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A fascinating part of beekeeping history.
Coming Soon - our new website aims to provide a wealth of information on bee boles and other beekeeping structures that were used in the past to provide shelter for skeps of honey bees.
#beekeeping #BeeHistory #BeeBoles
Described as 'Funny, occasionally filthy and ultimately fascinating' by Richard K Herring its just one month until Historic Building Mythbusting is released by The History Press!
Available to pre-order here: thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/hi…
Tour dates here: …iskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mythbustingtou…
Maescarnog, Crai c.1910 with a date inscription of 1717, also memorialises the landscape's prehistoric past in its name 'a place with rocks or cairns'.
#househistory
#welshhistory
#landscapearchaeology
Slack pitched, rounded edges, flush ridges and no eave overhangs. Built to withstand the worst Atlantic storms. #Blackhouses #OuterHebrides .
A rare survival: the Parish House, Baltonsborough, Somerset. This The Landmark Trust ‘church house’ was built shortly before the Reformation for parish meetings, feast, ales, etc. 500 yrs on parish meetings still happen here. A little charmer.
Relief work is when a flint is laid in a combination with another material or a different style of flint. It is a very effective way of using the maximum potential of the material in terms of texture and form. #itsallinthebook#flint #reliefwork #flintstyles #venacular #flintwall
Fully funded PhD opportunity! “Home, Hearth And Heritage” focusing on Hebridean Taighean Tughaidh. Based at CnocSoilleir
Full details at shorturl.at/ghPV4
#ThinkUHI #UHIResearch UHI Centre for History