http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: OT: The Mann the Myth en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:23:03 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19794#post-312942 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 09:57:40 +0000 unhurt 312942@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://themannthemyth.home.blog/the-mann-the-myth-conference/" rel="nofollow">https://themannthemyth.home.blog/the-mann-the-myth-conference/</a></p> <p>This sounds like an excellent day out - and only £10.</p> <p>"2019 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Glasgow’s great eccentric antiquarian and amateur archaeologist Ludovic Mclellan Mann (1869-1955). A controversial figure during his lifetime, Mann nonetheless carried out important excavations, was Scotland’s first ‘rescue archaeologist’ and lived a life committed to public archaeology and heritage education. He is well known for his colourful books on ancient measurements and Earliest Glasgow, and his excavations at the Druid Temple, Clydebank in 1937-9."</p> <p>...I admit I didn't know much about him, and I certainly didn't know about the "druid temple" in Clydebank (my mum's from there)!</p> <p>I know one of the organisers, Kenny Brophy, and he is dead good, you can get a flavour of some of his interests at <a href="https://twitter.com/urbanprehisto">@urbanprehisto</a> or read his stuff at <a href="https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">https://theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com</a></p> <p>Venue is Glasgow University Union. Email to let them know you're coming by end September (so they can get enough sandwiches in). </p>