Trees, woods and people is this year’s theme for the Forth Naturalist and Historian annual symposium on ‘Man and the Landscape’. The programme includes several talks on the history of Scottish native woods, especially in the Trossachs, including presentations from …
Scottish Woodland History Conference Oct 27th
The NWDG’s annual woodland history conference will be held on Wed 27th Oct 2010 at the Birnam Institute near Dunkeld. The theme is ‘Woods as working and cultural landscapes: past and present’. Speakers include Angus Winchester, giving a keynote talk …
The end of tradition?
A major international conference ‘The end of tradition? Aspects of Commons and Cultural Severance’ took place in mid Sept 2010 organised by Ian Rotherham, Christine Handley and their colleagues at Sheffield Hallam University. This excellent and thought-provoking conference featured many …
Aloft, the ash and warrior oak
Our guided ‘heritage tree’ walk at Loch Katrine on 5th September 2010 celebrated the bicentenary of Sir Walter Scott’s publication of The Lady of the Lake as part of the Scottsland celebrations. This epic poem features beautiful descriptions of Loch …
Guided woodland history walk, Loch Katrine, 5th Sept
Off the beaten track at Loch Katrine, Peter Quelch and Coralie Mills will lead a guided walk to the historic woodlands of the remote southern shore on Sunday 5th September 2010. The event is free, as part of the Scottsland …
Welcome to Dendrochronicle
Dendrochronicle.co.uk is published by Coralie Mills, a dendrochronologist and environmental archaeologist, working in Scotland. Dendrochronicle will bring content on dendrochronology and woodland history in Scotland and North Britain, in particular on how tree-ring analysis and other complementary approaches can provide …