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78 Forth Naturalist and Historian, volume 22 AN ASSOCIATION OF HERITAGE SOCIETIES IN MID-SCOTLAND Bill Inglis University of Stirling On Saturday October 17 last year at a meeting attended by representatives of 16 local societies it was decided to establish an Association of Heritage Societies for Mid-Scotland. Why? The unanimous view was that an Association could Develop a range of activities which most individual societies found difficult eg conferences, specialist workshops, visits to major centres of historical interest and publications. Behind this broad aim was the desire to Generate increased interest in the Scottish past. Enhance our understanding of Scotland’s heritage. Sharpen individual and group abilities to investigate Scotland’s history. To date 13 societies, principally focussing on local and family history, archaeology and civic issues have formally joined the Association. On Saturday March 13 over 100 people went by bus to Edinburgh to visit the Museum of Scotland and Mary King’s Close. On Sunday April 18 Richard Fawcett and Peter Buchanan of Historic Scotland introduced over 60 members of the Association to the restored Great Hall of Stirling Castle. On Saturday May 22 at Stirling University the Inaugural Conference was attended by over 40 people. The theme was “Evidence of Our Past” in which speakers concentrated on the documentary and physical evidence of Scotland’s history. The keynote address was by Fiona Watson of the University History Department describing “The Changing Faces of William Wallace”. The remaining speakers were drawn from member societies. Ron Page (Stirling Field and Archaeological Society) concentrated on recent archaeological investigations in Stirling, Craig Mair (Bridge of Allan Local History Society) on the gravestones of Old Logie Kirkyard, Bill Inglis (Dunblane Local History Society) on 17th and 18th century inventories, Alison Brown (Drymen Local History Society) on compiling a local photographic archive and Archie Smith (Callander and District Heritage Society) on 18th century estate plans. In general everybody was impressed by the variety, local relevance and liveliness of the presentations. In the coming year, in addition to winter visits and a conference in the early summer, the Association will be producing its first publications and a number of specialist workshops in cooperation with Stirling Council, and the Scottish Local History Forum. (For further details of the Association please contact Bill Inglis 01786 822962)
Forth Naturalist and Historian, volume 22 79 THE WALLACE OAK: TORWOOD: A SUPPLEMENT TO FORRESTER [FNH 21] Lindsay Corbett Colin Forrester’s paper ‘The Wallace Oak, Torwood – and Roy’s Military Survey‘ (1) is based on earlier research, and is here supplemented by contemporary quotations, artifacts, and notes from further research on matters relevant to this legendary tree. Presented by date these come from – Forrester himself, K. J. H. Mackay, Sir John Clerk, W. F. Howie, Angus Smith, Bob McCutcheon, Elspeth King, M. Donnelly, John Ballantyne, John Harrison, Peter Cadell, Ian Scott, and the journal of the Falkirk Local History Society – Calatria. 1628 “On Christmas Day a freak tidal wave activated by violent winds swept up from the Forth. This was treated as a national disaster, many families losing their homes and fields. A lake existed thereafter for some time, and this would have extended to the East end of the wood where you (Forrester) have marked the Wallace Oak on Roy’s map.” (pers. comm. Howie to Forrester, April 1985) One of the families/victims of this was Thomas Bruce of Woodsyde (now Glenbervie). Reported as “A local disaster of the seventeenth century” in Love’s Antiquarian Notes and Queries volume 1 (1908) pp175-181 – which quotes from the Privy Council of Scotland at 5 February 1629 et sub – “…ane great and large mosse of the thicness of ane speir hes been driven by the force and violence of wind and water … has overflowed and covered the saids lands … overturned the whole housis … so that twenty families were constrayned for lyffe and deid … are upoun a suddane turned beggars … the lords of Secreit Counsell recommends the saids distrest … to the … charitable and christiane consideratioun of the whole estaits … committs the collectioun of this … benevolence of the people … to the owniers and indwellers of the lands …” (Ian Scott) 1643 Gilbert Blackhall, a Jesuit priest – on a journey from Edinburgh to Stirling – quote – “…Torwood, which now hath nothing but some scattered oakes, dying for antiquity, which conserve the name and memory of that sometimes so famous a Wood, especially in the history of Wallace...” From Ancient Castles and Mansions of Stirling Nobility by J. S. Fleming, 1902. (Howie and Mackay)
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