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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Argyll"”.
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Mechanisms of emplacement of cone sheets, Ardnamurchan, Argyll
Thin (1m), centrally inclined (cone) sheets of basic rock are a unique but common feature of the intrusive complexes within the Thulean Igneous Province. A field, structural, statistical and petrographic analysis of these sheets belonging to the Ardnamurchan Central Intrusive Complex has been made …
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Medieval rural settlement: a study of Mid-Argyll, Scotland
… to the study of medieval rural settlement in Mid-Argyll which involved a combination of archaeological survey and historic geography. The techniques used included archaeological fieldwork, excavation, geophysical survey, and the consultation of historic maps, documentary evidence and aerial …
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The late holocene evolution of coastal wetlands in Argyll, Western Scotland
… from four lowland coastal marsh environments in Argyll, Western Scotland. This region of northern Britain has experienced differential crustal uplift and relative sea-level changes throughout the Holocene in response to glacio-isostatic adjustment. The complex interplay between land movements and …
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King Campbell : the public career of the Marquis of Argyll (1607?-1661)
… Campbell, eighth Earl and first Marquis of Argyll (c. 1607- 1661) who was arguably the most important Scottish nobleman to figure prominently in the events of the English Civil War and Interregnum. Chapter One describes the territorial possessions, historic role and national influence of the …
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King Campbell : the public career of the Marquis of Argyll (1607?-1661)
… Campbell, eighth Earl and first Marquis of Argyll (c. 1607- 1661) who was arguably the most important Scottish nobleman to figure prominently in the events of the English Civil War and Interregnum. Chapter One describes the territorial possessions, historic role and national influence of the …
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Late Devensian and early Flandrian vegetational history and deglacial chronology of Western Argyll
The study attempted to assess, through the analysis of critically located pollen sites, the vegetational history of a region between Loch Etive and the Cowal Peninsula during the Lateglacial and early-postglacial periods, and to reconcile the varied reconstructions of Loch Lomond Readvance …
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The secular Church and clergy in the Diocese of Argyll from circa 1189 to 1560
… of the medieval secular church and its clergy in Argyll, situated along the west coast of Scotland, from its foundation in 1189 until the Reformation in 1560, but with a special focus on the period between the later fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. The church in this region has hitherto not …
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Ecology of the tawny owl <i>Strix aluco</i> in the spruce forests of Northumberland and Argyll
… Northumberland (1980-91) and Glenbranter, Argyll (1984-91). Kielder was drier, colder and less mountainous than Glenbranter. Field voles were the main food of tawny owls in both forests. Vole populations exhibited a three-year cycle of abundance in Kielder but showed less variability and …
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Improving the Nation: investigating the principles of improvement in the new planned settlements of rural Scotland, c.1700-1815
… detail as possible. These include Inveraray (Argyllshire), Callander (Perthshire), Tomintoul (Banffshire), and Ullapool (Ross-shire). Inveraray will feature heavily by virtue that the thesis was co-supervised and undertaken in partnership with Argyll Estates. Additionally, the focus on …
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East India patronage and the political management of Scotland 1720-1774
… and Lord Milton, as agents of the Duke of Argyll and his brother Islay, were instrumental in this. Walpole's successors at Westminster and the Argathelians in Scotland conspired to further the use of available India patronage. The flood of India favours continued until 1765 and beyond, …
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The Resurgence of Gaelic power in Ireland and Scotland and its wider impact, c.1350-1513
… the Burkes of Mayo and the Campbells of Argyll held sway. By tracing the interconnectivity of the lordships in each respective network, the thesis investigates how these alliance systems became a durable force not only within the Gàidhealtachd but also on the broader 'British' stage. The …
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Analysis and reconstruction of dynamic-stall data from nominally two-dimensional aerofoil tests in two different wind tunnels
… on an aerofoil in the Department of Aerospace’s Argyll Wind Tunnel. The objectives of this investigation are divided in three main topics. First part considers the analysis of the data. This means (a) the assessment of the aerodynamic coefficients and consequent analysis of the various features …
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Adaptations of the Beautiful: Natural Theological Aesthetics from Paley to Darwin
… and then turn to the polemical context of the Argyll dispute as it forced Darwin to develop a more coherent aesthetic theory. I will show how Darwin’s developing account of beauty took up the structure of CROE in order to naturalise the teleological challenge of intrinsic aesthetic …
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From Rome to 'the ends of the habitable world': the provision of clergy and church buildings in the Hebrides, circa 1266 to circa 1472
… Gaels who came from the dioceses of Sodor and Argyll and were therefore able to communicate with their parishioners. Some of the clergy can be identified as belonging to the territorial, professional and ecclesiastical kindreds and can be described as of high social status. Determining …
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On the Road to Meikle Seggie: Richard Demarco's Edinburgh Arts Journeys 1972-80
… Eire, Northern Ireland and Scotland (Arran, Argyll, Iona, Skye, Wester Ross and Orkney), returning by the east coast of England to Fowey. The voyage included visits to the sculptor David Nash, the poets George Mackay Brown and Sorley Maclean, the painter Jon Schueler, and the performance …