Glen Doll
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” →
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The Trouble with OUTH: Defining a boundary in medieval Fife – Simon Taylor
(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: A WALK AMONG THE PLACE-NAMES AND FIANNSCAPE OF EASTERN PERTHSHIRE AND STRATHARDLE (PETER MCNIVEN)
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 AND THE PLACE-NAMES OF Y GODODDIN (Kelly A. Kilpatrick)
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)” →
Eag Dhubh na h-Èigheachd
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” →
AN ONLINE RESOURCE FOR BERWICKSHIRE PLACE-NAMES (Carole Hough)
An article in the Autumn 2017 issue of this Newsletter outlined the Leverhulme-funded REELS project (‘Recovering the Earliest English Language in Scotland: evidence from place-names’), and explained that one of the main outputs would be an online … Continue reading “AN ONLINE RESOURCE FOR BERWICKSHIRE PLACE-NAMES (Carole Hough)” →
PLACES AND LANDSCAPES OF POWER: ‘COMPARATIVE KINGSHIP: THE EARLY MEDIEVAL KINGDOMS OF NORTHERN BRITAIN AND IRELAND’ (Nicholas Evans)
This paper at the Perth conference was an introduction to the five-year Leverhulme Trust funded ‘Comparative Kingship: the early medieval Kingdoms of Northern Britain and Ireland’ project led by Dr Gordon Noble in the Archaeology department of the University of … Continue reading “PLACES AND LANDSCAPES OF POWER: ‘COMPARATIVE KINGSHIP: THE EARLY MEDIEVAL KINGDOMS OF NORTHERN BRITAIN AND IRELAND’ (Nicholas Evans)” →