Argyll Castles in the Care of Historic Scotland: Extracts From Rcahms Inventories of Argyll Volumes 1, 2 and 7

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Catalogue of the RAF World War II photographs in the National Monuments Record of Scotland (Scotland from the air, 1939-49)

History

Eaton, David

Ancient Civilizations

<p>The site of a long-running archaeological controversy, Dumbuck Crannog lies on the shores of the Firth of Clyde in the Dumbarton area of Scotland. One of four crannogs in the inner Firth of Clyde, Dumbuck is exposed only at low tide, and the visible remains constitute a circular wooden platform within a ring of upright posts.This well illustrated book looks back at the excavations themselves (1898-99), and the ensuing controversy - which simmered for over 30 years - by digging into the Dumbuck archive. William Donnelly, an archaeological enthusiast and well-known artist, first discovered the site in July 1898. He became central to the excavations and the archive contains many drawings and watercolours by him; of excavations, visitors, reconstructions, and most importantly the small finds. The controversy began in earnest when the archaeologist John Munro questioned the authenticity of these small finds - proposing that they were in fact of 19th century origin. A very public debate began, recorded in this book by way of acerbic quotes from letters, newspapers, and articles. The debate raged for over 30 years, and its legacy is enduring.While this book does not solve the mystery of the forgeries, it examines the excavations and the subsequent controversy, and includes loads of Donnelly's original drawings and paintings, along with photographs of the original excavations and extracts from the letters and articles which formed the basis of one of the most vitriolic controversies in Scottish archaeology.</p>

Controversy on the Clyde, Archaeologists, Fakes and Forgers: The Excavation of Dumbuck Crannog

Hale, Alex G. C.

Sands, Rob

Europe

The story of the changing countryside of Scotland can be traced through its buildings. All the successive phases of agricultural development - from the 18th century revolution of 'Improvement' to the factory farming of the 20th century - are recorded in stone, concrete and steel. This book, the result of a long-term research project undertaken by RCAHMS and the National Museums of Scotland, records farm buildings across the many regions of Scotland. The result is a volume richly illustrated with drawings and photographs covering a wide variety of building types, and tracing their evolution against the development of modern Scottish agriculture over the past 300 years. Susanna Wade Martins and Miles Glendinning, with contributors Peter Caunt and John Shaw, present a fascinating story of diversity and change, which will be of great interest to those concerned with agricultural, architectural, social and landscape history, and the future of Scotland's countryside.

Buildings of the Land

Miles Glendinning

<p>Gardens are one of the most important elements in the cultural history of Scotland. Like any art form, they provide an insight into social, political and economic fashions, they intimately reflect the personalities and ideals of the individuals who created them, and they capture the changing fortunes of successive generations of monarchs and noblemen. Yet they remain fragile features of the landscape, easily changed, abandoned or destroyed, leaving little or no trace. In Scotland's Lost Gardens, author Marilyn Brown rediscovers the fascinating stories of the nation's vanished historic gardens. Drawing on varied, rare and newly available archive material, including the cartography of Timothy Pont, a spy map of Holyrood drawn for Henry VIII during the 'Rough Wooing', medieval charters, renaissance poetry, the Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer; and modern aerial photography, a remarkable picture emerges of centuries of lost landscapes. Starting with the monastic gardens of St Columba on the Isle of Iona in the sixth century, and encompassing the pleasure parks of James IV and James V, the royal and noble refuges of Mary Queen of Scots, and the 'King's Knot', the garden masterpiece which lies below Stirling Castle, the history of lost gardens is inextricably linked to the wider history of the nation, from the spread of Christianity to the Reformation and the Union of the Crowns. The product of over thirty years of research, Scotland's Lost Gardens demonstrates how our cultural heritage sits within a wider European movement of shared artistic values and literary influences. Providing a unique perspective on this common past, it is also a fascinating guide to Scotland's disappeared landscapes and sanctuaries - lost gardens laid out many hundreds of years ago "for the honourable delight of body and soul".</p>

Scotland's Lost Gardens: From the Garden of Eden to the Stewart Palaces

Marilyn Brown

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