Peter McNiven
@peadairbeag.bsky.social
Place-names, history, archaeology, Celtic (hard & soft C), politics, EU, foster carer. Ex-Glasgow Uni. 'Graveyards are full of indispensable men' attrib. Charles de Gaulle.
@willdalrymple.bsky.social I'm reading your magnificent Golden Road, and I've reached where Xuanzang is in India, including Patna. It's quite the coincidence that the village in Ayrshire you are named from is close to a name transferred from India that appears in your book!
September 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
@willdalrymple.bsky.social I'm reading your magnificent Golden Road, and I've reached where Xuanzang is in India, including Patna. It's quite the coincidence that the village in Ayrshire you are named from is close to a name transferred from India that appears in your book!
See in zombie movies, right? How come we never see zombie cats and dogs? And could there be zombie cows, birds, or ants, even, if an infected person was to bite them or whatever it is they do..?
August 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
See in zombie movies, right? How come we never see zombie cats and dogs? And could there be zombie cows, birds, or ants, even, if an infected person was to bite them or whatever it is they do..?
St Andrews, Fife once had a different, Pictish, name. *Penrimonid = ‘end of the royal/king’s muir, upland'. Later Gaelicised & 1st recorded as Cinrigh Monai in 747. The church was dedicated to Andrew by the 10th C, the name of the burgh of St Andrews dates from 1144 (fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk).
Fife Place-name Data ::
fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk
November 30, 2024 at 1:55 PM
St Andrews, Fife once had a different, Pictish, name. *Penrimonid = ‘end of the royal/king’s muir, upland'. Later Gaelicised & 1st recorded as Cinrigh Monai in 747. The church was dedicated to Andrew by the 10th C, the name of the burgh of St Andrews dates from 1144 (fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk).
I guess shld make a 1st proper post. I'd like to post on Scottish place-names more than I did on the Ex-site. Scotland has 6 main languages that make up its place-names, more than most western European countries. Anyway, the pic shows my fave, between Kelty and Kinross (map Roy c.1750 via nls.uk).
November 15, 2024 at 10:51 PM
I guess shld make a 1st proper post. I'd like to post on Scottish place-names more than I did on the Ex-site. Scotland has 6 main languages that make up its place-names, more than most western European countries. Anyway, the pic shows my fave, between Kelty and Kinross (map Roy c.1750 via nls.uk).