Many years ago, when I was an undergraduate student, I wrote a dissertation.
When I say 'dissertation', I mean an extended research essay that took the place of an honours paper.
I sat seven honours papers and wrote a dissertation for my degree.
My dissertation was on the economic development of a Highland parish during the 19th century.
The parish was Kilfinan: a place I have known and visited since I was a very young child.
They built a gunpowder mill in Kilfinan, near the village of Kames, in 1836.
This is a picture of all that remains of it.

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