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Scottish Place-Name Society’s Autumn 2021 conference

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Scottish Place-Name Society

Comann Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba

AUTUMN CONFERENCE

Saturday, 6th November 2021
Online – via Zoom

Following the success of the Autumn 2020 and Spring 2021 online conferences, and the continuous uncertainty around the Coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Place-Name Society’s Autumn 2021 conference will once again take place online (via Zoom).

The conference is free to attend for registered members of the Scottish Place-Name Society. Becoming a member is easy and affordable – it costs £6 a year or £15 for 3 years. For more information on how to join, please CLICK HERE. Members can book tickets on Eventbrite through the link below.

We look forward to seeing you at the conference!

CONFERENCE PLAN

10:00 – 10:10Welcome
Alan Macniven

 SESSION 1
Chair – Eilidh Scammell

10:10 – 10:40Ceathramhan land holdings in the Cree and Minnoch Valleys
Michael Ansell

10:40 – 11:10Sundaywell. The field and feature names of an upland farm in Glenesslin, Dunscore parish, Dumfriesshire.
Henry Gough-Cooper

11:10 – 11:30Break
 SESSION 2
Chair – Sofia Evemalm

11:30 – 12:00Settlement-Names in the Glenkens Area of Kirkcudbrightshire
Thomas Clancy, University of Glasgow

12:00 – 12:30Iona, Place-Names and the Replication of Sacred Spaces
Gilbert Márkus, University of Glasgow

12:30 – 14:00Lunch

 SESSION 3
Chair – Carole Hough

14:00 – 14:30Early Medieval Kirkmadrine: Fènechas Influence in Placename Origination
Joanne W. Machin, Orkney Archaeological Institute UHI

14:30 – 15:00The Character of Borgue field-names
Nic Coombey

15:00 – 15:30Taking the high road: contextualising the place names of older agriculture and marker trees
Archie McConnel, Dumfries Archival Mapping Project

15:30 – 15:40Summing up & Fin
Alan Macniven

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