RCAHMS: Exploring Scotland's Places - The Clyde Estuary and Central Region, 1985

Date 1985

Event ID 1047146

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Type Project

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Some 98 detailed site descriptions from this publication were entered into Canmore in 2017. The book was a collaboration between the author Jack Stevenson (RCAHMS), the series editor Dr Anna Ritchie, and RCAHMS staff, and aimed to provide a thorough introduction to a wide range of monuments (dating from prehistoric to recent times) in a region of Scotland.

Information from HES Survey and Recording (GFG) 21 January 2019

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1016541	DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNTS	PUBLICATION ACCOUNT	Wemyss Bay station and its pier were renowned to generations of Glaswegians as the railway terminus for their annual trip 'doon the watter' to Rothesay on the island of Bute. [...]	1985
1016547	DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNTS	PUBLICATION ACCOUNT	John Cowane was a wealthy merchant who, on his death in 1633, left a sum of 40.000 merks for the construction of an almshouse or hospital to house 'tuelf(twelve) decayed guidbroder, burgessis and induellors' of the burgh of Stirling. The building is still in public use, although no longer as an almshouse, and consequently it is not possible to view the interior. [...]	1985
1016570	DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNTS	PUBLICATION ACCOUNT	Stirling Castle owed its importance in the medieval period to a combination of a crucial strategic position and a strongly defended natural fortress. Because it lay at the lowest bridging point of the River Forth, it commanded both major north-south and east-west land routes and its possession was vital to anyone seeking military control of eastern Scotland. [...]	1985

RCAHMS: Exploring Scotland's Places - The Clyde Estuary and Central Region, 1985

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