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Bren MacNeil 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈
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½ Welsh, ½ Scottish,
Tour Guide,
Film & TV nut, Cinema fan, Trekkie,
History nerd, Map nerd
Architecture nut, Graveyard fan,
Gay, Goth, Pagan
Record Collector (70s/80s)
Model Railways
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It's our LAST DAY before winter, so make Prof. Steve as happy as THIS by visiting the Govan Stones, Govan Old, and our CHRISTMAS SHOP today!

⏰️⏳️🎃❄️🎁
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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SECRET OKTOBER is back ! 👻

Filmed in Las Vegas, relive the unforgettable spectacle that started the band’s now annual Halloween Party.

Performing October 31st fare such as ‘Love Voudou’, and ‘Nightboat’, this is the ultimate All Hallows' Eve celebration !

Stream here: www.watchduranduran.com
Watch Duran Duran Secret Oktober
The origin story of Duran Duran's annual Halloween Party, captured on film. With live renditions of hits like ‘Love Voudou’, and ‘Nightboat’, and surprise covers of hits from The Specials, Siouxsie an...
www.watchduranduran.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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You can now support the Govan Stones by getting some of my art!
This is NOT a #Christmas post, but could very well be an EXCLUSIVE CHRISTMAS CARDS post! Simon's Govan range is BACK 🎄🎅

🛒 In-store only (from late afternoon 14/10/25)
October 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Help save Govan Old and protect the Govan Stones!

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October 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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🎉 We've hit 10,000 Facebook followers!

💲 Please help us raise £10,000 of crucial funding - Just £1 per follower would get us to our goal.

Thank you all so much for following, and for any donation you can make!

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Graveyard Guardians: showcasing Govan's Archaeology and Natural Heritage
Govan Heritage Trust is hoping you can help us raise £10,000 for a project that will transform the future of the Govan Stones and Govan Old. We're raising money for a 2-year initiative that will showc
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September 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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What’s better than a good book? Our shop has now been restocked, so come along for a tour at the Govan Stones and check out our range of books about the Viking age and the Kingdom of Strathclyde, early medieval and Scottish history, kids books and more!

Open 7 days a week 11am- 4pm & always free!
June 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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📖 🎁 IT'S BACK!

Get your copy of our guide book, 'Govan and its Carved Stones' by Anna Ritchie, available exclusively from the Govan Stones shop at Govan Old!

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May 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Thanks to John Stuart's 'Sculptured Stones of Scotland' (1856), and the digitisation efforts of @internetarchiveca.bsky.social, we have these wonderful mid-C19th drawings of some of the Govan Stones!

You can view and download the book here: archive.org/details/scul...
April 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
two weeks today we reopen with new extended hours
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March 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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We reopen the Govan Stones on the 1st of April, so start planning your free visit now!
February 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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8 STRANGE AND UNUSUAL THINGS TO SEE AND DO IN #GLASGOW IN 2025!

Thanks to GlasgowWorld for the listing and video interview with Frazer and Prof. Driscoll of University of Glasgow Archaeology 📺

We reopen April 1st, but just email us at for a visit before then!

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Unusual Glasgow: 8 strange and unusual things to see and do in Glasgow in 2025
Our guide to some of the more unusual and quirky sights to see in Glasgow in 2025
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January 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Christmas Sunrise from Camphill flagpole
December 25, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Merry Christmas
Nadolig Llawen
QISmaS DatIvjaj
A Blithe Yule
Natale Hilare
メリークリスマス
Ngā mihi o te Kirihimete
Frohe Weihnachten
God Jul
Gleðileg jól
Mereth Veren e-Doled Eruion!
Nadelik Lowen!
Mele Kalikimaka
Buon Natale
Joyeux Noel
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Natal
Nollaig Chridheil
December 24, 2024 at 12:47 PM
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George Square lit up for the festive season back in 1958.

📷 Newsquest

#Glasgow #Christmas
December 19, 2024 at 4:39 PM
it is #DoctorWhoDay so gonna watch a few DVDs...
November 23, 2024 at 3:04 PM
finally looked out the window, it's snowing...

might have to go for a walk round the park
November 23, 2024 at 10:31 AM
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Part 4/4 🎬

The @govanstones.bsky.social Hogbacks are possibly the most interesting group of early medieval carved stones in the Northern Brittonic world, being produced by a Strathclyde that came into being as a direct result of the 870 Viking capture of their Alt Clut (Dumbarton Rock) caput.
November 19, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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Part 3 🎬

The Viking-Age Govan Hogbacks are possibly the most interesting group of early medieval carved stones in the Northern #Brittonic world, being produced by a #Strathclyde kingdom that came into being as a direct result of the AD 870 #Viking capture of their Alt Clut (Dumbarton Rock) caput.
November 19, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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Part 2 🎬

The Viking-Age Govan Hogbacks are possibly the most interesting group of early medieval carved stones in the Northern #Brittonic world, being produced by a #Strathclyde kingdom that came into being as a direct result of the AD 870 #Viking capture of their Alt Clut (Dumbarton Rock) caput.
November 19, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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📺 The @govanstones.bsky.social hogbacks are possibly the most interesting group of early medieval carved stones in the Northern #Brittonic world, being made by a Strathclyde kingdom that came into being as a direct result of the 870 #Viking capture of their Alt Clut (Dumbarton Rock) caput.

Part 1 🎬
November 19, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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As the ABC Glasgow foyer block has been removed, we can now see the remains of the original 1875 Panorama building, extended east in 1920s for dance hall & later cinema conversion. Built up the hill, the cinema ground floor was a car park, with stalls on first floor and balcony above.
November 16, 2024 at 7:07 PM
newly joined,

I've never tweeted much, so don't expect much here

found a few folk i know already, waves
November 16, 2024 at 12:04 PM