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In Search Of The MANTLE WALLS
In late summer 2023 Heritage & Archaeological Research Practice (HARP) joined forces with the Ancrum and District Heritage Society (ADHS) to investigate the remains of a former Bishop’s Palace (of the bishops of Glasgow) located in an agricultural fi
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The Gentle Shepherd comes to Palnackie: ALLAN RAMSAY’S LEGACY IN LATE 19TH CENTURY KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE
In 2022, Edinburgh University Press published what must be the definitive edition of Allan Ramsay’s once hugely influential pastoral comedy and ballad opera The Gentle Shepherd.The product of years of detailed research and assiduous editing by Steve
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Harvesting History Unearthing Ancestral Roots In Agriculture
If there is one industry that most family historians had relatives involved it was farming.You may have had farmers or form workers. Sometimes in the census they are described as agricultural workers (male and female) or the occupation might be speci

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