Historylinks Archive

Corn Drying Kilns

A series of illustrations and descriptions of corn drying kilns in Sutherland and Iona and four colour photographs of the Achtaduaig corn drying kiln in Strath Carnaig, Dornoch, Sutherland
From the estate of Struan Robertson
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Date Added: 22 November 2023

Rural Settlement Studies – Some Recent Work

Report of a Conference organise by the Department of Adult and Continuing Education, University of Glasgow.
Edited by Alex. Morri...

Date Added: 22 November 2023

Achvaich Settlement (N.Z. Extensions) with family tree

Achvaich Settlement – Otago, New Zealand Settlers. The first four pages of the document are a precis (by Struan Robertson) of the...

Date Added: 22 November 2023

George Dempster Bicentenary Celebration

Program for a reception at Skibo Castle on 4/9/1986 hosted by Derek Holt followed by a lecture in the Drawing Room about George De...

Date Added: 22 November 2023

Camore – Sydera Woods Complex

A collection of master copies of drawings by Struan Robertson of hut circles and a monument within the Camore and Sydera woods fol...

Date Added: 22 November 2023

Prehistoric Weather and Vulcanicity

A collection of photocopies of articles:
Evidence of Irish Peat Bog Oak Tree Rings
Volcanic catastrophe and Global Crises
Agric...

Date Added: 22 November 2023

Achmorlarie Forest Archaeology

Brown A4 folder containing correspondence regarding ancient monuments in Achmorlarie Forest, Copy of Scottish Development Departme...

Date Added: 22 November 2023

Achmorlarie Forest Archaeology

Brown A4 folder containing correspondence regarding ancient monuments in Achmorlarie Forest, Copy of Scottish Development Departme...

Date Added: 22 November 2023

Hut circles of Camore and Sydera Woods

Enlarged monochrome photocopy of a section of map with the position of hut circles within and around the woods marked with red let...

Date Added: 22 November 2023

Camore and Sydera Woods

A3 hand drawn plan of Camore and Sydera woods constructed by Struan Robertson in 2005 from an old chart.
From the estate of Strua...

Date Added: 22 November 2023

Comments

Correction to my first comment. The arms in the first and fourth quarters are those of McGilchrist of Northbar(r), in the second Ross (of Auchanloich?) and in t It turns out that this was Miss Lyon having a bit of fun! This in fact is the Extract of Matriculation of Arms to Margaret Rose-Ross-McGilchrist-Gilchrist (the That's how I remember the dornoch beach our farther would take as all down ever Sunday he would sit by the huts and read the Sunday paper's and we would all p It might be a good idea to correct the title for this entry to the correct family name of TYSER. They are not the 'Trysers'. Perhaps the writing on the Christm The Meikle Ferry Disaster just came up as cause of death for some of my ancestors while doing my Ancestry, so when I googled the story, I came across this artic These appear to be 2 similar discs with Arabic inscriptions, with a date on the lower line of text. I think the Gaelic spelling for this is "Loch an Treel" meaning "The Chieftains Pool". The dates of "1927-1928" would mean my great uncle William James "Hamish" Sutherland, born in 1915 would be 13-14 years old in the photo. They all look to be pr The Munro Family was living in Castle St Dornoch in 1921. Cathel (Jock) was born in 1919. We therefore cannot be certain of his birthplace. So the idea of a blu Dear Leon Berger. I’m not sure if there are any photos or documents relating to Wilde Thyme in the archive but I remember seeing a photo of Donald Swann amon brother Ranald - in the main!-fond memories of our Alma Mater-?!Still ticking at 80 - some have slipped away including