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Seals Cave, Kirkmaiden William Todd's Statistical Account of the parish (1854) records that it is "much frequented by seals and hence called Selk-Co." CO is Scots 'cave'. The Scots for 'seal' is SELCH (-ch as in 'loch'), more familiar in the diminutive form SELKIE.

The Packman's Grave - a lost place-name in Wigtownshire and a story fit for Hallowe'en: "Even until lately, people imagined they saw lights and heard knocks at the spot..." dgplacenames.wordpress.com/2021/10/31/the…

Kirkbean Fairy Procession On Hallowe'en, fairies beating drums would pass through Prestonmill on their way to Hangman Hill, where the would spend the night dancing. #30DayMapChallenge | Day 17 | A map without a computer

Bought entirely for the lable

All day thinking about entries for The Sunday Times clue writing contest

Nessie in Inverness

Awa’ in France, across the wave, The wee lichts burn on ilka grave, An’ you an’ me their lowe hae seen— Ye’ll mebbe hae yer Hallowe’en Yont, whaur ye’re lyin’ wi’ the lave.

@dgplacenames.bsky.social Sung here on Scots Women by Sheena Wellington & Karine Polwart: youtu.be/URLnp69FYos?si…

If you're looking for an equivalent of Excel's IFERROR function in QGIS, it's try

My next book Pre-Christian Baltic Religion and Belief (coming April 2025 from Arc Humanities Press) is now available to pre-order: arc-humanities.org/9781802702491/…

My accent making the crossword harder than it needs to be: When speaking, noticed a creepy-crawly (6) "spider" and "spied a" don't sound the same for me

Thoroughly enjoyed The Big House, last checked out from Orkney Library in 1998.

Took a while, but we have passed 1500 Proto-Celtic entries! en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:…

Thanks to everyone who's followed this micro-blog about #HilltopMonuments and other interesting things in the landscape. I've featured 184 sites to date here on Twitter. More to come, but I'm migrating to where the sky is blue. Find the link here: linktr.ee/addington

I said I was going to make my own Christmas cards this year but I never got round to it. So here's the photo I was going to use. It's one of my faves I've taken ❄️ 🐑 📍The Standing Stones of Stenness