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06 Jan

Hugh Munro and the Eagle

By Rodger Moffet
  • Ancient Scotland
  • MacDonald
  • Munro
  • Picts
  • Scottish Myths

Near the highland town of Dingwall sits the village of Strathpeffer, A collection of attractive houses. surrounded by impressive mature trees. A quaint victorian railway station, no longer used, gives away the village’s past as a popular spa destination – the nearby grand old hotel is another sign of a now faded glory. Nestling among […]

05 Jan

World’s oldest lunar calendar discovered in Scottish field

By Amanda Moffet
  • ‎The First Hunter Gatherers

Archaeologists excavating Warren Field, an area next to Crathes Castle in Aberdeenshire from 2004-06 uncovered 12 pits which appear to mimic the phases of the moon and track lunar months.  Unusual crop marks had been spotted from the air by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) which led to […]

04 Jan

The Mystery of the Aberdeenshire’s Beaker people

By Amanda Moffet
  • Ancient Scotland
  • Bronze Age

The Beaker People were so named because of their distinctive pottery (they were shaped like inverted bells and highly decorated).  These pots were included in their burials and can be found all across Europe in the late third and early second millennia BC.  The Beaker People migrated to Britain around 4,500 years ago spreading right […]

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