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OU on the BBC: History of Scotlandphotos.com

By The History of Scotland web team (The Open University)

24 July 2010

Neil Oliver returns to Scotland to explore its dramatic history  Read more : OU on the BBC: History of Scotland

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A walk around... Dundee Featuring: audio, BBC

By Neil Oliver (Guest), The History of Scotland web team (The Open University)

23 November 2009

The jute industry brought Dundee great prosperity and a huge population explosion in the early part of the 20th Century, but when the industry died...  Read more : A walk around... Dundee

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Directions for the Dundee walkBBC

By The History of Scotland web team (The Open University)

23 November 2009

Take a walk along the streets of Dundee - and into the past.  Read more : Directions for the Dundee walk

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A walk around... Glendale Featuring: audio, BBC

By Neil Oliver (Guest), The History of Scotland web team (The Open University)

16 November 2009

For most of the 19th Century, the crofters of Glendale were forced to live in dire circumstances by landlords who didn't want them there. Find...  Read more : A walk around... Glendale

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Directions for the Glendale WalkBBC

By The History of Scotland web team (The Open University)

16 November 2009

Download the directions and map for the Glendale walk.  Read more : Directions for the Glendale Walk

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A walk around... Glasgow Featuring: audio, BBC

By Neil Oliver (Guest), The History of Scotland web team (The Open University)

09 November 2009

A roaring trade with the Americans and Europeans helped transform Glasgow from a nondescript, small town into a thriving metropolis with huge and expensive buildings....  Read more : A walk around... Glasgow

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Directions for the Glasgow walkBBC

By The History of Scotland web team (The Open University)

09 November 2009

Directions and an interactive map for the Glasgow audio walk.  Read more : Directions for the Glasgow walk

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OU on the BBC: History of Scotland - About the seriesBBC

By The History of Scotland web team (The Open University)

05 November 2009

Discover how we'll be decoding the secrets of the past. Find out more about the series  Read more : OU on the BBC: History of Scotland - About the series

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A walk around... Stirling Castle Featuring: audio, BBC

By Neil Oliver (Guest), The History of Scotland web team (The Open University)

29 October 2009

By 1715, the Act of Union with England, enacted eight years earlier, had failed to yield any noticeable benefits for Scotland. Find out about the...  Read more : A walk around... Stirling Castle

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Directions for the Stirling Castle walkBBC

By The History of Scotland web team (The Open University)

29 October 2009

Directions and an interactive map for the Stirling Castle audio walk.  Read more : Directions for the Stirling Castle walk

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A walk around... Dundee

Comment posted by Faefife

09 Dec 2009

The buildings in Dundee have always fascinated me.This information is fascinating and is well presented. A great way to give information by using the internet in this way. Read more : A walk around... Dundee

A walk around... Dundee

Comment posted by Faefife

09 Dec 2009

Faefife has started a thread discussing Dundee audio walk. Read more : A walk around... Dundee

A walk around... Edinburgh

Comment posted by Prince

29 Jun 2009

According to everything I have read the majority of Scotland's monarchs are buried at Iona, some at Dunfermline Abbey and some at Holyrood Abbey. A door within the ruins of Holyrood Abbey simply says... Read more : A walk around... Edinburgh

A walk around... Edinburgh

Comment posted by mijera

19 Apr 2009

mijera has started a thread discussing Edinburgh audio walk. Read more : A walk around... Edinburgh

A walk around... Stirling

Comment posted by Robert Fleck

30 Jan 2009

As a child born of a Scottish father and English mother and raised in England I was told many stories on visits to my relatives living in and around the Sterlingshire area. The stories were always... Read more : A walk around... Stirling

A walk around... Finlaggan

Comment posted by johnofislay

03 Jan 2009

Not just an audio commentary but a programme in its own right. Grand to hear a real Ileach giving some of the commentary. Read more : A walk around... Finlaggan

A walk around... Finlaggan

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03 Jan 2009

johnofislay has started a thread discussing Finlaggan audio walk. Read more : A walk around... Finlaggan

A walk around... Stirling

Comment posted by -=SBR=-TheBlackDouglas

08 Dec 2008

-=SBR=-TheBlackDouglas has started a thread discussing Stirling audio walk. Read more : A walk around... Stirling

A walk around... Kilmartin Glen

Comment posted by James

11 Nov 2008

Hi alecsmith. Thanks for letting us know. We've now fixed the error. Hope you enjoyed the article. Read more : A walk around... Kilmartin Glen

A walk around... Kilmartin Glen

Comment posted by alecsmith

10 Nov 2008

Neal Ascherson didnt say 'that when the ice melted water came from larkhall to the north, it was Loch Awe, noticed the mistake in the text version of the podcast about Kilmartin. I come from Larkhall... Read more : A walk around... Kilmartin Glen

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