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The 19th century saw almost all memorial permutations of the past come back with gusto. Wall monuments, crypts, headstones, table and slab stones and even replica Hog Backs were all common designs in Victorian Scotland. The introduction of the Cast-Iron Grave Marker would simply add yet another embellishment to an already decorative art form.
Megalithic monuments in Scotland (2 C, 38 P) Monumental columns in Scotland (3 P) P. Pictish stones (5 C, 48 P) S. Scottish military memorials and cemeteries (2 C, 7 P)
The Govan Stones is an internationally-important museum collection of early-medieval carved stones displayed at Govan Old Parish Church in Glasgow, Scotland. [1]The carved stones come from the surrounding early medieval heart-shaped churchyard and include the Govan Sarcophagus, four upstanding crosses, five Anglo-Scandinavian style hogbacks, the 'Govan Warrior' carving, and a wide range of ...
[2] [5] Wall is believed to have been condemned as a witch in the 17th century, as part of the Scottish Witch Trials. [2] [3] There are a number of theories about her identity. One theory suggests she was a member of the Rollos family of Duncrub Castle near Dunning, Perthshire. [1]
The Early Prehistory of Scotland, by Tony Pollard and Alex Morrison, 1996, ISBN 0-585-10420-4; The Later Prehistory of the Western Isles of Scotland, by Ian Armit, 1992, ISBN 0-86054-731-0; Prehistoric Scotland, by Ann MacSween and Mick Sharp, 1989, ISBN 0-7134-6173-X; Guide to Prehistoric Scotland, by Richard Feachem, 1977, Simon & Schuster
In the winter of 1850, a severe storm hit Scotland, causing widespread damage and over 200 deaths. [7] In the Bay of Skaill, the storm stripped earth from a large irregular knoll. (The name Skara Brae is a corruption of Skerrabra or Styerrabrae, which originally referred to the knoll. [3]) When the storm cleared, local villagers found the ...
During the early Neolithic (4000–3300 BC) architectural forms are highly regionalised with timber and earth monuments predominating in the east and stone-chambered cairns in the west. During the later Neolithic (3300–2500 BC) massive circular enclosures and the use of grooved ware and Unstan ware pottery emerge. [ 1 ]
The NMRS was created when the Scottish National Buildings Record (itself founded in 1942) was transferred to the RCAHMS in 1966. [3] There are 240,000 archaeological sites, monuments and buildings recorded in CANMORE, the NMRS database. The NMRS also holds a collection of photographs, drawings and manuscripts. [4]