Our annual social get-together for members with a buffet lunch and guest speaker. Paul Noble, Going Down Under, a virtual trip beneath the floorboards of a Glasgow house.

. It will attempt to use place-names as a tool for the rough dating of peat clearance on the carse basically between Stirling and Falkirk, showing peat had been cleared, or potentially so, for around 1500 years. It also argues that Lord Kames' clearance of peat at Blairdrummond was part of the latest phase, not … Continue reading "Winter Zoom talks 2025, Peter McNiven, Placenames and dating peat clearance on the Carse of Stirling"

The Earl's Bu, Orphir, Orkney. The beating heart of a Norse Estate, from feasting to trade.The Round Church and Earl's Drinking Hall at Orphir form a focus of a much larger estate, which supported the Late Norse Earl's in agricultural resources as well as providing homes for their wider retinue. The building of a Norse … Continue reading "Winter Zoom talks 2025, Colleen Batey,The Earl’s Bu, Orphir, Orkney. The beating heart of a Norse Estate, from feasting to trade."