Angus Peter Campbell: Worlds vanish when languages die out
Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Imagine walking through Aberdeen past ‘The Mound of the Brambles’ and ‘The End-Place of Standing-Stones’ and ‘The Settlement of the Tail of the Land’. You’ve just been to Tillydrone (Tulach an Droighinn) and Kincorth (Ceann Coirthe) and Balnagask (Baile nan Gaisg). Or, out in the country, driving through a village signed ‘Horn Place’, and another marked ‘Bull Field’, and yet another ‘The Shallow Valley of Eichin’. So, you’ve just been to Banch...
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