Playfair’s Temple
To play this short film please click here. Filmed : ‘The Glen’, Scottish Borders, April 2026. Remembering: Charles and Henry Tennant
Tag: Scottish Borders
She makes mountains transparent
To play this short film please click here or on the image above. This film is for Sian. Filmed at Kirnie Law reservoir, Scottish Borders, April 2026. Music credit: ‘The … Continue reading She makes mountains transparent
Land of Hope
Winterhopeburn, Scottish Borders: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. This film is for James Nicol Hogg [1897-1911] and his family. Music credit: Julie … Continue reading Land of Hope
Friends called her Art
Towards the end of last year I ventured to SEEFEW. I did so in remembrance of Elizabeth Hall, who died there a month short of her 16th birthday: To watch a … Continue reading Friends called her Art
One of the quietest of men
Ordnance Survey Book entry, 1859, for Castleton burial ground, Scottish Borders. Index card for St Martin’s Church [site of]: Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser, 2 March 1887: The Late Mr Hardie … Continue reading One of the quietest of men
Plough Hotel
To learn about an old family of the Plough Hotel, Yetholm, Scottish Borders, please click on the photograph below:
A shepherd lost in the snow
In Hownam churchyard, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders, is this poignant tombstone: 23 December 1874, Edinburgh Evening News: 26 December 1874, Teviotdale Record and Jedburgh Advertiser: Blindburn steading: 13 January 1875, The … Continue reading A shepherd lost in the snow
The Capon Tree
Last month we visited the Capon Tree, near Jedburgh, Scottish Borders. To learn more about the survivors of the ancient Jed Forest please click here.