Barran
Barran croft, Dalmally, Argyll: 1870 Ordnance Survey map: 9 June 1881, Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser: 30 July 1881, Oban Times and Argyllshire Advertiser: 3 August 1907, The Scotsman: Undated:
Tag: shepherds
Batavaim
27 September 1911, The Scotsman:
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
Craigroy [do you think memories are made of atoms too?]
Last week I visited Craigroy on the Altyre Estate. My great-great-grandparents, John Gordon and Euphemia Ferguson, raised their family here before moving to Cothall. More than 30 years ago my … Continue reading Craigroy [do you think memories are made of atoms too?]
Cothall
140 years ago, Cothall, on the Altyre Estate, was home to four families. It is my understanding (going by the census returns and the window counts therein) that in the … Continue reading Cothall
Auld friends and visitors
I recently shared a film that I made at what little remains of Craighall Castle, Fife. I had long wanted to visit the castle as it was featured in “Fife … Continue reading Auld friends and visitors
I shall not want
Jock’s road is an old drovers track between Aberdeenshire and Angus. Nobody properly recalls who Jock was! To play this short film please click here or on the image above. … Continue reading I shall not want