How Change on the Cult Estate led to the Discovery of Petroleum
On the land at the far West Point of West Lothian, almost at the border of West Lothian and Lanarkshire, you’ll find the site of the Old Cult Estate. Although damaged by fire, Cult House still proudly stands on the site, overlooking the old Glasgow to Edinburgh Turnpike Road. Later incorporated into expansion of the […]
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. […]