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This Is My Glasgow

The pits, each about 3 feet long, 2 feet wide and 6 feet deep, would have been filled by vertical stakes, sharpened to a point, waiting to impale anyone who stumbled into them. They're pretty much unqiue to the Roman presence in Scotland and highlight how threatened the Romans felt on this far northern edge of their empire.

#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #defences #romans #scotland #scottishhistory

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This Is My Glasgow

There are a huge number of historical sites within easy striking distance of Glasgow, ranging from neolithic tombs to the site of the last siege of a castle in Britain (Stirling Castle in 1746). However, these are amongst my favourites. They're lilia, which are packs of large defensive pits dug by the Romans in front of Rough Castle Fort on the Antonine Wall around AD 140.

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#glasgow #falkirk #roughcastle #antoninewall #lilia #defences #romans #scotland #scottishhistory

A pack of large, deep pits dug by the Romans to help them defend Rough Castle Fort on the Antonine Wall.
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Sharing this (justly) furious verse from Ewan Robertson's song of c. 1880s about the Highland Clearances, telling Patrick Sellar to burn in hell.

Sellar, a factor (property manager) for the aristocratic Sutherland family, oversaw the forced eviction of tenants to make way for sheep, which could make landowners more money.

From Scottish Studies 1964: 104-6, Gaelic as sung by Andrew Stewart; English John MacInnes; Scots Hamish Henderson.

#FolkSong #Scotland #ScottishHistory #WorkingClassHistory

Black text on a white backgrounds, reads: Gaelic: Ach nis, a Shellar, fhuair thu bàs ’S ma fhuair thu ceartas fhuair thu blàths An tcine leis ’n a loisg thu càch Gum faigh thu fhéin gu leòr dheth English: But now, Sellar, you are dead And if justice has been done you are warm! The fire with which you burnt others May you yourself have enough of it. Scots: Sellar, daith has ye in his grip; Ye needna think he’ll let ye slip. Justice ye’ve earned, and, by the Book, A warm assize ye winna jouk. The fires ye lit tae gut Strathnaver Ye’ll feel them noo—and roast forever. [From Scottish Studies 1964: 104-6, Gaelic verse as sung by Andrew Stewart; English trans. John MacInnes; Scots trans. Hamish Henderson.]
Scottish Lost Places

Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Christian Neving in 1658 in Irvine.
Also accused: Issobell Hendersone, Wallas, Agnes Wallace, Bessie Fullertoun, Annabell Gottray, Wallace.
wikidata.org/entity/Q43392309
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cf

#ScottishHistory #WitchTrials #NorthAyrshire

Christian Nevingwww.wikidata.org
Vivienne Dunstan

Important new report published today from the University of St Andrews: "The University of St Andrews and the Legacies of Empire, 1700-1900" - looks like a really thorough and well researched piece of vital work. Thanks to the researchers. zenodo.org/records/14975043 #slavery #slaveTrade #blackHistory #History #ScottishHistory #colonialism #StAndrewsUniversity #StAndrews #Fife #Scotland

The University of St Andrews and the Legacies of Empire, 1700-1900Zenodo
Anne Fisher
A famous #StainedGlass window, at #StGilesCathedral in #Edinburgh.

The window tells the story of the 1570 assassination of the Earl of Moray, who had the ignoble honor of being the first politician to be assassinated by a gun.

The top panel shows him getting shot by James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh (a man who was angry that his family had been evicted from their home by Moray). Hamilton later escaped safely to France, and members of Moray's political enemies (kin to #MaryQueenOfScots ) were tried and convicted of taking part in the conspiracy.

The bottom panel shows his funeral, officiated by Rev. John Knox (who made an exception to his Protestant Reformationist beliefs in order to speak at the funeral).

This window was made in 1881 by James Ballatine and Son. Links and more information about the many beautiful windows at St. Giles are in the comments below.

#Scotland #ScottishHistory #FensterFreitag #Window #WindowFriday #Cathedrals #StainedGlassWindows #TheReformation #History #StGilesCathedral #JohnKnox #EarlOfMoray
The two-panel stained glass window of St. Giles Cathedral. A breakdown of each of the two panels is given in their individual images.
The top panel of the stained glass window of St. Giles. This depicts the Earl of Moray (in Knight's armour and a blue cape-cloak) being shot by a wide-barrelled gun (left). The crowd is shocked and afraid, many are looking up towards the killer, who is in a nearby balcony.
The bottom panel of the stained glass window. It depicts the Earl of Moray's funeral, with Reformationist Minister John Moore in a balcony (to the right), speaking to the crowd. The crowd is composed of a large number of well-dressed noble men (there are no women) packed tightly in the room. All are standing, except a scant few men in the front of the images, who are kneeling and weeping with grief.
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This Is My Glasgow

Dumbarton Rock, a 330 million year old volcanic plug on the northern edge of the Clyde to the west of Glasgow that is home to Dumbarton Castle. A military stronghold for many centuries, it was to here that Mary, Queen of Scots was heading after her escape from Lochleven Castle in 1568 when she was intercepted by the Earl of Moray and was forced to fight the Battle of Langside (now on the Southside of Glasgow).

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#glasgow #dumbarton #maryqueenofscots #scottishhistory #dumbartonrock

A large 330 million year old volcanic plug with a castle perched on top of of it reflected in the calm waters of the Clyde.
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