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Rabbie Downunder

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 Scotland's Past
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    Looking Ahead to the Past

    This week Inverness hosted the first annual meeting of "Scotland's Rural Past," a five-year project to investigate and record Scotland's rural heritage. The project, being led by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), aims to record evidence that still survives of the pre-industrialised countryside. This includes ruined buildings, farmsteads, townships, field systems, earthworks, boundary dykes, limekilns and sheepfolds. Countless generations of rural communities worked the land and shaped the countryside seen today. This rural way of life has now almost vanished, leaving only the fading remains of their farms, townships and fields. Evidence of this past is seen in the ruins of the settlements they left behind and in the subtle signs which remain in the landscape. A new website at http://www.scotlandsruralpast.org.uk/ has been launched.

    Roman Fort in Perthshire Surveyed

    Archaeologists recently completed a thorough survey of a Roman fort at Strageath in Perthshire, north-east of Muthill. Originally built at the end of the first century, Strageath was one of a line of fortifications built by the Romans on and around the Gask Ridge in Perthshire. They were created to control the central part of the river Earn valley and access to the Highlands via Loch Earn and the Sma' Glen. This frontier system is the earliest Roman land frontier in Britain, built in the 70s AD, 50 years before Hadrian's Wall and 70 years before the Antonine Wall. Recent research suggests it may have been the first Roman land frontier in Europe. Strageath was abandoned, but later re-occupied at the same time as the construction of the Antonine Wall across central Scotland (built between 142 and 144AD). Unlike other Roman Forts north of the Antonine Wall, it seems that Strageath may have been surrounded by a civilian settlement - a so-called "vicus".


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I found this to be an interesting piece to add to my file Dot's Roman History, Jane

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Rabbie Downunder

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I don,t think I sent this to Dot so maybe you can, hey?

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Dear friends,  I have recently visited  Rosslyn Chapel, a jewel of medieval Gothic architecture. Those of you who have read The Da Vinci code will certainly remember it as the site where the fast-moving and intricate plot was resolved. While in Scotland, I have interviewed renowned author and historian Mark Oxbrow, who has been studying Rosslyns history for over 20 years.  Read my feature entitled Rosslyn Chapel Rediscovered an encounter with author Mark Oxbrow. The author sheds light upon the true history of the chapel, setting aside the dazzling limelight and hype that has surrounded this place of worship.  I have written for a Canadian magazine, Celtic Heritage, and you can read it from the magazines website. Beneath the article, you can also post comments, which would certainly be most welcome.
Celtic Heritage is to launch its new site Celtic Life soon, and I think it might be of interest to you.To read the feature click on:  http://www.celticlife.ca/site/articles/28/1/Rosslyn-Chapel-Rediscovere/Page1.html Best regards,  Richard
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Hi Rab,
f you want further details of the early Roman times in Scotland go to the following web site www.theromangaskproject.org.uk/.

I found this site some time ago and it is very imfomatve incuding aerial photographs.
The fort is near the ancient village of Muthill is well known to me as I have passed through it on many occasios. My mother worked in a mansion there called Culdees Castle when she was a youg lassie. She was an ' upstairs maid".

There is the site of a Roman fort at Braco south of Muthill that I have known about since my young days. I will most likely visit a few of these Roman sites in May next year.

Andy

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G'Day Andy, thanks for posting that site, its a bewdy, I have only started to dig into it but i have already found a great piece on digital versus 35 ml photography in archaeology, great stuff Rabbie.

web sites are like a yard/garage sale, you never know what you might find !!!!!

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G' day again Andy, I have gone further into the Gask project you posted, really interesting stuff and so many trails to follow, goodonyer, Rab.

Richard, the same goes for your posted site, and its going to get better as they progress with the new one, goodonyer too, Rab.

Clyde, same again to you mate, I know its wikapedia but the trails are there to follow up on, goodonyer as well, Rabbie.

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