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Lost settlements of Loch Lomond traced by archaeologists

Archaeologists have found remannts of a "busy" 17th Century rural community around the western side of Loch Lomond.
Wednesday 23 May 2018

Archaeologists have traced a series of lost settlements around Loch Lomond for the first time. More than 80 sites were found on the western shores of the loch and through the straths of Arrochar, with remnants of homes, byres, shielings, farmsteads and possibly a mill recovered.

Read more at: https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/lost-settlements-of-loch-lomond-traced-by-archaeologists-1-4743354

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Re: Lost settlements of Loch Lomond traced by archaeologists
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2018, 01:25:08 pm »
By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,

Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond,

Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae

On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.


O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road,

And I'll be in Scotland a'fore ye,

But me and my true love will never meet again,

On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.


'Twas there that we parted, in yon shady glen,

On the steep, steep side o' Ben Lomond,

Where in purple hue, the hieland hills we view,

And the moon coming out in the gloaming.


The wee birdies sing and the wildflowers spring,

And in sunshine the waters are sleeping.

But the broken heart it kens nae second spring again,

Though the waeful may cease frae their grieving.