A big thank you to everyone that joined us on Wednesday night to hear all about the Torrs Pony Cap - we& #39;ll let everyone know the minute the video is available to watch on YouTube, so don& #39;t worry if you missed it.

Here are some links that you can read in the meantime... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">

For more on the pony cap & Fraser& #39;s excavations at Torrs:

https://www.nms.ac.uk/torrsponycap 

https://www.nms.ac.uk/torrspony... href=" https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2016/10/06/digging-a-context-for-celtic-art-fieldwork-at-torrs/">https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2016/10/0... https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2016/08/27/chasing-celtic-art-on-the-trail-of-a-pony-cap/">https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2016/08/2...

Chasing Celtic art: on the trail of a pony cap

Our blockbuster Celts exhibition is full of amazing objects. As you walk from case to case, your eyes are caught by one magnificent object after another, from Ireland, France, Germany, Bulgaria. One...

https://www.nms.ac.uk/torrsponycap

For anyone interested in looking at Roy& #39;s Military Survey as mentioned by Michael, you& #39;ll find it and many other historical maps on the @natlibscot website: https://maps.nls.uk/ ">https://maps.nls.uk/">...

LiDAR survey also came up during the talk, and you can download available LiDAR data from https://remotesensingdata.gov.scot/ 

Although">https://remotesensingdata.gov.scot/">... if you& #39;re interested in finding out more about this amazing resource, it& #39;s also going to be the subject of our next webinar - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/3-d-galloway-lidar-for-archaeological-survey-tickets-122021925865">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/3-d-gal...

During the talk, Michael talked about negative opinions of open water bodies during the 18th & 19th c. & some attendees kindly shared 2 links discussing disease during this period:

*Malaria in Britain: Past, present, and future https://www.pnas.org/content/100/17/9997">https://www.pnas.org/content/1...

* https://www.academia.edu/12105256/Ague_in_Eighteenth_Century_Scotland_The_Shifting_Ecology_of_Disease?sm=b">https://www.academia.edu/12105256/...

And we were also given a link with further information on maerl: https://www.nature.scot/landscapes-and-habitats/habitat-types/coast-and-seas/marine-habitats/maerl-beds">https://www.nature.scot/landscape... which was present in Carlingwark Loch and used as a cheap alternative to lime by the local farmers wanting to improve their fields.

End of thread - thank you!