redsquirrels.org.uk
Red Squirrels in South Scotland
http://redsquirrels.org.uk/grey.asp
If you have grey squirrels in your area and would like to help with grey squirrel control please contact us at RSSS. Via phone or email to join our Trap Loan Scheme. For a printable version (pdf). How You Can Help. Where Can I See Red Squirrels? Red Squirrel Facts and Information. Please note this link will open a new window which will take you to the Scottish Wildlife Trust website where you can record your squirrel sightings.
redsquirrels.org.uk
Red Squirrels in South Scotland
http://redsquirrels.org.uk/how-you-can-help.asp
Red Squirrels in South Scotland. How You Can Help. Threats to red squirrel survival include competition for food and habitat with the introduced grey squirrel. But the biggest problem that they now face in the south of Scotland is the deadly Squirrelpox virus which is carried by grey squirrels moving north from England. Squirrel monitoring programmes help us to collect information on the distribution of red. How You Can Help. Where Can I See Red Squirrels? Red Squirrel Facts and Information. Please note ...
redsquirrels.org.uk
Red Squirrels in South Scotland
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Red Squirrels in South Scotland. You have reached the Red Squirrels in South Scotland website. This project merged with the National red squirrel conservation project Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels. In April 2014. For further information on the SSRS project and work in the south of Scotland please visit the official project website http:/ scottishsquirrels.org.uk/. Effort is essential in order to ensure that red squirrels survive long enough to benefit from future non-lethal methods of control. Environm...
historicchurchyards.co.uk
Monuments | Historic Churchyards
http://www.historicchurchyards.co.uk/monuments
SEARCH BY PARISH NAME. Monuments of all shapes and sizes. Some of the earliest Christian memorials in Scotland are found in Dumfries and Galloway. Most of the early crosses have been moved in to museums or churches to protect them from the weather and include the Latinus Stone at Whithorn and the Kirkmadrine Stones near Sandhead. Hogback tombstones were located at Gretna and fragments can be seen in Dumfries Museum. Click on the above links to view examples and find out more.
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Bibliography | Historic Churchyards
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SEARCH BY PARISH NAME. Brown, Hamish, A Scottish Graveyard Miscellany (Bell and Bain Ltd, Glasgow 2008). Council for Scottish Archaeology Carved Stones Advisor Project, An introduction to Graveyard Recording (2006). Love, Dane Scottish Kirkyards (Robert Hale 1989). Willsher, Betty and Hunter Doreen, Stones A guide to some remarkable 18th Century Gravestones (Canongate, 1979). Willsher, Betty, Understanding Scottish Graveyards (Council for Scottish Archaeology and NMSE Publishing, 2005). Stell, Geoffrey, ...
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Carved Emblems | Historic Churchyards
http://www.historicchurchyards.co.uk/carved-emblems
SEARCH BY PARISH NAME. The meanings of symbols. The symbols carved in stone provide some of the best examples of folk art in Dumfries and Galloway. Richly decorated stones are often very attractive and combine emblems with different meanings. The first being symbols that represent mortality / immortality / biblical references, the second type representing the occupation and status of the people commemorated. Also known as death heads, they are often shown in profile and frequently shown with bones. The n...
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Inscriptions | Historic Churchyards
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SEARCH BY PARISH NAME. Churchyard memorials provide a record of those who have died and their relationship with others. Epitaphs provide a wealth of information about how people saw themselves, how others saw them and their sentiments about death. Most common are verses that although unpoetic have a certain charm:. Weep not for us. Our Race is run. It was the Lord. His will be Dun. Here lies the Body. And the National Library; http:/ www.nls.uk/family-history/gravestones/index.html. 18th century inscript...
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Churchyards | Historic Churchyards
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SEARCH BY PARISH NAME. Click here for list of Parishes.
stridingarches.com
Andy Goldsworthy, Striding arches, Cairnhead, Glencairn, Cairnhead Community Forest Trust, Partners, Dalwhat Water, Glencairn Parish, Arts in the landscape, Andy, Goldsworthy, Arches, Alec Finlay, Pip Hall, Striding Arches, Dumfries & Galloway, Moniaiv
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Cairnhead Community Forest Trust. Cairnhead Community Forest Trust and Striding Arches. Cairnhead Community Forest Trust is a Scottish charity formed in 1998 to encourage and enable community participation in Cairnhead Forest through a working partnership with its owner Forestry Commission Scotland. Project, conceived by Andy Goldsworthy. A sculptor of international renown, has been enthusiastically adopted by the Trust, which has worked closely with the artist, the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association.
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Striding Arches - Links
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Cairnhead Community Forest Trust. Moniaive is situated in an area of great natural beauty in the heart of Nithsdale, Dumfries and Galloway. The village is now linked to the Southern Upland Way www.southernuplandway.gov.uk. As a result of the installation of Andy Goldsworthy’s. And the development of Cairnhead Forest as a community resource. Where to Stay in Dumfries and Galloway. Http:/ www.welcometoscotland.com/accommodation/dumfries-galloway. Craigdarroch Arms Hotel, High Street, Moniaive. The parish o...
