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Bearing Down on Ursid Toponyms
Wild bears have long gone from Scotland’s landscape but echoes of them remain in our place-names … Read in Gaelic It’s far from clear when European brown bears became extinct in Scotland, but it wasn’t yesterday, and it is therefore … Continue reading
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Mac-talla a’ Mhathain air Tìr
ʼS fhada on a dh’fhalbh na mathain fhiadhaich mu dheireadh, ach tha na creutairean seo a’ nochdadh – an siud ʼs an seo – nar n-ainmean-àite fhathast … Read in English Chan eil e soilleir cuin a bhàsaich am mathan … Continue reading
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Tagged bears, Bears in Scotland, Gaelic, Gaelic in the landscape, Gaelic language, maps, NatureScot, place names, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic
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