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Lairach

/lerax/

Authors

Dr Amanda Thomson

Languages

Scots

Location

Ravenscraig
The traces of a foundation or ruin.

Further Reading

The Scots Dialect Dictionary by Alexander Warrack [1911]

Text

The site of a building; the traces of a foundation or ruin; the foundation on which a stack rests; a peat-moss; a heap of materials; a cairn of stones.

Media

Tiles, rocks, and plants, Image: Amanda Thomson

Questions & Provocations

How do we leave space for, and continue to acknowledge (the significance of) what was there before?
Dr Amanda Thomson