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RT @PatrickNunn3: “First a wudd [wood], and syne [then] a sea; now a moss [marsh], and aye [forever] will be” was a saying in #Scotland in…
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RT @PatrickNunn3: “First a wudd [wood], and syne [then] a sea; now a moss [marsh], and aye [forever] will be” was a saying in #Scotland in…
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And the history of mountain-top forts like #Dunadd and #Dumbarton Rock, originally surrounded by sea, now onland. See Dunadd photo below surrounded today by Crinan Moss not sea. More in my new study here https://t.co/xHHOgBeQbO https://t.co/hqyAPsc6s7
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“First a wudd [wood], and syne [then] a sea; now a moss [marsh], and aye [forever] will be” was a saying in #Scotland in the 1820s and no doubt long before. Also the title of my study https://t.co/xHHOgBeQbO, just out in the "Scottish Geographical Journal"