Tag Archives: Scotland

Wild Salmon In Scotland in Peril

Posted on 27 January 2010 by Aine MacDermot

The Tay is one of Scotlands greatest salmon fishing rivers. The opening of the 2010 angling season is historically heralded by a pipe band, pouring rain and the traditional quaich of whisky. However the difference this year is that fishermen … Continue reading →

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Scotland: Hunters’ remains earliest known

Posted on 01 December 2009 by Aine MacDermot

SCOTLAND’S foremost amateur archaeologist, Tam Ward of Biggar Archaeology Group, was guest speaker at the November meeting of Lanark and District Archaeological Society. The subject of Tams talk was about the excavation work at Howburn Farm, near Elsrickle, which turned … Continue reading →

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Scotland’s Irish Origins

Posted on 02 November 2009 by Aine MacDermot

by Dean R. Snow Tracking the migration of Gaelic speakers who crossed the Irish Sea 1,700 years ago and became the Scots Ireland in the Early Christian period (A.D. 400-1177) was made up of at least 120 chiefdoms, usually described … Continue reading →

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Landscapes of Scotland

Posted on 16 October 2009 by Aine MacDermot
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