Craft, Hebrides, Gàidhlig. Tha Gàidhlig agam. https://teapawt.net/t.co/k60WtAyhGb
Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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A great example of community during covid: @Isle20Shop now has over 300 island businesses from Arran to Unst and everywhere in between. There's a huge range of crafts, from soap to glass (to modern Harris Tweed bags...) and your support really helps folk get through.
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I've been spending a lot of time exploring human habitation of the Flow Country World Heritage Site this winter.
There's 185 shieling sites (mapped) across the area and I've used historical records to find a total of 586 shieling huts. This is only recorded shieling huts.
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1/2 I have some thoughts on this "lost village", it wasn't lost or abandoned but cleared of its people, culture, & knowledge. Nestled on the coast of Loch Eynort people were removed by The MacAskills, this event is recorded..
@Forestry_UK
Talk about an incredible find😲
forestryjournal.co.uk/featur…
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Despite being a vital part of regional culture, crofting faces neglect from central government.
Join 'Islands - present' to hear @frankrennie on crofting's impact on the natural environment, social fabric & economic development.
See the full programme👉 rse.org.uk/whats-on/event/is…
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Disappearing eels and the fight for a centuries-old livelihood
Fishermen who work the waters of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland battle for the future of their catch and their traditional way of life.
aljazeera.com/features/2024/… – at Oporto, Portugal
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Several more collections of home films have been discovered and @uistfilm are fundraising to get them digitised. Only a few more days left - if you can help here’s the link: gofundme.com/f/FAODAIL-archi…
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A report has been published by @SGRESAS, which outlines Scottish Islands Typology (2024).
It classifies Scotland’s islands into 10 categories based on combinations of population, amenities & access to the mainland. Details⬇️
tinyurl.com/3mma6rap
@ScotIslandsFed @IslandsTeamSG
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People of Inverness/Black Isle/Great Glen area - keen to learn #Gaelic words for plants and traditional lore about their uses? Gather at the Inverness Botanic Gardens at 12:55 on the 21st of Feb for a chance to soak up some knowledge from the incredible Ruairidh MacIlleathain!
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Duntulm Castle, Isle of Skye (Scotland) @yesjimstheman image & reconstruction mock-up. A stronghold of the MacDonalds of Sleat. Likely built on the site of an earlier Broch. #DuntulmCastle #ScottishCoastalCastles #HistoryRebuilt
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Oooph reality bites in Jan…
Shop is DEAD
£10.99 sales so far today
Anyone who can help a little indy specialising in landscape & history, which by rights shouldn’t exist (and who knows might not 4 long🙃)?
sherlockandpages.com/pages/b…
OR
Select us at uk.bookshop.org
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The wonderful British Newspaper Archive has added more Stornoway Gazettes to its digital content, with more to co.
britishnewspaperarchive.co.u… – at Garrabost, Scotland
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If you don’t fix the housing – if you don’t go all in on supporting the vernacular language and culture – then you will drain every last bit of generational crofting and fishing expertise out of the Highlands and Islands. It's me in the @ScotNational 👇 thenational.scot/politics/24…
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"Experts have recreated the oldest-known piece of tartan ever found, which was discovered in a peat bog after being buried for centuries."
The Glen Affric Tartan (1500-1600 AD): The green dye is believed to be made from woad or indigo the other colours - I'll need to read more!
Rather like this new (very very old) tartan design. I thought it would be garish when I heard it described, but it’s nice! gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/…
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Amazing to see this Beluga of the Shetland coast today with Rebecca Nason @puffinpassion #Shetland