Guelph Centre for Scottish Studies
@uguelphscottish.bsky.social
Research, graduate training and teaching on Scottish history and Scottish culture, with special emphasis on their global dimensions - at the University of Guelph.
News & Events: https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottish
News & Events: https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottish
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Registration for our 'New Approaches to Writing Women's Histories' event is now LIVE! Please do join us next Wednesday, 5 November 2025 at 4pm GMT for a fascinating discussion with Kaia Alderson and Gráinne Lyons. More details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...
Sign up now for our ‘New Approaches to Writing Women’s Histories’ Roundtable Event!
Our Autumn Seminar Series continues next Wednesday, 5 November 2025, at 4pm GMT, with a special roundtable event, New Approaches to Writing Women’s Histories. We are thrilled to welcome Kaia …
womenshistorynetwork.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Registration for our 'New Approaches to Writing Women's Histories' event is now LIVE! Please do join us next Wednesday, 5 November 2025 at 4pm GMT for a fascinating discussion with Kaia Alderson and Gráinne Lyons. More details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...
2025 Frank Watson Book Prize in Scottish History!
Catriona M.M. Macdonald, The Caledoniad: The Making of Scottish History. Edinburgh: John Donald, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., 2024. ISBN: 9780859767200.
Congratulations, Dr. Macdonald! 🏆🎉
Read the jury's citation: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottis...
Catriona M.M. Macdonald, The Caledoniad: The Making of Scottish History. Edinburgh: John Donald, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., 2024. ISBN: 9780859767200.
Congratulations, Dr. Macdonald! 🏆🎉
Read the jury's citation: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottis...
October 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
2025 Frank Watson Book Prize in Scottish History!
Catriona M.M. Macdonald, The Caledoniad: The Making of Scottish History. Edinburgh: John Donald, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., 2024. ISBN: 9780859767200.
Congratulations, Dr. Macdonald! 🏆🎉
Read the jury's citation: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottis...
Catriona M.M. Macdonald, The Caledoniad: The Making of Scottish History. Edinburgh: John Donald, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., 2024. ISBN: 9780859767200.
Congratulations, Dr. Macdonald! 🏆🎉
Read the jury's citation: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottis...
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Call for Papers.... UHI Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland Conference 9-10 February 2026 at UHI Perth
@thinkuhi.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social
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October 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Call for Papers.... UHI Mapping Identities: Visual Depictions of Scotland Conference 9-10 February 2026 at UHI Perth
@thinkuhi.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social
See institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/21/c...
@thinkuhi.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social
See institutefornorthernstudies.com/2025/10/21/c...
Congratulations, Dr. Cathryn Spence!
Spence is an internationally recognized historian who studies the economic and social lives of women in early modern Scotland. @uguelphhist.bsky.social
Spence is an internationally recognized historian who studies the economic and social lives of women in early modern Scotland. @uguelphhist.bsky.social
Nine #UofG researchers exploring topics from health and sustainability to society, technology and culture have received the 2025 Research Excellence Awards for their significant research, training and knowledge mobilization accomplishments.
@uofgresearch.bsky.social
Learn more: uoguel.ph/60esz
@uofgresearch.bsky.social
Learn more: uoguel.ph/60esz
October 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Congratulations, Dr. Cathryn Spence!
Spence is an internationally recognized historian who studies the economic and social lives of women in early modern Scotland. @uguelphhist.bsky.social
Spence is an internationally recognized historian who studies the economic and social lives of women in early modern Scotland. @uguelphhist.bsky.social
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We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:
September 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:
Leith Davis and Kevin James recently launched their edited collection, ‘Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present' - a multi-disciplinary exploration of Jacobitism and its cultural legacy, bringing together leading scholars who contributed new insights to this landmark volume.
@edinburghup.bsky.social
@edinburghup.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Leith Davis and Kevin James recently launched their edited collection, ‘Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present' - a multi-disciplinary exploration of Jacobitism and its cultural legacy, bringing together leading scholars who contributed new insights to this landmark volume.
@edinburghup.bsky.social
@edinburghup.bsky.social
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#UofG | How did a 300-year-old Scottish estate avoid falling victim to a wave of demolitions in the 1940s to 1970s?
Dr. Kevin James discusses the history of Duff House in this @ca.theconversation.com piece.
Read more: theconversation.com/how-a-300-ye...
Dr. Kevin James discusses the history of Duff House in this @ca.theconversation.com piece.
Read more: theconversation.com/how-a-300-ye...
How a 300-year-old Scottish country estate escaped the wrecking ball
The history of Duff House in northeastern Scotland serves as a reminder that not all country homes in the British Isles faced the same 20th-century fate.
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September 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#UofG | How did a 300-year-old Scottish estate avoid falling victim to a wave of demolitions in the 1940s to 1970s?
Dr. Kevin James discusses the history of Duff House in this @ca.theconversation.com piece.
Read more: theconversation.com/how-a-300-ye...
Dr. Kevin James discusses the history of Duff House in this @ca.theconversation.com piece.
Read more: theconversation.com/how-a-300-ye...
Join us online today - Wed. 10 September, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) for 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Prof. Robert Dunbar,
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Free Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1582259584...
#Gaelic #GaelicLanguage #Scotland #Canada
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Free Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1582259584...
#Gaelic #GaelicLanguage #Scotland #Canada
September 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Join us online today - Wed. 10 September, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) for 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Prof. Robert Dunbar,
@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Free Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1582259584...
#Gaelic #GaelicLanguage #Scotland #Canada
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Free Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1582259584...
#Gaelic #GaelicLanguage #Scotland #Canada
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A recent talk I gave to the Scottish Society for Northern Studies on Earl Harald of Orkney and "12th-century Scoto-Orcadian relations" has been put on YouTube. Includes a new theory about the origins of Harald's branch of the Scottish royal dynasty:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDR...
SSNS Seminar - Scoto Orcadian Relations in the Twelfth century, Dr Neil McGuigan
YouTube video by Scottish Society for Northern Studies
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September 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A recent talk I gave to the Scottish Society for Northern Studies on Earl Harald of Orkney and "12th-century Scoto-Orcadian relations" has been put on YouTube. Includes a new theory about the origins of Harald's branch of the Scottish royal dynasty:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIDR...
Professors Leith Davis (Simon Fraser University) and Kevin James (University of Guelph) will present the Keynote Launch, 'The Making of Networking Jacobites and Exploring New Directions in Jacobite Studies', on Tuesday, 2 September, 12pm (EDT) / 5pm (UK).
The time is nigh! Another fab programme for the JST #JacobiteStudies Virtual Workshop is up and ready to kick off on Tuesday, 2 Sept. Following the keynote launch, we'll have fortnightly sessions on different aspects of Jacobite Studies from a wide range of contributors.
jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
jdb1745.net/events/jstwo...
August 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Professors Leith Davis (Simon Fraser University) and Kevin James (University of Guelph) will present the Keynote Launch, 'The Making of Networking Jacobites and Exploring New Directions in Jacobite Studies', on Tuesday, 2 September, 12pm (EDT) / 5pm (UK).
"The Many Lives of Duff House" is on YouTube!
Join Prof. Kevin James, @uofguelph.bsky.social, as he explores the extraordinary life and after-life of an 18th-century aristocratic home, Duff House. Consider it a 'Downton Abbey' of North-East Scotland!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEmm...
Join Prof. Kevin James, @uofguelph.bsky.social, as he explores the extraordinary life and after-life of an 18th-century aristocratic home, Duff House. Consider it a 'Downton Abbey' of North-East Scotland!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEmm...
The Many Lives of Duff House - The Weird & Wonderful Story of an Iconic Stately Home
YouTube video by Scottish History Out Of Order
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August 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"The Many Lives of Duff House" is on YouTube!
Join Prof. Kevin James, @uofguelph.bsky.social, as he explores the extraordinary life and after-life of an 18th-century aristocratic home, Duff House. Consider it a 'Downton Abbey' of North-East Scotland!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEmm...
Join Prof. Kevin James, @uofguelph.bsky.social, as he explores the extraordinary life and after-life of an 18th-century aristocratic home, Duff House. Consider it a 'Downton Abbey' of North-East Scotland!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEmm...
📣New Lecture Date!
Join us virtually on Wed. 10 September, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) on Zoom for 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Prof. Robert Dunbar, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Register on Eventbrite (FREE): www.eventbrite.ca/e/gaelic-in-...
Join us virtually on Wed. 10 September, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) on Zoom for 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Prof. Robert Dunbar, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Register on Eventbrite (FREE): www.eventbrite.ca/e/gaelic-in-...
August 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📣New Lecture Date!
Join us virtually on Wed. 10 September, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) on Zoom for 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Prof. Robert Dunbar, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Register on Eventbrite (FREE): www.eventbrite.ca/e/gaelic-in-...
Join us virtually on Wed. 10 September, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) on Zoom for 'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ delivered by Prof. Robert Dunbar, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Register on Eventbrite (FREE): www.eventbrite.ca/e/gaelic-in-...
Prof. Kevin James (University of Guelph) will join Prof. Leith Davis (Simon Fraser University) to discuss the publication of their new book, 'Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present'.
Attend in-person or online!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-shaping...
Register on Eventbrite: bit.ly/45TG3Cb
Attend in-person or online!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-shaping...
Register on Eventbrite: bit.ly/45TG3Cb
August 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Prof. Kevin James (University of Guelph) will join Prof. Leith Davis (Simon Fraser University) to discuss the publication of their new book, 'Shaping Jacobitism, 1688 to the Present'.
Attend in-person or online!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-shaping...
Register on Eventbrite: bit.ly/45TG3Cb
Attend in-person or online!
edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-shaping...
Register on Eventbrite: bit.ly/45TG3Cb
Available to watch online!
Hi @scotland.co I'd really appreciate a shout-out for my upcoming event @edbookfest.bsky.social on my book Connecting Scotland's History - 18 August - and available to watch online (you decide what to pay!) bit.ly/3J0amPx. Big thanks if you can!
Watch online: Anna Groundwater: Finding Scotland’s Place in World History
From Mon 18 Aug - Though small in landmass, Scotland and her people have had a mighty impact on the world over many centuries. In Connecting Scotland's History, Anna Groundwater demonstrates the richn...
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August 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Available to watch online!
We are delighted to share the release of 'The Many Lives of Duff House', a fascinating podcast produced by The Big Light and Prof. Kevin James in partnership with Historic Environment Scotland - a SSHRC funded project.
🎙️Listen on your favourite podcast player here: pod.link/1831762330
🎙️Listen on your favourite podcast player here: pod.link/1831762330
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August 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We are delighted to share the release of 'The Many Lives of Duff House', a fascinating podcast produced by The Big Light and Prof. Kevin James in partnership with Historic Environment Scotland - a SSHRC funded project.
🎙️Listen on your favourite podcast player here: pod.link/1831762330
🎙️Listen on your favourite podcast player here: pod.link/1831762330
🥳 Officially 100!
Happy official birthday to us! 🎂
Today we celebrate 100 years of curiosity, discovery, and connection. Thank you for sharing the joy!
#NLS100
Happy official birthday to us! 🎂
Today we celebrate 100 years of curiosity, discovery, and connection. Thank you for sharing the joy!
#NLS100
August 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🌟Student Spotlight!
MA candidate Megan is researching the later Scottish Covenanting Movement, looking at testimonies, letters, last words, diaries and life writings to find emotional patterns that would have affected how these women performed and embodied gender. 📖
@uguelphhist.bsky.social
MA candidate Megan is researching the later Scottish Covenanting Movement, looking at testimonies, letters, last words, diaries and life writings to find emotional patterns that would have affected how these women performed and embodied gender. 📖
@uguelphhist.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🌟Student Spotlight!
MA candidate Megan is researching the later Scottish Covenanting Movement, looking at testimonies, letters, last words, diaries and life writings to find emotional patterns that would have affected how these women performed and embodied gender. 📖
@uguelphhist.bsky.social
MA candidate Megan is researching the later Scottish Covenanting Movement, looking at testimonies, letters, last words, diaries and life writings to find emotional patterns that would have affected how these women performed and embodied gender. 📖
@uguelphhist.bsky.social
Watch online! Available live, then on-demand after the event.
Talking ‘Finding Scotland’s Place in World History’ #EdBookFest celebrating new edition of 📚 Connecting Scotland's History 🏴
📍Venue T, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 18 August ⏰ 11am
🎟 bit.ly/3J0amPx
#EIBF #EdBookFest #scottishhistory #Scotland #history #timeline
📍Venue T, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 18 August ⏰ 11am
🎟 bit.ly/3J0amPx
#EIBF #EdBookFest #scottishhistory #Scotland #history #timeline
Watch online: Anna Groundwater: Finding Scotland’s Place in World History
From Mon 18 Aug - Though small in landmass, Scotland and her people have had a mighty impact on the world over many centuries. In Connecting Scotland's History, Anna Groundwater demonstrates the richn...
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August 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Watch online! Available live, then on-demand after the event.
Check out this fascinating blog post by Megan Gamble, MA Candidate at @uguelphhist.bsky.social!
Megan studies the Covenanters through an emotional and gendered lens under the guidance of Dr. Cathryn Spence.
Megan studies the Covenanters through an emotional and gendered lens under the guidance of Dr. Cathryn Spence.
Traditional narratives of the Scottish Covenanting Movement have either sidelined women’s roles or dismissed them. But women were central to the Movement - discover more about their role in our latest blog post!
📖 Read now
womenshistoryscotland.org/2025/07/13/t...
#WomensHistory #ScottishHistory
📖 Read now
womenshistoryscotland.org/2025/07/13/t...
#WomensHistory #ScottishHistory
July 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Check out this fascinating blog post by Megan Gamble, MA Candidate at @uguelphhist.bsky.social!
Megan studies the Covenanters through an emotional and gendered lens under the guidance of Dr. Cathryn Spence.
Megan studies the Covenanters through an emotional and gendered lens under the guidance of Dr. Cathryn Spence.
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Join some of our Curious Travellers team at the FREE Early Career symposium "Journeys of Curiosity", in Liverpool on 25th September 2025.
Propose your papers by 15th August!
Propose your papers by 15th August!
July 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Join some of our Curious Travellers team at the FREE Early Career symposium "Journeys of Curiosity", in Liverpool on 25th September 2025.
Propose your papers by 15th August!
Propose your papers by 15th August!
The Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership (S-CAP) Inaugural Lecture is happening in 2 days!
‘Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ presented by Prof. Robert Dunbar, University of Edinburgh.
Thurs. 26 June, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) on Zoom.
bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...
‘Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ presented by Prof. Robert Dunbar, University of Edinburgh.
Thurs. 26 June, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) on Zoom.
bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...
June 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership (S-CAP) Inaugural Lecture is happening in 2 days!
‘Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ presented by Prof. Robert Dunbar, University of Edinburgh.
Thurs. 26 June, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) on Zoom.
bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...
‘Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections’ presented by Prof. Robert Dunbar, University of Edinburgh.
Thurs. 26 June, 3pm (EDT) / 8pm (UK) on Zoom.
bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...
The new issue of the International Review of Scottish Studies is now available!
Discover the FREE featured article, 'Westminster Politicians and Rectorial Elections in Scotland's Universities, 1820-1920' by Gordon Pentland.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
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Discover the FREE featured article, 'Westminster Politicians and Rectorial Elections in Scotland's Universities, 1820-1920' by Gordon Pentland.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
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Westminster Politicians and Rectorial Elections in Scotland's Universities, 1820–1920 | International Review of Scottish Studies
This article focuses on the relationship of Westminster politicians to rectorial elections at Scottish universities between the first obviously ‘political’ contest at Glasgow in 1820 and Lloyd George’...
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June 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The new issue of the International Review of Scottish Studies is now available!
Discover the FREE featured article, 'Westminster Politicians and Rectorial Elections in Scotland's Universities, 1820-1920' by Gordon Pentland.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
@edinburghup.bsky.social
Discover the FREE featured article, 'Westminster Politicians and Rectorial Elections in Scotland's Universities, 1820-1920' by Gordon Pentland.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/...
@edinburghup.bsky.social
Join us online in 2 weeks for ‘'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections', presented by Prof. Robert Dunbar, University of Edinburgh.
📅 Thursday 26 June 2025
🕰️ 3pm (EDT) / 8pm(UK)
💻 Zoom
All are welcome to attend!
FREE Registration:
bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...
📅 Thursday 26 June 2025
🕰️ 3pm (EDT) / 8pm(UK)
💻 Zoom
All are welcome to attend!
FREE Registration:
bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...
June 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Join us online in 2 weeks for ‘'Gaelic in Scotland, Gaelic in Canada: Challenges, Prospects, Connections', presented by Prof. Robert Dunbar, University of Edinburgh.
📅 Thursday 26 June 2025
🕰️ 3pm (EDT) / 8pm(UK)
💻 Zoom
All are welcome to attend!
FREE Registration:
bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...
📅 Thursday 26 June 2025
🕰️ 3pm (EDT) / 8pm(UK)
💻 Zoom
All are welcome to attend!
FREE Registration:
bit.ly/S-CAPLecture...
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📣 Call for Papers!
Join us in Glasgow for New Directions in Women’s & Gender History in Scotland. We welcome papers on all aspects of women’s, gender, queer & trans history in/of Scotland. Interdisciplinary & inclusive.
📝 Deadline 1 July 2025
womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
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Join us in Glasgow for New Directions in Women’s & Gender History in Scotland. We welcome papers on all aspects of women’s, gender, queer & trans history in/of Scotland. Interdisciplinary & inclusive.
📝 Deadline 1 July 2025
womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
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WHS Conference 2025 – Women's History Scotland
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June 10, 2025 at 8:33 AM
📣 Call for Papers!
Join us in Glasgow for New Directions in Women’s & Gender History in Scotland. We welcome papers on all aspects of women’s, gender, queer & trans history in/of Scotland. Interdisciplinary & inclusive.
📝 Deadline 1 July 2025
womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
Share widely!
Join us in Glasgow for New Directions in Women’s & Gender History in Scotland. We welcome papers on all aspects of women’s, gender, queer & trans history in/of Scotland. Interdisciplinary & inclusive.
📝 Deadline 1 July 2025
womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
Share widely!
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For friends following our work on #Scottish #Highland settlement sites in #CapeBreton - you can check out our final report here: canmore.org.uk/collection/2...
Big thanks to Historic Environment Scotland for the brilliant partnership.
Big thanks to Historic Environment Scotland for the brilliant partnership.
One People, Two Islands: The Entanglement of the Islands of Eigg, Scotland and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 1790-1830 | Canmore
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June 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
For friends following our work on #Scottish #Highland settlement sites in #CapeBreton - you can check out our final report here: canmore.org.uk/collection/2...
Big thanks to Historic Environment Scotland for the brilliant partnership.
Big thanks to Historic Environment Scotland for the brilliant partnership.