Jock’s grave
Ordnance Survey Book, Skene parish, Aberdeenshire: Ordnance Survey Book [First Edition OS maps]: ‘This is the Site of where a Wooden Coffin was found in trenching the field about 12 … Continue reading Jock’s grave
Tag: Aberdeenshire
Blackwater lodge ‘it seems to symbolise’
This was ‘Picture of the Day‘ in the Herald, 19 November 2025. Some years ago I made a series of films on the Cabrach including one on Blackwater Shooting Lodge: … Continue reading Blackwater lodge ‘it seems to symbolise’
Garmond
A most incomplete timeline of archive material relating to Garmond village, Monquhitter Parish, Aberdeenshire. 1870 Ordnance Survey map: 1870 Ordnance Book description: 29 January 1881, Press & Journal: 25 October … Continue reading Garmond
Tall Ships boost for Aberdeen
On the last Saturday of July 2025 we took the train to Aberdeen to see the Tall Ships. We had a wonderful day. The last time we saw the Tall … Continue reading Tall Ships boost for Aberdeen
Diary of a whaling voyage
In the Trove archive ‘the key to Scotland’s past‘ is a diary of a whaling journal. Trove provides this introduction to the diary: ‘Whaling was very important in the 18C … Continue reading Diary of a whaling voyage
A friend to friendship itself: Davie Glen
David Rioch Glen, 1909-1978. Sadly, I never met Davie [Davy] Glen but I heard some wonderful tales about him when I was researching the history of Jock’s Road, Glen Doll. … Continue reading A friend to friendship itself: Davie Glen
The Poet’s House
The Poet’s House, Burngrains, Alvah, Banffshire. “The black and white photograph shows a two storeyed nineteenth century house with dormer windows to the front. The house is built of stone … Continue reading The Poet’s House
The Corsegight Hermit
A timeline : Robert William Ironside [born Barrack, 1825 – died Paradise Cottage, Corsegight, 1896]: 1 October 1853, Poor Law Register: 19 April 1870, Banffshire Journal: 1870 Ordnance Survey: 27 … Continue reading The Corsegight Hermit