The Deeside Field
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 132
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Place name discoveries on Upper Deeside and the far Highlands
Author: Ian Murray
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
Published: 2015-01-01
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1782223274
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book the authors present many unpublished place names from Upper Deeside and from counties in the Highlands beyond. These were heard from indigenous folk back to 1941. Names are given with phonetic spellings, so that readers can pronounce them accurately, and in most cases with translations from Gaelic, Norse, Scots or Pictish into English. The book is richly illustrated with photographs of places and informants. Of interest to residents and visitors, it should help preserve for the future an important aspect of local identity and language.
The Weatherhouse
Author: Nan Shepherd
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 2009-08-01
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1847678025
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe women of the tiny town of Fetter-Rothnie have grown used to a life without men, and none more so than the tangle of mothers and daughters, spinsters and widows living at the Weatherhouse. Returned from war with shellshock, Garry Forbes is drawn into their circle as he struggles to build a new understanding of the world from the ruins of his grief. In The Weatherhouse Nan Shepherd paints an exquisite portrait of a community coming to terms with the brutal losses of war, and the small tragedies, yearnings and delusions that make up a life.
The place names of Upper Deeside
Author: Adam Watson
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
Published: 2014-10-16
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 1782221913
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Quarry Wood
Author: Nan Shepherd
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 2010-07-01
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1847678017
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Martha accepts a place at university, her decision is met with a mixture of hostility and pride by her uncomprehending family. This is the story of a young woman's journey to maturity and independence, struggling to cope with the intellectual and emotional challenges that surround her, at a time when such space was rarely given freely to women. In The Quarry Wood, Nan Shepherd's subtle prose is matched by intense and memorable descriptions of the natural world, and a dry sense of humour. Ninety years after its first publication, it remains as fresh and original today.
The Living Mountain
Author: Nan Shepherd
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 2011-08-18
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 0857863606
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers, creatures and hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape. Shepherd spent a lifetime in search of the 'essential nature' of the Cairngorms; her quest led her to write this classic meditation on the magnificence of mountains, and on our imaginative relationship with the wild world around us. Composed during the Second World War, the manuscript of The Living Mountain lay untouched for more than thirty years before it was finally published.
Quaternary of Scotland
Author: J.E. Gordon
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 689
ISBN-13: 9401115001
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn describing the geomorphological heritage of Scotland, this volume offers a remarkable account of how the natural environment responded in terms of landforms, processes and plant communities, to severe climatic change as the Quaternary era progressed over the last two million years. This legacy, as preserved in the 138 nationally important GCR sites described, documents a remarkable diversity of landforms in a relatively small area. The rugged highland contrast with the rolling hills and flat plains found further south, while the western and northern islands, together with the highly-indented coastline add further to the scenic diversity. How this variety of landscapes came into being, the forces which shaped it , and the climatic extremes which drove it, are the themes explored in this volume.
The Scottish Farm Servant
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Published: 1924
Total Pages: 618
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Tale of the Unknown Unknowns
Author: Hilary K. Murray
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2009-10-08
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 1782973133
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe site of Warren Field in Scotland revealed two unusual and enigmatic features; an alignment of pits and a large, rectangular feature interpreted as a timber building. Excavations confirmed that the timber structure was an early Neolithic building and that the pits had been in use from the Mesolithic. This report details the excavations and reveals that the hall was associated with the storage and or consumption of cereals, including bread wheat, and pollen evidence suggests that the hall may have been part of a larger area of activity involving cereal cultivation and processing. The pits are fully documented and environmental evidence sheds light on the surrounding landscape.
