Bob Marshall

Historic Environment Scotland is looking for a new Digital Documentation Officer. F/T. Permanent Role. Stirling, Scotland.

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Old Haa museum ‘urgently’ seeking new trustees to secure future AN HISTORIC museum, gallery and tearoom in Yell is at risk of closing in the future if it does not find more trustees. The team behind the Old Haa museum say...

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A photograph of the south gable of The Old Haa Museum, Yell, Shetland - a rectangular, harled, whitewashed building with crow-stepped gables and heavy buttresses supporting its walls. The roadway on the left of the image interrupts the building's original courtyard layout. Its walls can still be seen projecting from the gables with which they are in alignment. The gateway in the south wall of the courtyard has a rounded arch with an armorial panel and moulded stone surround above bearing the date 1672 and the initials R T for the laird, Robert Tyrie. The building went on to become the home of various merchants and Hanseatic Traders. Photo. Bob Marshall, August 2024.

A photograph of The Old Haa Museum, Yell, Shetland - a rectangular, harled, whitewashed building with crow-stepped gables and heavy buttresses supporting its walls. The roadway in the foreground interrupts the building's original courtyard layout. Its walls can still be seen projecting from the gables with which they are in alignment. The building dates from 1672 and went on to become the home of various merchants and Hanseatic Traders. Photo. Bob Marshall, August 2024.

Old Haa Museum, Yell, Shetland. This wonderful heritage building and museum is urgently looking for new trustees to secure its future.

www.oldhaa.com

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Sorry, @nebulousflynn.bsky.social, not sure what happened in this morning's UK Heritage 3D Data at Risk workshop, but the meeting ended abruptly, and the links to rejoin wouldn't work.😧

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Grand Theft Art.

IDK if it’d work, but would there be enough of us creatives around the world to crowdfund some of the best lawyers to take these AI crooks to court?

"Stunning technology" 🤣

I saw this a few weeks ago, and similar gen AI crap of London & Thames, which gave me a proper chuckle. The sailing ships 'magically losing their tall masts to navigate under London Bridge was an absolute howler!

I found the book uncomfortable reading, but the TV adaptation of Lord of the Flies - acting, directing, music, and cinematography, have ticked all the boxes for me.

First respectable length (3hr/50mi) outdoor 🚴ride of the year done today. Felt good. I’m 8 kilos lighter and have a lot more torque in the legs than 4 months ago thanks to an aggressive winter training programme and low carb diet. Need to improve on climbs, but it’s a promising start to the season.

This is completely fab! ❤️

Under pressure handling end-of-fiscal-year project deadlines at the moment, so apologies for the lack of engagement on here. The last four months have involved some fairly relentless modelling work. I desperately want more time for personal projects, but I am struggling to find the energy.

Fascinating place, Dawson City. Visited it in the late 80s on a grand tour of the Yukon by RV and did a bit of gold panning. I’ve still got the gold I found!

The oldest image of Stirling Castle and Stirling! Some thoughts on the oldest surviving images of Stirling Castle

My latest blog is all about the oldest image of Stirling Castle open.substack.com/pub/stirling...

A 3D model study of timber frame building

We are excited to announce that Wikimedia UK has been awarded a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to safeguard access to the UK’s 3D heritage data and create a sustainable future, through the UK Heritage 3D Data at Risk Project

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It’s so incredibly dispiriting to see such heavy use of generative AI in the documentary on the Palace of Holyroodhouse on C5 right now. Errors everywhere. I’m not surprised, though.

Look incredibly well-preserved if c12th.

Scotichronicast The podcast which discusses all things relating to medieval Scotland.

I do miss Dr. Kate Buchanan's Scotichronicast. Thankfully all the episodes are still archived here: scotichronicast.buzzsprout.com/1146488/epis...

39 survey responses so far! 💪🎉 Can you help me get to a nice round 50?

If you, a colleague or connection work with cultural heritage #3D data in the #UK please share or complete this survey: forms.gle/Wn7mtVM5ZnzU...

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Updating this already after looking again at an old photograph and realising that I hadn’t added crow steps to the south transept gable. I’m blaming Lorimer’s drawing for leading me astray, but partly my own silly fault for not checking. #DevilInTheDetail 😬

I wanted to use the Sleeper, but got put off by how busy it got, and having to book many weeks in advance of travel. I'd imagine if they made the service more cost-effective than flying to London, it would be even busier, and they'd have to run more trains.

Thanks, Michael. That itinerary and expenses ledger is very interesting.

I cannot find much written about her stay there, though. I don’t think it could have been for longer than a night or two.

Her 1563 Argyll trip also included a visit to old Castle Toward (Lamont). Improvements were made to the castle for her visit. I’m reconstructing the castle for an American client for my next project ;)

A photograph of Whitekirk St Mary's Church in East Lothian, Scotland. A road winds around the church to the right. There are blue skies and trees in full blossom in front of the church. (Photo by Bob Marshall, April 2024).

Won't be long now until Whitekirk looks at its best with the trees showering visitors with a cherry blossom confetti! ❤️

Roll on Spring!

Thanks!

An architectural drawing of the south elevation of Whitekirk St Mary's Church in East Lothian, Scotland. The drawing shows the church with a tower, pyramidal roof and a short transept in the centre. On the left side of the image is the nave with a decorated entrance porch and corner buttresses. The east limb of the church, or the cancel, on the right-hand side of the image, has two pilaster buttresses. The windows are of Y-tracery and intersecting Y-tracery form, and are probably not original. The church roof is shown with grey slate tiles. This drawing is based on Robert Lorimer's 1914 drawings, which depict the church before its destructive fire. The cause of the 1914 fire was blamed on the actions of Suffragettes. It is not known when the church lost its lime-rendered exterior finish, but this image attempts to visualise what it might have looked like. The three-light mullioned tracery window in the south transept gable wall was destroyed in the 1914 fire. A smaller trefoil roundel window replaced it. Drawing by Bob Marshall, 2026. © CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

An architectural drawing of the south elevation of Whitekirk St Mary's Church in East Lothian, Scotland. The drawing shows the church with a tower, pyramidal roof and a short transept in the centre. On the left side of the image is the nave with a decorated entrance porch and corner buttresses. The east limb of the church, or the cancel, on the right-hand side of the image, has two pilaster buttresses. The windows are of Y-tracery and intersecting Y-tracery form, and are probably not original. The masonry walls are made of locally quarried red sandstone. The church roof is shown with grey slate tiles. This drawing is based on Robert Lorimer's 1914 drawings, which depict the church before its destructive fire. The cause of the 1914 fire was blamed on the actions of Suffragettes. The three-light mullioned tracery window in the south transept gable wall was destroyed in the 1914 fire. A smaller trefoil roundel window replaced it. Drawing by Bob Marshall, 2026. © CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Whitekirk St Mary's #EastLothian drawing (after Lorimer) finished. With and without its lime-render. Pre-1914 windows, but probably not original.

#Procreate

My wife's a P/T ski-instructor and always tells me that the No.1 skill one needs for downhill skiing is to have no fear and no brains!

It was wonderful to attend this brilliant open day, learn about the ReACH project, and so good to know that Whitekirk St Mary’s has a promising future in community hands.

I love how you’ve captured the looks of astonishment on the women in the background 🙌

#EngWal Rugby #SixNations game is unwatchable due to terrible TV signal reception. Is this an ITV thing, or just us? So frustrating. 🏉

Watching the Winter Olympics coverage instead!