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What is going to go wrong?; Too cheery for Arabs right now.
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reekie	Jan 25 2016, 06:54 PM Post #91
lum raker Posts: 3,201 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: September 16, 2010	Tom_Boland Jan 25 2016, 04:14 PM yasser Jan 25 2016, 09:49 AM Cob, no surprises most Dundonians believe the Law is an extinct volcano. School kids in Dundee have been told this is the case going back to... well, as long as there has been schools. I was also told at school that there was a big battle between the Scots and the Picts involving King Keneth MacAlpine near to where our school was. That's why we now have Kings Cross Circle and the Kingsway. Seemingly historians now cast some doubt on this but that's another story... Funny you should say that yasser. I've an old map of Dundee from 1901, and it shows the site of the battle to be roughly where the Tesco call centre is just North of the Kingsway. As you say McAlpine Road and all that. Any chance you could take a photo and post it in the 'Maps' thread, Tom? Don't worry if not.



Tom_Boland	Jan 25 2016, 08:01 PM Post #92
Ivan Golac Posts: 1,055 Group: Members Member #93 Joined: May 1, 2013	The map concerned is available online m8. Zoom into the area to the East of Camperdown Park. 9th Century Battle. Edited to say. Oops just realised the thread you were talking about is in the Off-Topics area. Edited by Tom_Boland, Jan 25 2016, 08:03 PM.



zico	Jan 25 2016, 10:17 PM Post #93
Ivan Golac Posts: 1,127 Group: Members Member #60 Joined: December 26, 2011	Am I right in thinking that we are having a pointless debate about the volcanic status of the Law hill? Really why does it matter?



Cobardon	Jan 25 2016, 11:17 PM Post #94
Uncle Smurf Posts: 1,768 Group: Members Member #16 Joined: September 12, 2010	zico Jan 25 2016, 10:17 PM Am I right in thinking that we are having a pointless debate about the volcanic status of the Law hill? Really why does it matter? Nah, I was having that pointless debate. Everyone else was mocking me having it. Anyway, we've moved on to medieval battles now. Who knows where we go from there? Isn't that one of the joys of this site?



reekie	Jan 26 2016, 03:22 AM Post #95
lum raker Posts: 3,201 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: September 16, 2010	Indeed. sighs contentedly



reekie	Jan 26 2016, 03:23 AM Post #96
lum raker Posts: 3,201 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: September 16, 2010	Tom_Boland Jan 25 2016, 08:01 PM The map concerned is available online m8. Zoom into the area to the East of Camperdown Park. 9th Century Battle. Edited to say. Oops just realised the thread you were talking about is in the Off-Topics area. Braw. Cheers.



Morvant's Finest	Jan 26 2016, 07:25 AM Post #97
Tommy McLean Posts: 2,106 Group: Members Member #37 Joined: January 13, 2011	reekie Jan 26 2016, 03:23 AM Tom_Boland Jan 25 2016, 08:01 PM The map concerned is available online m8. Zoom into the area to the East of Camperdown Park. 9th Century Battle. Edited to say. Oops just realised the thread you were talking about is in the Off-Topics area. Braw. Cheers. My Granparents live near the "Stone Circle" area of Charleston and I spent a lot of time there as a kid, so it's amazing to see how undeveloped it was as recently as the mid 1800s. I know the housing is all modern schemes, but it's still a surprise.



reekie	Jan 26 2016, 09:48 AM Post #98
lum raker Posts: 3,201 Group: Members Member #22 Joined: September 16, 2010	It is sparse, isn't it? Though Lochee was very densely populated even then. I guess this is at the height of urbanisation and the end of rural Scots life for most. Like you, the areas I know best (St Marys, Ardler, Downfield) are little more than fields at this point. I can just about pinpoint where I lived with my folks, on the corner of Americanmuir Road, and where they are now, just off Gilly Burn Road. So, is the battle site north of the Kingsway, do we think? Or where the Dunsinane Industrial Estate was/is?



yasser	Jan 26 2016, 10:06 AM Post #99
Ivan Golac Posts: 1,250 Group: Members Member #31 Joined: November 15, 2010	reekie Jan 26 2016, 09:48 AM It is sparse, isn't it? Though Lochee was very densely populated even then. I guess this is at the height of urbanisation and the end of rural Scots life for most. Like you, the areas I know best (St Marys, Ardler, Downfield) are little more than fields at this point. I can just about pinpoint where I lived with my folks, on the corner of Americanmuir Road, and where they are now, just off Gilly Burn Road. So, is the battle site north of the Kingsway, do we think? Or where the Dunsinane Industrial Estate was/is? Reeks, when I was a kid the area where the now closed Tesco delivery centre is built on was a small holding and we were told at school that this was the supposed site of the battle. The Bore Stone, marked with a cross where the King's standard was raised was moved from it's original position (where Kings Cross Circle was built, now replaced with fly overs) to beside Camperdown house. Our school was into this story big time as it's name was Macalpine Primary with Macalpine Road running past it. So yes the battle is supposed to have taken place north of the Kingsway, but only just.



Naebody	Jan 26 2016, 10:20 AM Post #100
Twat Posts: 5,210 Group: Members Member #20 Joined: September 13, 2010	Tom_Boland Jan 25 2016, 08:01 PM The map concerned is available online m8. Ooh, that's fascinating. So Lochee was for linen factory workers and entirely separate from Dundee, which was mostly a scattering of gigantic mansions (owned, I assume, by the people who owned the linen factories). I kinda knew this already, but didn't really process the information. Also: Dog Bank?



Setenza	Jan 26 2016, 10:30 AM Post #101
Knitting with only one needle Posts: 6,057 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: September 10, 2010	Forget the boring battles, the real fun is to be had just further north, where the dragon was killed.



vvhatsthatonyourback	Jan 26 2016, 10:32 AM Post #102
wild eyed Posts: 1,441 Group: Members Member #131 Joined: January 27, 2014	Setenza Jan 26 2016, 10:30 AM Forget the boring battles, the real fun is to be had just further north, where the dragon was killed. Did it live in a volcano?



Naebody	Jan 26 2016, 10:34 AM Post #103
Twat Posts: 5,210 Group: Members Member #20 Joined: September 13, 2010	Setenza Jan 26 2016, 10:30 AM Forget the boring battles, the real fun is to be had just further north, where the dragon was killed. The dragon that lived in the volcano? Sad news. RIP. Anyone want to tell me about Dog Bank?



Setenza	Jan 26 2016, 10:43 AM Post #104
Knitting with only one needle Posts: 6,057 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: September 10, 2010	vvhatsthatonyourback Jan 26 2016, 10:32 AM Setenza Jan 26 2016, 10:30 AM Forget the boring battles, the real fun is to be had just further north, where the dragon was killed. Did it live in a volcano? Wikipedia says so.



yasser	Jan 26 2016, 11:22 AM Post #105
Ivan Golac Posts: 1,250 Group: Members Member #31 Joined: November 15, 2010	Naebody Jan 26 2016, 10:34 AM Setenza Jan 26 2016, 10:30 AM Forget the boring battles, the real fun is to be had just further north, where the dragon was killed. The dragon that lived in the volcano? Sad news. RIP. Anyone want to tell me about Dog Bank? Yes, it's long gone. Buried under millions of tons (metric or Imperial) of Dundee refuse. Dundee Airport perhaps should be called Dog Bank Airport.


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