Place names in much of north-east Scotland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Place names in much of north-east Scotland write by Adam Watson. This book was released on 2013-03. Place names in much of north-east Scotland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A study of Celtic, Scots and English place names across large sections of north-east Scotland, based on interviews with indigenous residents working the land and the sea, along with historical sources and maps.
Place Names in Much of North-East Scotland
Place Names in Much of North-East Scotland - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Place Names in Much of North-East Scotland write by Adam Watson. This book was released on 2013-03. Place Names in Much of North-East Scotland available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A study of Celtic, Scots and English place names across large sections of north-east Scotland, based on interviews with indigenous residents working the land and the sea, along with historical sources and maps.
Place name discoveries on Upper Deeside and the far Highlands
Place name discoveries on Upper Deeside and the far Highlands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Place name discoveries on Upper Deeside and the far Highlands write by Ian Murray. This book was released on 2015-01-01. Place name discoveries on Upper Deeside and the far Highlands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this book the authors present many unpublished place names from Upper Deeside and from counties in the Highlands beyond.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.
Plants in north-east Highlands
Plants in north-east Highlands - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plants in north-east Highlands write by Adam Watson. This book was released on 2014. Plants in north-east Highlands available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Timing of blaeberry growth, tree regeneration, land use, plant orientation The author noted when blaeberry buds on Scottish alpine land began growth in spring and compared this with climatic data. He mapped natural tree regeneration on Deeside and Donside. The author criticises invalid claims about land use in Scotland and Norway, and about the alleged effects of sporting estates in reducing land fertility. Signs of orientation by plants and animals are described.
Essays on lone trips, mountain-craft and other hill topics
Essays on lone trips, mountain-craft and other hill topics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Essays on lone trips, mountain-craft and other hill topics write by Adam Watson. This book was released on 2016-05-04. Essays on lone trips, mountain-craft and other hill topics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book begins with a thought-provoking article now reprinted, criticising the increasing influence of politically-correct organisations and politicians who desire to control freewill and mountaineering. Then comes a chapter with a critique of several writers on the Cairngorms in comparison with the original Seton Gordon. After the author published a review in 1977 on ‘The wildlife potential of the Cairngorms region’, he came under unwarranted attack by two influential private landowners who misrepresented what he wrote and even included a threat. A wider public should be aware of this. There follows an essay on biologist Professor Vero C. Wynne-Edwards, and another on the history of the research station near Banchory, established for studying at first red grouse and then ecological problems of mountain, moorland, woodland and fresh-water. The last chapter – the most important one and occupying a third of the book – gives the author’s lifetime view of the value of lone trips in climbing, ski-mountaineering and mountain-craft.
