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5 June 20179 April 2021 christinastokes1 Records and archives

Birds nest manuscript

We have a number of curiosities in our archives, but one of the odder items is the contents of a birds' nest. No ordinary nest, this one, found in the roof of St Giles Cathedral in 1961, was lined with papers from Scotland's exchequer records. Keeper of the Records of Scotland from 1985-1990 Dr Athol … Continue reading Birds nest manuscript

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