By Ian Cooper from his excellent series ‘Records of a Bygone Age’ first published in The Stronsay Limpet and shared here with kind permission. Last month we left Rev Simpson sitting comfortably in his new Manse and happily working his glebe land, the farming of which had been highlighted as an outstanding example of progressive … Continue reading Flag fences, ditches and dry-stone dykes. Part 3 Squaring, ditching and draining