanau. Y Gododdin is the … Continue reading “THE LLYFR ANEIRIN AND THE PLACE-NAMES OF Y GODODDIN (Kelly A. Kilpatrick)” →
Black Cleft of the Shouting. The site of a spectacular rock avalanche on Beinn Alligin, Torridon, estimated to have occurred four thousand years ago. It was believed by some to be haunted, probably due to the magnificent echo. The massive … Continue reading “Eag Dhubh na h-Èigheachd” →
