The Lost Farming Communities of West Lothian
When you look around the countryside today, what do you see? Probably the rolling Bathgate Hills, Bings, Sprawling farms and tidy little stone walls or Tree lined hedges to contain them. But what if I told you that just a few centuries back, it was a totally different world. We’re talking about a landscape absolutely […]
The Invisible History of Scotland’s Other Clearances -The Pen Was Mightier Than the Torch
When we speak of historical displacement in Scotland, the mind immediately wanders to the mist-shrouded glens of the north: the tragic spectacle of the Highland Clearances, burning thatch, and families driven onto ships to make way for sheep. But a quieter, arguably more systemic revolution occurred decades earlier across the rolling hills of West Lothian. […]
The Highland and Lowland Clearances – Which Impacted more
So, most of us are well aware of the Highland Clearances. A dispersing of the Scottish Highland Clans with the eviction and evacuation of hundreds of the Glens that were their homes. These 19th century clearances left the highlands a vast unpopulated land mass. However, It’s far less often, if ever, that we her about […]
Scotland’s Farming Books that Fuelled a Revolution
When you think of a revolution, what springs to mind? Big battles, right? Maybe some ‘world changing’ invention? Well, what if I told you that the entire nations future was written in a farmers handbook? Sounds strange right? But thats exactly what happened. So, today were going to take a look at how a handful […]