The Fountain of Nineveh, Fountain Road, Bridge of Allan: fountain in Bridge of Allan.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17834611
#ScottishHistory #BridgeofAllan
DROPPING TOMORROW 🎙️
An Easter treat from Easter Road... the history of Hibs v Hearts with James Stephen, who wrote a whole book about it...
Sub/catch up wherever you get your podcasts...
#ScottishHistory 🏴
#ScottishHistory #Glasgow 🏴
The North Ayrshire area has 63 category A listed buildings on #wikidata. Skelmorlie Aisle has a #wikipedia article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skelmorlie_Aisle
#ScottishHistory #NorthAyrshire
On this day in history. The Maiden: The first recorded execution by a guillotine-like device occurred on April 3, 1565, and it remained in use until 1710. #scottishhistory #localhistory #themaiden #scottishexecutions #16thcentury #edinburghhistory
The Stirling area has 83 category A listed buildings on #wikidata. Argyll's Lodging has a #wikipedia article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyll%27s_Lodging
#ScottishHistory #Stirling
#OTD in 1951, Balmore railway station was closed. Bishopbriggs railway station is now the nearest station, 4km away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmore_railway_station
#ScottishHistory #ScottishRailways #EastDunbartonshire
Grey Cairns of Camster: chambered cairn in Wick.
Historic Environment Scotland scheduled monument SM90056
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Cairns_of_Camster
#ScottishHistory #Wick
Spring is springing and we're gonna write about it! Check out our latest blog article, written by our Head Gardener 🌼
www.bannockburnhouse.scot/march-brings...
Come visit us from 18th April!
#scottishhistory #springinscotland #historicgardens #visitstirling #bannockburnhouse
Brandsbutt Stone: Pictish stone in Aberdeenshire.
Historic Environment Scotland scheduled monument SM90039
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandsbutt_Stone
Historic Environment Scotland lists 3 notable sites within 1km distance.
#ScottishHistory #Aberdeenshire
Tonight's bedtime reading, Queen Macbeth, by Val McDermid.
I have been looking forward to this one so much!
#History #Macbeth #ScottishHistory #historicalfiction
Glengarnock railway station is a station previously operated on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glengarnock_railway...
#ScottishHistory #ScottishRailways #NorthAyrshire
As part of the #JacobiteNations workshop this past weekend, we were treated to a special viewing of some of @uoacollections.bsky.social's gorgeous artifacts. Here I'm gingerly holding a pristine scroll butt pistol believed to be owned by Col John Roy Stuart during the '45. #museums #scottishhistory
Old football leagues:
Montrose F.C. played in the Central Football League (and in Scottish Football League Third Division, Scottish Football League, Scottish Football Alliance, Scottish Professional Football League).
Grounds: Links Park.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montrose_F.C%2E […]
Meet King James V: the man who practically invented ‘Toxic Energy’ for the 1500s. 🏰🚩
Is James V the pettiest man in history, or does Henry VIII still hold the crown for you? 👇
#ScottishHistory #RoyalScandal #HistorySecrets #weirdhistory #scaryhistory #PettyKing #GhostStories #DarkHistory #TrueCrime
#OTD in 1966, Creagan railway station was closed. Connel Ferry railway station is now the nearest station, 12km away.
Duror railway station, Ballachulish railway station, Appin railway station, etc. closed on the same day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creagan_railway_station
#ScottishHistory […]
Market Cross, High Street, Inverness: market cross in Highland.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17830738
#ScottishHistory #ScottishHighlands
I’ll be conferencing at this super #scottishhistory society event tomorrow. Do pop along to see what I’ve got to say about Scottish women poets in the highlands.
We open for the season on 18 April! 🎉
Step inside one of Scotland’s most extraordinary historic houses and explore the stories, secrets, and survival of this remarkable place.
🎟 Book now via www.bannockburnhouse.scot/our-events/
#BannockburnHouse #WhatsOnStirling #VisitStirling #ScottishHistory
#Glasgow #ScottishHistory 🏴
This post is very close to my heart! I came across Katherine’s letters last year while conducting research as part of my PhD at @qubhistory.bsky.social, and haven’t been able to stop thinking about her.
@womenshistscot.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth #ScottishHistory
The Aberdeenshire area has 215 category A listed buildings on #wikidata. Aberdour House has a #wikipedia article.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdour_House_(Abe...
#ScottishHistory #Aberdeenshire
Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Jonet Jack in 1637 in Banff.
Also accused: Margaret Livie.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43396210
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft […]
chambered cairn 1000m NNW of Ardnacross: chambered cairn in Argyll and Bute.
Historic Environment Scotland scheduled monument SM3721
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q56667999
#ScottishHistory #ArgyllAndBute
Lochanhead railway station was a station on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway. Dumfries railway station is now the nearest station, 8km away.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochanhead_railway_...
#ScottishHistory #ScottishRailways #DumfriesAndGalloway
Old football leagues:
Inverkeithing United F.C. played in the Fife Junior Football League
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverkeithing_Unite...
#ScottishHistory #ScottishFootball #Inverkeithing
It turned out to be an old mile stone, with 22 carved on one side and 12 on the the other. These are the distances to Stirling and Dumbarton, respectively, as shown on the mid-19th century map on the left (where it is marked as M.S.).
#glasgow #drymen #streethistorian #milestone #scottishhistory
It's always worth stopping to investigate anything that seems out of place. In this case, it was a red sandstone block integrated into a grey stone wall which I passed in Drymen on my way up to Loch Lomond yesterday.
Cont./
#glasgow #drymen #streethistorian #milestone #scottishhistory
Mercat Cross, Castle Street, Aberdeen: market cross in Aberdeen City.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen%27s_Mercat_Cross
#ScottishHistory #Aberdeen
Black Boy Fountain, Allan Park, Stirling: fountain in Stirling.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17842931
#ScottishHistory #Stirling