"I of the Habitats Directive in 1992, leading to the distinction between ""machair grassland"" and the ""machair system."" Machair is distinguished from the links on the east coast of Scotland by a lower mineral content, whereas the links are high in silica. Machair plains are highly calcareous, with calcium carbonate concentrations of between 20% to 80% on the beaches, and decreasing further away from the shore. The pH of a machair is typically greater than 7, i.e. it is alkaline. The inner side of a machair is often wet or marshy, and may contain lochs. The modern theory of machair"
"Machars The Machars (Scottish Gaelic: ""Machair"" (""Ghallghaidhealaibh""); lit. ""the Plains (of Galloway)"") is a peninsula in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Galloway in the south-west of Scotland. The word is derived from the Gaelic word ""Machair"" meaning low-lying or level land, known as ""links"" on the east coast of Scotland. Although there are no high peaks in the Machars, it is not flat and would best be described as undulating or rolling. The North Atlantic Drift or Gulf Stream creates a mild climate, and dolphins and basking sharks are frequently seen in the seas. The Machars peninsula is roughly"
"northwestern Europe, particularly areas of southern England, such as Salisbury Plain and the North and South Downs. The machair forms a different kind of calcareous grassland, where fertile low-lying plains are formed on ground that is calcium-rich due to shell sand (pulverised sea shells). Calcareous grassland Calcareous grassland (or alkaline grassland) is an ecosystem associated with thin basic soil, such as that on chalk and limestone downland. Plants on calcareous grassland are typically short and hardy, and include grasses and herbs such as clover. Calcareous grassland is an important habitat for insects, particularly butterflies, and is kept at a plagioclimax"
"formation was first set out by William MacGillivray in 1830. He worked out that shell fragments are rolled by waves towards the shore, where they are broken up further. The small shell fragments are blown up the beach to form hillocks, which are then blown inland. Human activity has an important role in the creation of the machair. Archaeological evidence indicates that some trees had been cleared for agriculture by around 6000 BC, but there was still some woodland on the coast of South Uist as late as 1549. Seaweed deposited by early farmers provided a protective cover and added"
"Machair (TV series) Machair was a Scottish Gaelic television soap opera produced by Scottish Television Enterprises between August 1992 and September 1998. The series was created and developed by Peter May and Janice Hally who was also the storyliner and principal scriptwriter. As there was no history of large-scale television drama output in the Gaelic language, the pair spent two years of preparatory work on the creation of the show. Their initial proposal for Head of Drama at Scottish Television, Robert Love, included details not only of the characters and storylines for the show but details of the process required"
"the ground. Today much of the land has reverted to agricultural use, with the site becoming popular for locals to conduct leisure activities – such as walking or cycling. Machars The Machars (Scottish Gaelic: ""Machair"" (""Ghallghaidhealaibh""); lit. ""the Plains (of Galloway)"") is a peninsula in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Galloway in the south-west of Scotland. The word is derived from the Gaelic word ""Machair"" meaning low-lying or level land, known as ""links"" on the east coast of Scotland. Although there are no high peaks in the Machars, it is not flat and would best be described as undulating"
"of machair (a grassy meadow growing on calcareous sand) lies between the land and the beach. As the tide falls a river meanders across the sands. The beach is served by a small car parking area and public toilets. It is not an official campsite but there is a designated area for short stay wild camping in tents. Calgary Castle overlooks the bay. The name comes from the Gaelic, ""Cala ghearraidh"", meaning ""Beach of the meadow (pasture)"". ""Cala"" is the word specifically used for a hard, sandy beach suitable for landing a boat, which relates plausibly to the location. However,"
"on an eastern spur of Belmore Mountain overlooking the Erne valley and has the appearance of an overgrown boss of cherty limestone. The cairn or passage grave is laid out in a cross shaped arrangement, 13 ft long and 7 ft 4 inches wide and divided into 7 areas. A number of artifacts have been discovered in these chambers including cremated and uncremated bones, ornamented stone beads,human skulls, animals bones such as birds, boars, sea shells, a stone hammer and ornamented urns (which are on display in the National Museum of Ireland Dublin). Moylehid is also the location of the"
"of the islands. The coastline of Eilean Mòr is deeply indented with narrow gullies called geos. The west landing, which is situated in such a geo, terminates in a cave. In high seas or storms, water would rush into the cave and then explode out again with considerable force. It was possible MacArthur may have seen a series of large waves approaching the island, and knowing the likely danger to his colleagues, ran down to warn them only to be washed away as well in the violent swell. This theory has the advantages of explaining the over-turned chair and the"
"machair which replaced it. There are prehistoric fort sites at promontories near Kilmory, Papadil and Glen Shellesder of uncertain date. These primarily consist of a wall dividing the promontory from the rest of the island, but at Kilmory, there is also a rampart with a hollow containing the traces of an interior structure. At Shellesder, the promontory contains the remains of three round stone-walled huts, one of which integrates with the dividing wall. A small number of cairns, again of uncertain date, are also located along the coast. In the 6th and seventh century, Irish missionary activity led by Columba"
"Makhori Makhori (मखोरी) is a village in Bhind district in Madhya Pradesh. Makhori is located at a distance of 2 km from Guhisar in east direction on Gwalior-Baragaon-Bilara Road. There is a small fort in Makhori known as ‘Ranaon ki Garhi’. The fort was constructed by Gohads Jat ruler Maharaja Chhatar Singh. The fort is situated on a hillock and surrounded by deep ditch to protect it. One can enter it through a small entrance gate. The fort is made of stones rich in iron content which protects it from canon attacks. There is a secret tunnel believed to connect"
"ecological and conservational attention, chiefly because of their unique ecosystems. Kelp in the sea next to the machair softens the impact of waves, reducing erosion, and when it is washed ashore by storms, forms a protective barrier on the beach. As it rots, the sand flies it abounds in provide rich feeding for flocks of starlings and other passerines, wintering waders, gulls and others. If covered with sand, it will compost to form a fertile bed where annual coastal flowers and marram grass will thrive. They can house rare carpet flowers, including orchids such as Irish lady's tresses and the"
"Brigit, Liadan, Uallach. Another old Irish poem, also translated by Lady Gregory, reads A number of pre-historic archaeological and geographical features in Munster are associated with her, in particular the ""Hag of Beara"" rock chair, in reality a natural boulder, in Kilcatherine, Bhéara, County Cork, which is said to be either her fossilized remains, or the chair of which she sits waiting for Manannán mac Lir, the god of the sea, variously described as her husband or father. She is sometimes associated with the Hag's Head (""Ceann Caillí"") rock formation on the southerly most point of the Cliffs of Moher"
"St. Manchan's Oratory St. Manchan's Oratory, also called An Teampall Geal (""the bright church"") is a medieval oratory and National Monument in County Kerry, Ireland. St. Manchan's Oratory is located in Ballymorereagh (""An Baile Riabhach""), on the southeast slopes of Lateeve (""Leataoibh"") hill, east-northeast of Dingle. A boat-shaped oratory similar to that at Gallarus. It stands high and has a finial. A souterrain (called ""Poll na Sagart"", the priest's hole, based on the common legends that Catholic priests hid in them in the Penal era) and ancient burial ground with cross-inscribed slabs lie nearby. A holy well, Tobermanaghan, lies to"
"than the more common sycamore or maple and added refined decorations and engravings. The chairs became staples in homes across colonial America. They still remain among the most popular types of chairs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased a ladder-back chair, which was considered a peasant's chair, and was dated between the 17th and 18th centuries, in 1908. Production of the several different parts of the chair required a different set of tools than other chairs popular during the 18th century in colonial America like the Windsor chair and formal sidechairs. Creating the cylindrical pieces of a ladder-back chair, such"
"chalice and paten (Eucharist plate), which must have been hidden at the Dissolution; rediscovered in 1898,under a stone at Cym-y-mynach, they are now in the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. A small stream runs south of the cloister, and the site is on the banks of the River Mawddach and lies just above the confluence of the River Wnion with the Mawddach Cymer; and therefore the monastery was given the full title of Kymer deu dyfyr, which means ‘the meeting of the waters’. It was sited at the lowest ford across the Mawddach. It is now in the care"
"century) are considered similar to those ""on the underside of the abaci of the chancel arch at the Nun's church, Clonmacnoise, and the portal at clonfert"". Before 1590 the Shrine of Manchan was hidden somewhere in Ireland, and Mícheál Ó Cléirigh writing recorded the shrine at Lemanaghan, then situated in an impassable bog. Today the shrine is preserved at Boher Catholic church in County Offaly. James Ussher claimed to have """"Vita Manchan Mathail"""" (Life of St. Manchan of Mohill) written by Richard FitzRalph showing Manchan , a member of Canons Regular of Augustinian, patron of seven churches, and granted various"
"Machrie golf course The Machrie Golf Course is located on Islay, in Scotland. The word ""machrie"" is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic ""machair"", which means more or less the same as ""links"" did on the east coast of Scotland. The course is 6,254 yards long and is a links style golf course. It is rated 20th in Scotland by Top 100 Golf Courses in the World. The course was designed by Willie Campbell in 1891 and was intentionally made long, at least by 19th Century standards, to attract golfers to Islay. The course is unusual in that its layout"
"Boheh Stone The Boheh Stone, also called St. Patrick's Chair. is a piece of rock art a and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland. The Boheh Stone lies 6.4 km (4 mi) SSW of Westport. The stone is believed to have been carved as early as 3800 BC. This stone was later Christianised and called St Patrick’s Chair. It was made a waypoint on Tóchar Phádraig, a pilgrimage route; formerly this path led from Rathcroghan to Croagh Patrick. The ""rolling sun"" phenomenon was rediscovered in 1989–92 by Gerry Bracken. A new panel of carving was found in 2014 by"
"chairs are however considered dubious and are more likely 19th century fanciful creations. ""Magawley's Chair"" lies in the parish of Ballyloughloe (in the northern half of the barony of Clonlonan). It sits on a hill-slope overlooking the ruins of Carn Castle, which was the seat of Uilliam Mac Amhalghaidh in 1596. The ""seat"" itself is a rectangular shaped block of rough limestone that has a hollowed out recess on its northern face. The shape of the ""seat"" is oddly shaped and is considered to have been impractical for an inauguration stone. It has been dismissed as an old fodder trough"
"Maakne is located in a cemetery east of the road between El Ain and Baalbek. It is a mound of grey soil on top of a cliff that overlooks a ravine of the north Nahle that can be accessed by a road to the east of the village. The tell was found by Lorraine Copeland in the August 1966, who collected a variety of cores, scrapers, blades and burins, all with a white patina. Various groups of pottery were found dispersed and broken up around the area. A collection of Early Bronze Age sherds was made that included chevrons and"
"Adirondack chair The Adirondack chair (in Canada, more commonly called a Muskoka chair) is a distinctively styled outdoor chair characteristically made of wood. Originally made with a flat seat and back composed of 11 flat wooden boards, it featured wide armrests parallel to the ground. Today a concave back and contoured seat are the norm. Chairs made from polymers and other hard impact plastics are growing in popularity. The first Adirondack chair was designed by Thomas Lee while vacationing in Westport, New York, in the Adirondack Mountains in 1903. Needing outdoor chairs for his summer home, he tested his early"
"poem in 1826 entitled ""Bruce's Invasion of Ireland"" in which are found the following lines:- ""Clogher stone, like the statue of Memnon renowned, Was heard to give forth an oracular sound."" Local tradition cherishes the conviction that the Cloch-Oir itself can be identified with a large stone that once stood against the north wall of St.Macartan's Cathedral and is now housed in the porch. The stone is decorated on both sides with raised plain borders. It is unworked on the reverse as though it originally formed part of an architectural feature like a doorway lintel. It is 1.67 metres in"
"Hill of Tara The Hill of Tara (, ""Teamhair"" or ""Teamhair na Rí""), located near the River Boyne, is an archaeological complex that runs between Navan and Dunshaughlin in County Meath, Ireland. It contains a number of ancient monuments and, according to tradition, was the seat of the High King of Ireland. At the summit of the hill, to the north of the ridge, is an oval Iron Age hilltop enclosure, measuring north-south by east-west and enclosed by an internal ditch and external bank, known as ""Ráith na Ríogh"" (the Fort of the Kings, also known as the Royal Enclosure)."
"Mohill was one of a multitude of monasteries that sprang up during 6th century Ireland. A Christian missionary named Manchan founded a church here between AD. Whether or not Manchan died at Mohill is unknown, though his remains may have been preserved and enshrined here. Nothing is known of the monastic community at Mohill, but it surely consisted of a church, school, mill, house of hospitality, Christian burial ground, monastic cells, ""house of tears"", and a round tower. The monastery was governed by the bishop, abbot, and a uniquely Irish ""erenagh"", power being exercised by one person, or perhaps combined"
"an ambiguous chair that appears to have been carved into a small rocky terrain, which is used for climbing, near the monument Hoad in Ulverston. Sometimes the rock 'wall' itself is referred to as the Devil's Armchair but that is because at the top there is a ""chair"" large enough for four adults to sit in which is carved into the rock surface. Naturally or not, no-one knows. The devil's chair here is a natural large craggy outcrop on the summit of the Stiperstones, a narrow north to south orientated ridge of the highest ground of the range, the Shropshire"
"Machir Bay Machir Bay is a small bay on the Western coast of the isle of Islay in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is one of the features of the Rhinns of Islay and lies within a few hundred meters of the small settlement of Kilchoman. To the north, the cape of Coul Point separates Machir Bay from Saligo Bay. Kilchiaran Bay lies immediately to the south. The northern and southern parts of Machir Bay are largely rocky, with a sandy beach area near the top of the bay. Several small streams flow into the bay, notably Allt na"
"machair, bog, freshwater lochs, estuary, heather moorland and hill. Ownership of the SSSI was transferred from SNH to the local community-owned company Stòras Uibhist. An area of the south west coast of the island is designated as the ""South Uist Machair National Scenic Area"", one of 40 such areas in Scotland which are defined so as to identify areas of exceptional scenery and ensure its protection from inappropriate development. The designated area covers 13,314 ha in total, of which 6,289 ha is on land, with a further 7,025 ha being marine (i.e. below low tide level). There has been considerable"
"Bath chair A bath chair—or Bath chair—was a rolling chaise or light carriage for one person with a folding hood, which could be open or closed. Used especially by disabled persons, it was mounted on three or four wheels and drawn or pushed by hand. It is so named from its origin in Bath, England, and possibly also after its similarity in appearance to an old-fashioned bathtub. If required, the chair could also be mounted on four wheels and drawn by a horse, donkey or small pony with the usual turning arrangement. These animal drawn versions were the fore-runners of"
"the south. The ogham stone (CIIC 170) stands and reads (""of Cellach, son of the son of Ania, of the tribe of ...""). Sabine Ziegler placed it in the 5th–7th centuries AD. St. Manchan's Oratory St. Manchan's Oratory, also called An Teampall Geal (""the bright church"") is a medieval oratory and National Monument in County Kerry, Ireland. St. Manchan's Oratory is located in Ballymorereagh (""An Baile Riabhach""), on the southeast slopes of Lateeve (""Leataoibh"") hill, east-northeast of Dingle. A boat-shaped oratory similar to that at Gallarus. It stands high and has a finial. A souterrain (called ""Poll na Sagart"", the"
"confused with the Scottish Gaelic plural of ""clach"" which is ""clachan"" ""stones"", a homograph but not a homophone as it is pronounced /kʰl̪ˠaxən/. In Ireland: In the meaning of ""causeway"", the most prominent example in Irish is the Giant's Causeway, known in Irish as ""Clochán an Aifir"" or ""Clochán na bhFomhórach"". In Scotland, clachans can be found in Argyll and Bute, Highland Perthshire and in the Highland Council region but also elsewhere, for example: In Canada: Clachan A clachan (, , or , ; , ; , ) is a small settlement or hamlet in Ireland, the Isle of Man"
"""Machair"" on Scottish Television. She died in 2011, aged 70, after a fall in the kitchen of her home in Inverness. A memorial concert was held in Inverness on 16 June 2011. Her husband Bill MacAskill died aged 81, 7 months to the day after Ishbel. Track Listing: Ishbel MacAskill Isabella Margaret MacAskill (née MacIver, 14 March 1941 – 31 March 2011) was a heritage activist and traditional Scottish Gaelic singer and teacher, often referred to as the ""Gaelic diva"". She was born in Loanhead, near Edinburgh on 14 March 1941, and adopted by the weaver and Royal Naval Reserve"
"Mullwharchar Mullwharchar is a hill in the Galloway Hills of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Mullwarchar is situated to the north of Loch Enoch, west of Corserine, northeast of Merrick and east of Kirriereoch Hill. There are 3 cliffs on the mountain named The Slock, The Tauchers and The Organ Pipes and some routes on these are occasionally climbed. Mullwharchar's summit is fairly flat and dotted with erratics. A planning application was made in January 1978 to Kyle and Carrick District Council by the UKAEA to test drill on Mullwharchar for the purpose of dumping nuclear waste. On 24 October"