doi:10.1080/00369224408735268Arthur GeddesScottish Geographical Journal
Other words include knoll and (in Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England) its variant, knowe.There are various specific names used to describe particular types of hill, based on appearance and method of formation. Many such names originated in one geographical region to describe a type ...
Locales in the AreaAddinston Hamlet Addinston is a farming village, off the A697, close to the Carfraemill roundabout, with two hill forts and settlements, in Lauderdale in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Berwickshire. Addinston is situated 7 km south of Lammermuir ...
Several places in the park, like Loch Leven, have Scottish names. They were named by Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada from 1935 to 1940, who noted the resemblance of the Cypress Hills to the highlands of his native Scotland....
For the best viewing experience, left-click the images and maps to zoom in to a new window, then exit that window to go back – go on, it really does work! For years I’ve driven straight through the Southern Highlands of Scotland, too impatient to stop when Glencoe, Skye, Wester Ros...
(二) If you study British history you may find the country went through several different names. The first name England 72 (refer) to England and Wales but when the two countries joined Scotland in 1603 the name Great Britain was given to represent the country. With the joining of Northern...
Our 15 km link road winds its way about 2000 feet down the mountain through deodar forest and apple orchards – a road that in Scotland might be considered a country lane, but one with the added thrill of the occasional sheer drop plunging down to the Chagaunti river below, and the ...
Built up during the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s, the area was named by two developers who were inspired by the original Cheviot Hills of Scotland. The Scottish theme is echoed in its street names, such as Dumfries, Haddington, Wigtown, Troon. ...
Get out of the cities and towns in West Virginia into the remote hills and hollers where the roads dead-end and it’s a step back in time. Here live descendants of pioneer families who came from Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales in the 17th and 18th centuries. More people in the mo...
Edzell Boer War Memorial at the High Street, Edzell, Scotland The memorial takes the form of a Celtic cross set on a tapering shaft, plinth and base and inscribed, “To the memory of gallant soldiers belonging to Edzell & District who fell in the Great Boer War 1899-1900-1...