We need more community ownership in Scotland to prevent McCrone 2.0

McCrone report saw Gavin McCrone reveal 51 years ago how North Sea #oil and #gas could have made #Scotland rich, but it wasn’t revealed by Westminster until 2005.

Scotland’s renewable #energy production share is now one of the highest in Europe in 2025, yet Scots have some of the most expensive power #bills.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24959692.-need-community-ownership-scotland-prevent-mccrone-2-0/

#Indy2 #corruption #freedom #DemocracyNOW #renewable #electricity

I just discovered the existence of the #academic journal Frontiers for Young Minds, which invites researchers to submit a simplified version of their work at a level appropriate for a child to read and understand, and which includes children as reviewers for each article. I love this idea so much. A quick look at the articles suggests that they're doing a great job of balancing simple language and presentation while respecting that children can understand complex ideas if explained properly.

I would have loved this when I was a kid.

https://kids.frontiersin.org

The remains of the unusual Burleigh Castle, standing beside the A911 to the east of Milnathort in Perth & Kinross. Its origins date back to 1446 and today it comprises two very contrasting towers, the more ornate being added in 1582. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/milnathort/burleighcastle/index.html

#Scotland

Several publications on the archaeology of the #A14 #Huntingdon to #Cambridge Road Improvement Scheme, coinciding with the simulantaneous release of the related ADS digital archive have just been released.

A Route Well Travelled. The Archaeology of the A14 Huntingdon to Cambridge Road Improvement Scheme https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.67.22

is the gateway to the project's findings, synthesizing the results in period-based chapters & linking to the detailed site & specialist reports & the entire digital archive (hosted by ADS)

Some 1500 years ago a 12 year old girl was buried with more than 350 elaborated beads made of #glass and #amber. The beads might have belonged to a beaded collar or once formed several necklaces. It is also conceivable that beads were sewn onto a garment or a pouch.
Found in Kleinbasel.

Photo: https://www.archaeologie.bs.ch/ueber-uns/medienmitteilungen/fma-graeber-in-kleinbasel.html

#archaeology

STUDY SUGGESTS THAT COLLAPSE OF HITTITE EMPIRE WAS ACCELERATED BY DROUGHT

#archaeology #archaeologynews #archaeologist #archaeologist

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/02/study-suggests-that-collapse-of-hittite-empire-was-accelerated-by-drought/146170

Victoria's Secret? A #Roman leather #brief/#bikini bottom with a cut-out design, tied on each side of the hips with leather laces. Made of goat leather, from Trier, dating 2nd c. AD.
So far, seven differently cut leather briefs are known. It's unclear whether they were used as underwear or whether they were worn by female acrobats.

📷 Landesmuseum Trier

#archaeology #FindsFriday #RomanArchaeology