Falcon House
Last month, with a friend, I was exploring an area of the river Avon south of Boness. Having looked closely at the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1854 I … Continue reading Falcon House
Tag: Ordnance Survey
Bairnsburn
Bairnsburn, Keir: Ordnance Survey Book, circa 1858: October 1899: February 1918: August 1963: September 1963: February 1964:
The Lady’s Walk
Ordnance Survey book, Kilmarnock [mid-18c]: Text of the OS entry: “The remains of an Old Winding Avenue which formerly extended to the Kilmarnock House (now used as the Ragged School) … Continue reading The Lady’s Walk
A human heart pierced by three nails
Little remains of Ardestie castle, near Monifieth. Here it is marked on Roy’s Military map [mid-18c]: The Ordnance Survey book [mid-19c] states of Ardestie: This Ordnance Survey map is from … Continue reading A human heart pierced by three nails
Anger my heart
The original ordnance survey book of Scotland has the following entry: for the parish of Bunkle in Berwickshire: This natural feature is described as “A large basaltic Rock or cliff … Continue reading Anger my heart
A valuable medical discovery
I was born and raised in Edinburgh and used to fish the Water of Leith with my friends and we bought our fishing tackle and bait from a shop in … Continue reading A valuable medical discovery
a sculpture on the theme of loss
In the CANMORE archive I came across an old photograph of a sculpture. It seemed to me to be the very expression of sadness. The photograph was taken by John … Continue reading a sculpture on the theme of loss
On the way to Fairy Hill
[Photograph taken by UNKNOWN in the year of 1894]