Remnants of Scottish stone architecture in Nova Scotia.

Laing, Richard; Scott, Jonathan

Abstract

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, thousands of Scottish emigrants travelled to Canada. This paper concerns those buildings that were designed and constructed by Scottish settlers, utilising skills and materials transported from their homeland. The research concerns the extent to which buildings of those early generations of settler might still be intact, with specific reference to selected case studies from Nova Scotia. One is faced with still intact examples of Scottish architectural heritage, located thousands of miles from Scotland. This has interesting and important implications for the manner in which we value, care for and understand meaning within the built heritage.

Citation

LAING, R. and SCOTT, J. 2011. Remnants of Scottish stone architecture in Nova Scotia. International journal of heritage studies [online], 17(5), pages 478-496. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2011.583669

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 20, 2011
• Online Publication Date: Jul 28, 2011
• Publication Date: Oct 31, 2011
• Deposit Date: Jan 9, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 9, 2014
• Journal: International journal of heritage studies
• Print ISSN: 1352-7258
• Electronic ISSN: 1470-3610
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 478-496
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2011.583669
• Keywords: Scotland; Canada stone architecture
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/921