Give Stobie Some Credit

Added on 06 March 2019

Step forward James Stobie (1775 - 1804) factor to the Duke of Atholl, surveyor and, more importantly for us, mapmaker. He published his 'The Counties of Perth & Clackmannan' in 1783. In which he maps the 'Druid Stones', quite precisely as a circle of five. Without recourse to...

Eight Stones or Fewer

Added on 05 March 2019

The oldest artefact in our area, thus found, is the stone circle in Druid’s Park. Perhaps 5,000 years old. Little wonder then that it is a bit gappy. By contrast the present, ongoing, development of its surroundings as a housing estate is only into its third decade. The circle has five ston...

One Sunday in July

Added on 01 March 2019

A section of an estate map of 'The Lands of Meikle Burnbane'. It has annotations in pencil by Sir William Drummond Stewart, dated March 1860, outlining the 60 acres he has sold to the Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for the new asylum. Map © Murthly & Strathbraan Estates Pictur...

Sossity Has My Back

Added by Thornie on 14 February 2019

Clio is the Muse of History. Daughter of Zeus and a Titan, Mnemosyne, cloistered on Mount Parnassus, she gravitates quite naturally to the big stuff. Looking on as the Treaty of Versailles is signed with the florid flourish of a Montblanc pen, sort of thing. For local matters, say a 19 year lease on...