Category Archives: History

Thomas Garnett and the ‘Innis’ Islands of Loch Lomond

Posted on April 29, 2024 by NatureScot

A 1798 account of the islands in Scotland’s most famous loch highlights a singular toponymy. Continue reading →

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Tòmas Garnett agus Ìnnsean Loch Laomainn

Posted on April 29, 2024 by NatureScot

Tha ainmean-àite iongantach an locha bhrèagha seo a’ tighinn beò ann an seann chunntas bho 1798. Continue reading →

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Gaelic Cures for Snakebite recorded by the ‘Adder King’

Posted on March 6, 2024 by NatureScot

Roddy Maclean looks at traditional native treatments for adder bite as described by Norman Morrison of Shawbost in this seminal 1924 publication ‘The Life-Story of the Adder’. Continue reading →

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Leigheasan Gàidhealach airson Bìdeadh-nathrach, a rèir ‘Rìgh nan Nathraichean’

Posted on March 6, 2024 by NatureScot

Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain a’ toirt sùil air na leigheasan traidiseanta airson bìdeadh nathrach-nimhe mar a nochdas iad anns an leabhar ‘The Life-Story of the Adder’, a chaidh fhoillseachadh ann an 1924. Continue reading →

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Where Crops Once Grew

Posted on January 22, 2024 by NatureScot

Roddy Maclean looks at place-name evidence for agriculture in locations which are uncultivated today Continue reading →

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Far an Robh Bàrr a’ Fàs

Posted on January 22, 2024 by NatureScot

Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain a’ toirt sùil air àiteachan far an robhar a’ cur agus a’ buain anns an t-seann aimsir – a rèir ainmean-àite Continue reading →

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Martin Martin and the Seals of North Uist

Posted on December 8, 2023 by NatureScot

Roddy Maclean looks at a 1703 account of the relationship between humans and seals in North Uist. Continue reading →

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MacIlleMhàrtainn agus Ròin Uibhist a Tuath

Posted on December 8, 2023 by NatureScot

Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain a’ toirt sùil air cunntas à 1703 mun chàirdeas eadar daoine agus ròin ann an eilean Gàidhealach. Continue reading →

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The Flow Country – Land of the Gael

Posted on November 3, 2023 by NatureScot

As Roddy Maclean explores, the Gaelic language dominates the toponymic landscape of the ‘most intact and extensive blanket bog system in the world’. Continue reading →

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Dùthaich nam Boglaichean – Tìr nan Gàidheal

Posted on November 3, 2023 by NatureScot

’S i a’ Ghàidhlig as motha a nochdas ann an ainmean-àite anns an sgìre ainmeil ann an Gallaibh is Cataibh a tha na ‘boglach as fharsainge anns an t-saoghal’. Continue reading →

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