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By Hole Ousia Posted on November 20, 2020November 20, 2020

‘Was exceedingly grand and terrific’

I came across this sketch of Rawyards Cotton Mill, Airdrie in the SCRAN archives. The way the sketch has been drawn, and the pattern of the windows, reminded me of … Continue reading ‘Was exceedingly grand and terrific’

Categories: Architecture, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 1839, 600000 tonnes of Pig Iron, Airdrie, AIRDRIE COTTON WORKS DESTROYED BY FIRE, Airdrie Mills, Antiquary, archive, as exceedingly grand and terrific, Ayrshire, Brick works, broken leg, Cotton Mill, Dalmellington, destroyed, destroyed by fire, Doon Valley, Dunaskin, fire, Holdsworth, Hole Ousia, Ian Collins, Iron works, Mill, newspaper, Omphalos, Omphalos films, one sheet of vivid light, Pattern language, Peter Gordon, Peter J Gordon, pig iron, Rawyards, rawyards cotton mill, rebel antiquary, sampler, Scotland, SCRAN, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, to terrify and destroy, two boys, volcano

By Hole Ousia Posted on September 11, 2020

In the middle of the Yew

My fascination with Yew trees has neither a beginning nor an end.

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By Hole Ousia Posted on June 29, 2020June 29, 2020

Argaty Photograph Album

Strirling Council Archives have kindly made open to all, photographs from Argaty estate, that were taken in the 1920s: After a fire in April 2011, Argaty House was left as … Continue reading Argaty Photograph Album

Categories: Architecture, Family history, gardens, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: a modern ruin, abandoned, Antiquary, April 2011, Argaty, Argaty Estate, Argaty House, Doune, fire, Glared like an irritated owl, Hole Ousia, Kilmadock, Kites, Modern Ruin, Ompahlos films, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Peter J Gordon, photograph album, rebel antiquary, Red kites, Robert Lorimer, roofless, ruin, ruins, Social maverick, St Peter's Seminary, Stirling Council Archive, Stirling Council Archives, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, time passes listen, Wilfrid Gibson

By Hole Ousia Posted on March 25, 2020March 26, 2020

A9 dualling: additional information

The A9 is currently undergoing work to dual the stretch between Luncarty and the Pass of Birnam. If you are heading north on Scotland’s trunk road let your imagination recreate … Continue reading A9 dualling: additional information

Categories: Architecture, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 1745, A9, Antiquary, Auchtergaven, Birnam, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Demolished, Drummond, dual, dualism, fire, Hole Ousia, House of Nairne, Jacobite, Luncarty, Nairne, Perthshire, Peter Gordon, rebel antiquary, Rebellion, Scotland, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Bell tree, The Rebel Antiquary

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