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University of Aberdeen excavations in the hills of Bennachie are revealing the daily struggles of an unusual 19th-century peasant community.(Jeff Oliver, University of Aberdeen)
It had to have been one of the most defeating days of Alexander Littlejohn’s life. After 40 years of living in a home he’d built by hand, the 85-year-old was unceremoniously carried out, still lying on his bed, as his family looked on. Local folklore tells of how he was made to watch as bailiffs removed all his fu
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