Maxine Ross
@maxineross.bsky.social
"Queen of the Yew Trees" RBGE trained Horticulturist/Botanist, #YewTreesoftheClydeValley 🏹 Scottish Garden & Landscape History, Ethnobotany, #ScottishSundials #YewTangClan
They’re on site cutting down the Muirhead Oaks for the AI data centre that’s been all over the news today and I swear it’s going to become my villain origin story
January 29, 2026 at 7:54 PM
They’re on site cutting down the Muirhead Oaks for the AI data centre that’s been all over the news today and I swear it’s going to become my villain origin story
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It's surely one of the best facts about the see of Glasgow that one of its bishops had his head impaled on a pole as a human sacrifice to the Slavic god Radegast
January 23, 2026 at 10:32 AM
It's surely one of the best facts about the see of Glasgow that one of its bishops had his head impaled on a pole as a human sacrifice to the Slavic god Radegast
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January 21, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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I like the idea that we can have our names cut at the beginning as well as the end.
January 16, 2026 at 8:26 AM
I like the idea that we can have our names cut at the beginning as well as the end.
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Jan 13: Feast of Kentigern, ‘hound-lord’, (Mungo) (c.†614), bishop of Glasgu (Glasgow), which he is said to have founded. He was a contemporary of Riderch I, king of Alt Clut (Dumbarton Rock). He is thought to be the ‘Conthigirnus’ whose obit appears in the Annales Cambriae. #medievalsky
January 13, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Jan 13: Feast of Kentigern, ‘hound-lord’, (Mungo) (c.†614), bishop of Glasgu (Glasgow), which he is said to have founded. He was a contemporary of Riderch I, king of Alt Clut (Dumbarton Rock). He is thought to be the ‘Conthigirnus’ whose obit appears in the Annales Cambriae. #medievalsky
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Gaelic in Airdrie
January 13, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Gaelic in Airdrie
He’s everywhere today
(I get so much joy from this road sign)
(I get so much joy from this road sign)
January 13, 2026 at 10:16 AM
He’s everywhere today
(I get so much joy from this road sign)
(I get so much joy from this road sign)
The Church of St Kentigern in Lanark shows up in charters from 1150 but is supposed to have been founded by the big man himself before his death early 7th C
January 13, 2026 at 10:12 AM
The Church of St Kentigern in Lanark shows up in charters from 1150 but is supposed to have been founded by the big man himself before his death early 7th C
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The Glasgow Wellspring in the city's cathedral. This well is believd to mark the location where St Mungo erected his cell in the 6th Century as he helped spread Christianity through Scotland.
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#glasgow #glasgowcathedral #publicart #ceramics #tiles
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#glasgow #glasgowcathedral #publicart #ceramics #tiles
January 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
The Glasgow Wellspring in the city's cathedral. This well is believd to mark the location where St Mungo erected his cell in the 6th Century as he helped spread Christianity through Scotland.
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#glasgow #glasgowcathedral #publicart #ceramics #tiles
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#glasgow #glasgowcathedral #publicart #ceramics #tiles
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3/3
'Here is the bird that never flew
Here is the tree that never grew
Here is the bell that never rang
Here is the fish that never swam'
Symbols of the Four Miracles of St Mungo on the arms of the City of Glasgow, in glass by William Wilson in Glasgow Cathedral.
'Here is the bird that never flew
Here is the tree that never grew
Here is the bell that never rang
Here is the fish that never swam'
Symbols of the Four Miracles of St Mungo on the arms of the City of Glasgow, in glass by William Wilson in Glasgow Cathedral.
January 13, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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'Here is the bird that never flew
Here is the tree that never grew
Here is the bell that never rang
Here is the fish that never swam'
Symbols of the Four Miracles of St Mungo on the arms of the City of Glasgow, in glass by William Wilson in Glasgow Cathedral.
'Here is the bird that never flew
Here is the tree that never grew
Here is the bell that never rang
Here is the fish that never swam'
Symbols of the Four Miracles of St Mungo on the arms of the City of Glasgow, in glass by William Wilson in Glasgow Cathedral.
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A massive multi-stem oak which #Dendrochronology revealed has an early 19th C stem origin date. It looks much older. This is in the wood pasture ‘Dairy Wood’ at Borders Forest Trust’s Corehead estate near Moffat.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #treeclub
#trees
#ThickTrunkTuesday #treeclub
#trees
January 13, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A massive multi-stem oak which #Dendrochronology revealed has an early 19th C stem origin date. It looks much older. This is in the wood pasture ‘Dairy Wood’ at Borders Forest Trust’s Corehead estate near Moffat.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #treeclub
#trees
#ThickTrunkTuesday #treeclub
#trees
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Saints Kentigern (left) and Columba (right) giving it their all in a famous no-holds-barred saint-off by the Molendinar.
[Stained glass by Lorraine Lamond in St Alphonsus at the Barras.]
[Stained glass by Lorraine Lamond in St Alphonsus at the Barras.]
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Saints Kentigern (left) and Columba (right) giving it their all in a famous no-holds-barred saint-off by the Molendinar.
[Stained glass by Lorraine Lamond in St Alphonsus at the Barras.]
[Stained glass by Lorraine Lamond in St Alphonsus at the Barras.]
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The Glasgow Corporation Lighting Department lamp base of 1902, at the entrance to the Botanic Gardens. Manufactured in Possilpark at the Saracen Foundry, and given a colourful makeover in 2025, there are now probably more of these in Halifax, Nova Scotia than in Glasgow.
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
The Glasgow Corporation Lighting Department lamp base of 1902, at the entrance to the Botanic Gardens. Manufactured in Possilpark at the Saracen Foundry, and given a colourful makeover in 2025, there are now probably more of these in Halifax, Nova Scotia than in Glasgow.
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It is true, there is indeed a deep-fill steak pie of a thread about the New Year's steak pie tradition: threadinburgh.scot/2024/01/02/t...
December 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
It is true, there is indeed a deep-fill steak pie of a thread about the New Year's steak pie tradition: threadinburgh.scot/2024/01/02/t...
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🙋Did you know that Edinburgh's "official" Hogmanay festivities are an ancient tradition dating back to the last century? 🎆
1993 to be precise.
The event was dreamed up by Edinburgh Marketing and Unique Events Ltd. to "[package] Edinburgh more effectively" and thus "improve the visitor experience" 🧵👇
1993 to be precise.
The event was dreamed up by Edinburgh Marketing and Unique Events Ltd. to "[package] Edinburgh more effectively" and thus "improve the visitor experience" 🧵👇
December 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
🙋Did you know that Edinburgh's "official" Hogmanay festivities are an ancient tradition dating back to the last century? 🎆
1993 to be precise.
The event was dreamed up by Edinburgh Marketing and Unique Events Ltd. to "[package] Edinburgh more effectively" and thus "improve the visitor experience" 🧵👇
1993 to be precise.
The event was dreamed up by Edinburgh Marketing and Unique Events Ltd. to "[package] Edinburgh more effectively" and thus "improve the visitor experience" 🧵👇
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Very nice to see this take/interpretation on Y Gododdin at Edinburgh Castle - Castle of Light tonight
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Very nice to see this take/interpretation on Y Gododdin at Edinburgh Castle - Castle of Light tonight
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Eileamaid na seachdaine
Gart "enclosed field"
Thoir dhuinn ainm gairt a tha a' còrdadh ribh!
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic
Gart "enclosed field"
Thoir dhuinn ainm gairt a tha a' còrdadh ribh!
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Eileamaid na seachdaine
Gart "enclosed field"
Thoir dhuinn ainm gairt a tha a' còrdadh ribh!
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic
Gart "enclosed field"
Thoir dhuinn ainm gairt a tha a' còrdadh ribh!
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic
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A magnificent multi-stem oak in Borders Forest Trust’s Dairy Wood historic wood pasture at Ericstane just north of Moffat, Dumfrisshire 🏴
We have done Dendro here showing the oak stems originate in the early 19th century.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
We have done Dendro here showing the oak stems originate in the early 19th century.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
October 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
A magnificent multi-stem oak in Borders Forest Trust’s Dairy Wood historic wood pasture at Ericstane just north of Moffat, Dumfrisshire 🏴
We have done Dendro here showing the oak stems originate in the early 19th century.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
We have done Dendro here showing the oak stems originate in the early 19th century.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
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Working with Scottish Women's Institutes heritage, thanks to @heritagefunduk.bsky.social, is fascinating. This day started with SWI '70s theatrical tapestry designs. It moved on to recording the granddaughter of a friend of founder 'Cathy' Blair, and viewing her unique Mak Merry pottery. Brilliant!
October 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Working with Scottish Women's Institutes heritage, thanks to @heritagefunduk.bsky.social, is fascinating. This day started with SWI '70s theatrical tapestry designs. It moved on to recording the granddaughter of a friend of founder 'Cathy' Blair, and viewing her unique Mak Merry pottery. Brilliant!
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St Mungo's Well in the Cathedral this lunchtime.
Plans to explore below that modern floor were stymied by H&S, but they found what look like masons' marks and, beneath the sludge and coins, what _might_ be a fragment of painted stonework chucked in at the Reformation.
Plans to explore below that modern floor were stymied by H&S, but they found what look like masons' marks and, beneath the sludge and coins, what _might_ be a fragment of painted stonework chucked in at the Reformation.
October 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
St Mungo's Well in the Cathedral this lunchtime.
Plans to explore below that modern floor were stymied by H&S, but they found what look like masons' marks and, beneath the sludge and coins, what _might_ be a fragment of painted stonework chucked in at the Reformation.
Plans to explore below that modern floor were stymied by H&S, but they found what look like masons' marks and, beneath the sludge and coins, what _might_ be a fragment of painted stonework chucked in at the Reformation.
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St Giles Cathedral in #Edinburgh 🏴 Hidden inside the bell tower is a five storey timber frame built with oak from north east Scotland which I have #dendro dated to AD1459/1460. The only building in Edinburgh to have native oak, most historic buildings have Scandi imports
#BlueSkyMonday
#BlueSkyMonday
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 AM
St Giles Cathedral in #Edinburgh 🏴 Hidden inside the bell tower is a five storey timber frame built with oak from north east Scotland which I have #dendro dated to AD1459/1460. The only building in Edinburgh to have native oak, most historic buildings have Scandi imports
#BlueSkyMonday
#BlueSkyMonday
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We’re out at New College Motherwell today for #DYW Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire’s STEM fest.
Students from local high schools in Motherwell, Bellshill and Wishaw will have the chance to explore how archaeologists reconstruct past lives and diets, and contribute their Q’s to #CVARF
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Students from local high schools in Motherwell, Bellshill and Wishaw will have the chance to explore how archaeologists reconstruct past lives and diets, and contribute their Q’s to #CVARF
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October 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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The only recorded breeding by White Storks in Britain was a nest on the roof of St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh in 1416. At the time considered exceptional and unprecedented, plenty of British people had seen them nesting in the Netherlands and Germany on and near buildings when travelling.
St Giles Cathedral in #Edinburgh 🏴 Hidden inside the bell tower is a five storey timber frame built with oak from north east Scotland which I have #dendro dated to AD1459/1460. The only building in Edinburgh to have native oak, most historic buildings have Scandi imports
#BlueSkyMonday
#BlueSkyMonday
October 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The only recorded breeding by White Storks in Britain was a nest on the roof of St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh in 1416. At the time considered exceptional and unprecedented, plenty of British people had seen them nesting in the Netherlands and Germany on and near buildings when travelling.
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#EpigraphyTuesday - A stunning piece discovered in 2014 in the Galloway Hoard. A Roman rock-crystal column-head, repurposed and mounted in gold, ca. 8-9th Century, to serve as a small container for liquids. #Archaeology #Art 🏺 (1/2)
Image: National Museum of Scotland (X.2018.12.71.18.1).
Image: National Museum of Scotland (X.2018.12.71.18.1).
October 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
#EpigraphyTuesday - A stunning piece discovered in 2014 in the Galloway Hoard. A Roman rock-crystal column-head, repurposed and mounted in gold, ca. 8-9th Century, to serve as a small container for liquids. #Archaeology #Art 🏺 (1/2)
Image: National Museum of Scotland (X.2018.12.71.18.1).
Image: National Museum of Scotland (X.2018.12.71.18.1).
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Finally got the chance to meet this guy last week. A completely unique and haunting cross from Riasg Buidhe, Colonsay, in the gardens of Colonsay House. Its dating remains up for debate, ranging from the 7th to the 10th century AD www.trove.scot/image/384171
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Finally got the chance to meet this guy last week. A completely unique and haunting cross from Riasg Buidhe, Colonsay, in the gardens of Colonsay House. Its dating remains up for debate, ranging from the 7th to the 10th century AD www.trove.scot/image/384171