... position as the historic mainland frontier between Scotland and the Vikings. The black is to acknowledge the peat of the Flow ... from the standpoint of the Viking strongholds of Orkney and Caithness Nordic crosses feature on a number of the flags of the islands ...
Douglas MacQueen - Dec 17 2018 - 3:46pm
... is overblown with sand. Link : Historical Environment Scotland CANMORE Howmae Brae. Broch of Burrain Southeast from Howmae Brae was a tower which formed the ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 6 2021 - 4:21pm
... (Scottish Gaelic: Dùnrath) is on the north coast of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland and west of the town of Thurso. Since the 1950s it has been the site ...
Douglas MacQueen - Mar 8 2018 - 12:22pm
... been inhabited since Neolithic times and there are several broch sites and early chapels. One such broch is Burra Ness and the seaward ... of their website . Celtic nation: Scotland Itinerary: Scotland Shetland Islands Place ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 16 2021 - 12:53pm
... of Wick (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ùige) on the east coast of Caithness, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Gallaibh, Alba). The monument consists of the ruins ...
Anonymous (not verified) - May 31 2021 - 3:09pm
... are investigating what could result in some of Scotland's best preserved Pictish dwellings. As part of the University of ... Northern Picts work is being undertaken along with Caithness Archaeological Trust and the Dunbeath Heritage Museum to investigate ... the area of the site is an Iron Age stone tower known as a broch. It is known that people lived in the settlement over the centuries, ...
Douglas MacQueen - Dec 9 2019 - 1:27pm
... Wick (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ùige) is a town in Caithness (Gallaibh), in the far north of Scotland. In common with other parts of the country, many in the town stayed ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jan 23 2019 - 10:55pm
... VIII. Next to the Abbey is Dunbrody Castle and Visitors Centre with a craft shop and small museum. In the grounds is a maze made with ... of the Abbey. Link: Dunbrody Abbey Visitor Centre Image : Dunbrody Abbey, Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Apr 21 2021 - 5:40pm
... (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Chàrlabhaigh) is the best preserved broch in the Outer Hebrides, also known as the Western Isles (Scottish Gaelic: ... ago, with many built 100 BC to 100 AD, brochs are amongst Scotland's most impressive prehistoric monuments. Most stood from over 16 feet ...
Anonymous (not verified) - Aug 16 2016 - 11:29am
... for parliamentary meetings may have been discovered in Caithness (Scottish Gaelic: Gallaibh) in the northeast of Scotland. Features identified as resembling such a site have resulted in ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 7 2017 - 6:39pm