There is a Wikipedia page here which indicates that sundials in Scotland had features distinct from those elsewhere. Here is a query which maps sundials across the country. Read more
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Paintings in Scottish galleries
I remembered a page I previously created on Commons, which provides a view of paintings in Scottish public galleries: link. It is based on a Wikidata SPARQL query, which ListeriaBot runs every few Read more
Industrial past
From the 1750s until around 40 years ago, Scotland was marked by clusters of iron, steel and manufacturing heavy industries. Little remains. Attempting to map these using Wikidata and SPARQL shows Read more
Scottish foods (again)
Since my previous post and graphic about Scottish foodstuffs, I noticed that Camp Coffee was missing - and having noticed that, realised that Irn Bru was also missing. Such important parts of the Read more
Tolbooths
Last July I looked at Tolbooths in Scottish towns, including some Wikidata adjustments to distinguish them, as the data had become fankled with Tollbooths, which are not the same thing. I posted this Read more