Reading List and References
Works Cited in this Blog
Norman Bissell; Slate, Sea and Sky (Luath, 2007)
Thomas Clancy (ed.); The Triumph Tree: Scotland's Earliest Poetry AD 550-1350 (Canongate Books, 1998)
George Gunn; The Province of the Cat (Islands Book trust, 2015)
Neil Gunn; The Silver Darlings (Faber and Faber, 1969)
H. Rider Haggard Works of H. Rider Haggard (Delphi, 2015)
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=D94ZAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PT12597&ots=MCNSaBFkWt&dq=h%20rider%20haggard%20shipwreck%20stroma&pg=PT12597#v=onepage&q=h%20rider%20haggard%20shipwreck%20stroma&f=false
Caroline Larrington (translator); The Poetic Edda (Oxford University Press, 2014)
George Mackay Brown (Archie Bevan and Brian Murray, editors); The Collected Poems of George Mackay Brown (John Murray, 2006)
James Millar; A Wild and Open Sea: The Story of the Pentland Firth (Orkney Press, 1994)
Alan Spence; Seasons of the Heart (Canongate Books, 2000)
Kenneth White;The Bird Path - Collected Longer Poems (Penguin, 1990)
Journal Articles
Almqvist, B.; Scandinavian and Celtic Folklore Contacts in the Earldom of Orkney http://www.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/Saga-Book%20XX.pdf
Jesch, J; Norse Myth in Medieval Orkney
http://www.sagaconference.org/SC13/SC13_Jesch.pdf
Knox,W.W; A History of the Scottish People- Health in Scotland 1840-1940
http://www.scran.ac.uk/scotland/pdf/SP2_3Health.pdf
Walsh, A; The Sagas of Iceland and Ireland - Literary Influence
http://www.aughty.org/pdf/sagas_iceland_ireland.pdf
Select Reading List
Barbara E. Crawford; The Northern Earldoms- Orkney and Caithness from AD870 to 1470 (Birlinn, 2013)
Peter Davidson; The Idea of North (Reaktion Books, 2005)
Robert MacFarlane; Landmarks (Penguin, 2015)
The Old Ways (Penguin, 2012)
Angus Mackay; The History of the Province of the Cat (Caithness and Sutherland) (Forgotten Books, 2015)
Donald Omand(ed.); The New Caithness Book (North of Scotland Newspapers, 1989)
Kenneth White; On the Atlantic Edge (Sandstone Press, 2006)
Web Links
www.caithness.org - community site with hundreds of pages of local history, literature and geology
http://caithnessbirds.co.uk - detailed information and location maps of local and migratory birds
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/kilmartin-glen-temple-wood-stone-circle/history/ - an introduction to the archaeology of Kilmartin and Achnabreac
http://kilmartin.org/docs/achnabreckExcavationDSR.pdf - report detailing the latest excavations of the rock art at Achnabreac
http://www.landforms.eu/Caithness/tide%20race.htm - information about the tidal races of the Pentland Firth
http://www.landforms.eu/Caithness/geology.htm -a detailed survey of Caithness geology
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/clouds/cloud-names-classifications - useful resource for categorising cloud formations
https://www.njalurefill.is/about-the-njala-tapestry - link to the ongoing Njalurefill tapestry project in Iceland
http://nornlanguage.x10.mx -fascinating site looking at the heritage of the Norn language in Shetland, Orkney and Caithness
www.orkneyjar.com -Orcadian history, literature and folklore
http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/gaelic/gaelicnorseinthelandscape.pdf -a detailed survey of Gaelic and Norse place names in Caithness
Norman Bissell; Slate, Sea and Sky (Luath, 2007)
Thomas Clancy (ed.); The Triumph Tree: Scotland's Earliest Poetry AD 550-1350 (Canongate Books, 1998)
George Gunn; The Province of the Cat (Islands Book trust, 2015)
Neil Gunn; The Silver Darlings (Faber and Faber, 1969)
H. Rider Haggard Works of H. Rider Haggard (Delphi, 2015)
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=D94ZAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PT12597&ots=MCNSaBFkWt&dq=h%20rider%20haggard%20shipwreck%20stroma&pg=PT12597#v=onepage&q=h%20rider%20haggard%20shipwreck%20stroma&f=false
Caroline Larrington (translator); The Poetic Edda (Oxford University Press, 2014)
George Mackay Brown (Archie Bevan and Brian Murray, editors); The Collected Poems of George Mackay Brown (John Murray, 2006)
James Millar; A Wild and Open Sea: The Story of the Pentland Firth (Orkney Press, 1994)
Alan Spence; Seasons of the Heart (Canongate Books, 2000)
Kenneth White;The Bird Path - Collected Longer Poems (Penguin, 1990)
Journal Articles
Almqvist, B.; Scandinavian and Celtic Folklore Contacts in the Earldom of Orkney http://www.vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/Saga-Book%20XX.pdf
Crampton, Burleigh, et.al : The Geology of Caithness
https://archive.org/stream/geologyofcaithne00cramuoft/geologyofcaithne00cramuoft_djvu.txtJesch, J; Norse Myth in Medieval Orkney
http://www.sagaconference.org/SC13/SC13_Jesch.pdf
Knox,W.W; A History of the Scottish People- Health in Scotland 1840-1940
http://www.scran.ac.uk/scotland/pdf/SP2_3Health.pdf
Walsh, A; The Sagas of Iceland and Ireland - Literary Influence
http://www.aughty.org/pdf/sagas_iceland_ireland.pdf
Select Reading List
Barbara E. Crawford; The Northern Earldoms- Orkney and Caithness from AD870 to 1470 (Birlinn, 2013)
Peter Davidson; The Idea of North (Reaktion Books, 2005)
Robert MacFarlane; Landmarks (Penguin, 2015)
The Old Ways (Penguin, 2012)
Angus Mackay; The History of the Province of the Cat (Caithness and Sutherland) (Forgotten Books, 2015)
Donald Omand(ed.); The New Caithness Book (North of Scotland Newspapers, 1989)
Kenneth White; On the Atlantic Edge (Sandstone Press, 2006)
Web Links
www.caithness.org - community site with hundreds of pages of local history, literature and geology
http://caithnessbirds.co.uk - detailed information and location maps of local and migratory birds
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/kilmartin-glen-temple-wood-stone-circle/history/ - an introduction to the archaeology of Kilmartin and Achnabreac
http://kilmartin.org/docs/achnabreckExcavationDSR.pdf - report detailing the latest excavations of the rock art at Achnabreac
http://www.landforms.eu/Caithness/tide%20race.htm - information about the tidal races of the Pentland Firth
http://www.landforms.eu/Caithness/geology.htm -a detailed survey of Caithness geology
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/clouds/cloud-names-classifications - useful resource for categorising cloud formations
https://www.njalurefill.is/about-the-njala-tapestry - link to the ongoing Njalurefill tapestry project in Iceland
http://nornlanguage.x10.mx -fascinating site looking at the heritage of the Norn language in Shetland, Orkney and Caithness
www.orkneyjar.com -Orcadian history, literature and folklore
http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/gaelic/gaelicnorseinthelandscape.pdf -a detailed survey of Gaelic and Norse place names in Caithness
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