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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: Balgonie Castle
Balgonie Castle Sir John Sibbald first built Balgonie. This is a 15th-century tower house of ashlar rising to 4 storeys with a crenellated parapet and a garret. It sits in a 17th century enclosure which contains ruined buildings of grandeur – one of which was the home of the Covenanting General Alexander Leslie who died…Continue…
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: Lancashire – Blackstone Edge Roman Road
Images of Blackstone Edge Roman Road, Littleborough OS grid ref: SD9651 This section of a Roman road belongs to an artery which ran from the fort and settlement of Manchester (Mamucium) in the south to a small fort at Ilkley (Verbeia) in the north. This preserved surface is in outstanding condition and is well worth…Continue…
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: Middlebie Church
Middlebie Church A village in Dumfries and Galloway, Middlebie lies on the Middlebie Burn, nearly 2 miles (3 km) east of Ecclefechan. Immediately south of Middlebie, on the banks of the Mein Water, are the remains of Birrens Roman Fort which was originally known as Blatobulgium
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish Church
Kirkpatrick Fleming Parish Church This church was substantially rebuilt in 1775 but incorporates earlier masonry including the bellcote of 1733. Further alterations were made in 1892-3 by JB Leslie. The graveyard here is very interesting and includes two burial enclosures – one late 17th century. Kirkpatrick Fleming is in Dumfries and Galloway
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: Tunisia – Antonine Baths
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: Arbroath Abbey
Arbroath Abbey NO 643413 54 HS Tironensian Abbey Arbroath Abbey was founded by King William the Lion in 1178 for the monks of the order of Tiron in memory of his friend Thomas A’Becket.. There are substantial remains of the large church . The abbots house , the main gate and the precinct wall are…Continue…
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Metal Detecting *DRAFT* Code of practice
Detecting Bodies / Code of Practice Home NCMD FID Code of practice Avoiding protected sites, or land in their near vicinity (because areas of archaeological sensitivity and scheduling boundaries may not always correspond). Not trespassing; before you start detecting obtain permission to search from the landowner, regardless of the status, or perceived status, of…Continue…
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: Barjarg Castle
Barjarg Castle Now attached to a large 19th century mansion, Barjarg is a red rubble L plan tower which 4 storeys and and attic. The tower may have been built in 1680 by John Grierson and his wife Grizel kilpatrick
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Metal Detecting Selling finds outside the uk?
Although this can be done legally it’s wise to stop and think…….. What do British detectorists’s think about the export and import of Iraqi antiquities? About the exploitation of sites by the poor in Iraq to supply that market? The export and sale of Egyptian antiquities? Or Greek ones? We all “tut-tut” about that of…Continue…
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The Picts
This was found in a bog at St Andrews Parish , Orkney in 1867 and has been carbon dated to between 250 and 615 AD. This is made of undyed fabric which was woven on an upright loom and fringed with tablet woven bands and long tassels,some of which appear to be recycled from other…Continue…
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Ourpasthistory.com Image Gallery :: Dairsie Castle
Dairsie Castle, Fife Dairsie Castle was first built in the late 16th century, when the lands where owned by the Learmonth family. It is a variation of both L and Z – plans, consisting of a rectangular main block with a square tower at western angle and round towers at the northern and southern angles,…Continue…
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Metal Detecting – The FID
Quarterly postal bulletins, keeping you up to date with all the news, your own personal identity card with your photo on it, if you live in the United Kingdom you also have free public liability insurance for £2,000,000 FID will accept any responsible detectorist (whether beginner or experienced) as a member, there is no waiting…Continue…
