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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1839831014
ISBN-13
9781839831010
Edition
Reissue
Publisher
Birlinn General
Imprint
Origin
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 16th, 2026
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
246 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.00 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
ScotlandLocal history
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In this book Marian Pallister has looked extensively into places, people and events which are curiously layered, and has created a book that is overflowing with enchanting 'curiosities' and local histories. It is a unique insight into the eclectic collection of the archaeology, geography, geology and genealogy of Argyll.
The great travellers of the 17th century – Martin, Penant, Johnson et al – used the word ‘curiosity’ to mean many different things. They labelled as ‘curiosities’ people, plants, legends, historical facts and geological certainties. This book follows their example in a 21st century journey around Argyll and its islands. It is difficult to find an area of Argyll which is not curious in some way: archaeology, geography, geology and genealogy have all served to mark out this western fringe of Scotland as unique. Discarding those curiosities which it is all too easy to find on any journey through the county, Marian Pallister has looked extensively into places, people and events which are curiously layered, and has created a book that is overflowing with enchanting ‘curiosities’ and local histories.
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