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missing: To play this short film about Old Polmaise please click here. Music credit: Blue Lead Fences by Loch Lomond
Tag: Stirlingshire
Poems on the Carron valley
Falkirk Herald, 1 June 1871: Kirkintilloch Gazette, 11 October 1902:
senility
To play this short film please click here or on the image above. With ‘Big Ted’ I visited the ruins of Rullie farm on the 28th August 2023. This film … Continue reading senility
Strathcarron [a few of my films]
Buckieside farm: Stoneyinch: Craigton Mausoleum [the vision of Mr Dun]: Craigton mausoleum [as that swift eternity ended] : Senility: rest assured:
Seven Sisters Oak
Ordnance Survey Book, 1858: “A large Oak tree on the farm of Bearside. The trunk is about one foot in height from the Surface of the ground and about three … Continue reading Seven Sisters Oak
sandstone unicorn
Bannockburn House Trust was recently gifted a red sandstone unicorn by Prudential. This unicorn had been an ornamental feature in the grounds of Craigforth House, Stirling. The unicorn was listed … Continue reading sandstone unicorn
Love me tender
Yesterday, the kindest of land owners took me more than a mile up the hill to Shielbrae. Year-after-year Shielbrae won every award for its Tups: Love me tender: To play … Continue reading Love me tender
The last of Pat Conway
The Haugh of West Grange, by the river Forth, was familiar to generations of my family. In my lifetime it became roofless: a home for plastic-wrapped silage. The Last of … Continue reading The last of Pat Conway