Beeswing
Coordinates: 54°00′25″N 3°43′40″W / 54.00687°N 3.72772°W
Beeswing is a wee veelage in the historical coonty o Kirkcoubrieshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It wis umwhile kent as Lochend in reference til its poseetion near Loch Arthur that lies til the east o the veelage an his been claimt as the settin for the Arthurian story o the Leddy o the Loch.[1] The veelage wis rename't tae honour the famous racin meir Beeswing.[2] The veelage umwhile haed a kirk that his noo been convertit til a hoose.
Loch Arthur Community
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Loch Arthur Community at Beeswing, rin bi the Camphill Village Trust,[3] is a wirkin ferm wi a dairy, gairdens, an uphaudit accommodation whaur fowk wi learin disabeelitys bide alangside volunteers in a wey that "notes the deegnity an uniqueness o ilk human bein an disna disteenguish atween thaim that is cried disable't an thaim that is no disable't."[4]
Ower the Water Veelage
[eedit | eedit soorce]Thare is a site on the wastren edge o the Loch ((grid reference NX896694) that ance haudit an "ower the watter" veelage durin the Stane Age o the Bronze Age. The residenters o the veelage bForderade in sile-uphauden biggins oot in the loch, some 70 fit fae the baunk, allouin for sauftie an security. The Museum in Dumfries haes a coracle that wis fund near this site in the 1930s.
Faurer readin
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Close-Brooks, J. (1974-1975) "An Iron-Age Date for the Loch Lotus Canoe", Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 106, p. 199 [deid airtin]
- Gillespie, J. E. (1874-1876) "Notice of a Canoe Found in Loch Lotus, Parish of New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire", Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 11, pp. 21-23[deid airtin]
- Harper, M. M. (1876) Rambles in Galloway: Topographical, Historical, Traditional,and Biographical, Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas, p. 203
- Henderson, J.C., Cavers, M. G., and Crone, B. A. (2006) "The South West Crannog Survey: Recent work on the lake dwellings of Dumfries and Galloway", Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 80, pp. 29-52
- Henderson, J.C., Crone, B.A., and Cavers, M.G. (2003) "A condition survey of selected crannogs in south west Scotland", Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 77, pp. 79-102
- L. (1874) "Arthurian Localities: Scotland", Notes and Queries, s5-II, 36, pp. 181-182
- Williams, J. (1971) "A Crannog at Loch Arthur, New Abbey", Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 48, p. 122
- Underwater excavations at Loch Arthur Crannog, New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway
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References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ http://www.factfictionandconjecture.ca/files/legend_of_king_arthur.html Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 25 Julie 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Archived 2007-07-25 at Archive.today
- ↑ http://www.camphillvillage.org/
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 4 Juin 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
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