by Katie & Catherine | Apr 20, 2017 | Fascinating Facts, History & Folklore
Tales of Witches Stones The history embedded in the stones that surround us has a refreshing permanence to it. Like signposts or a blog from the past, rocks can still carry meaning and lessons from history in our age of transient media. Tales that hark back to an era...
by Katie & Catherine | Mar 16, 2017 | Fascinating Facts
Macbeth – The Scottish Play Macbeth is, without a doubt, one of the most famous plays of all time. Shakespeare’s tale of madness, ambition and bloody vengeance is one of his most enduring works, a classic that has appeal across generations and well beyond the...
by Katie & Catherine | Mar 2, 2017 | Fascinating Facts
Drink from the Waters of Life… or not! Healing wells have a long tradition in Scotland. At one point, there was estimated to be over 600 of them operating in every corner of the country. Each had its own distinct history attached and were associated with...
by Katie & Catherine | Feb 6, 2017 | Fascinating Facts
Bronze Age Cemetery in the Highlands Clava Cairns is a well-preserved Bronze Age cemetery near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. For many years, it played second fiddle to its more famous neighbour, Culloden Battlefield. That all changed in 2014, with the release...
by Katie & Catherine | Jan 31, 2017 | Fascinating Facts
Seasonal Traditions and Culture in the Scottish Highlands As (True) Highlanders we are shaped by many things. Our shared history, traditions and culture have, for better or worse, played a large part in defining who we really are. On the eve of Imbolc as we gaze...
by Katie & Catherine | Oct 28, 2016 | Fascinating Facts, History & Folklore
Spooky Scotland at Halloween Scotland has a rich and varied Halloween tradition. Over the years, traditional pagan rituals have largely been forgotten or adapted by the Christian church, into what we are familiar with today. But as this most mysterious of days...
