Yesterday at the Highland Council we launched the Gazetteer for Gaelic Place-names which makes much of our work available to the public in ... Continue Reading about Gaelic Place-names Gazetter launched yesterday

I recently came across this note inserted into the Ordnance Survey Name Books for the Parish of Kilmallie: Note: The old Castle of ... Continue Reading about Torcastle and Banquo

Each week I'll be posting information on a place-name I've found interesting or unusual in some way. This week is Buarblaig, it appears in ... Continue Reading about Name of the week: Buarblaig

I'm not sure how long this has been up, but the Old Statistical Accounts of Scotland have been posted up as free pdfs on the ... Continue Reading about Statistical Accounts of Scotland