... hills on the island of Skye (An t-Eilean Sgitheanach) in Scotland. The headland rises to a height of over 98 feet (30 metres) above sea ... designated scheduled monuments by The Historic Environment Scotland (HES). The nearby Creag a' Chapaill Cave which shows evidence of ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 26 2017 - 3:08pm
... MacQueen's blog King’s Seat Hillfort in Scotland is located to the north of Dunkeld (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Chailleann) ... a crucial part in going on to help forge the kingdom of Scotland. Archaeologists excavated the site of the hilltop fort near ...
Douglas MacQueen - Feb 17 2020 - 5:26pm
... Thank you for all of your support on this momentous day for Scotland, regardless of the final result. We also know that a united autonomous ... the best opportunity for a prosperous future for Brittany, Scotland and indeed all of the Celtic nations. BREIZH DISALC’H – BRETAGNE ...
Douglas MacQueen - Sep 18 2014 - 5:02pm - 0 comments
... Gaelic: Ceann Phàdraig) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Peterhead was founded by fishermen and became a significant fishing ... Since then it has made a remarkable journey from Scotland to Denmark, where it was found and a family sent it onwards on its ...
Douglas MacQueen - Nov 10 2017 - 7:37pm
Alastair Kneale's blog Congratulations to Scotland's Rugby Union team who have defeated England 25 - 13 in the Six Nations Championship today. In a thoroughly deserved victory Scotland outplayed and outfought England. As always it's a pleasure to see ...
Alastair Kneale - Feb 24 2018 - 7:18pm
... Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas) in the west of Scotland. Ailsa Craig geologically is all that remains of a volcanic plug from ... stones. Curling is a sport that has its origins in Scotland, in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area ...
Douglas MacQueen - Jun 30 2020 - 4:47pm
... Six pieces from Lewis chess set have been returned to Scotland to go on permanent display at a new museum near Stornoway. Of the ... held in the British Museum and 11 in the National Museum of Scotland The pieces from the world’s most famous chess set are being ...
Douglas MacQueen - Sep 12 2015 - 5:53pm - 0 comments
... species, four centuries after being hunted to extinction in Scotland. Lead partners in the Scottish Beaver Trial, the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) hailed the decision as a major success story for conservation. ...
Mair Williams - Nov 29 2016 - 12:24pm - 0 comments
... Gaelic Baile Chloichridh, Siorrachd Pheairt) in central Scotland. An annual event takes place at Faskally that has grown over the years into an important part of Scotland's autumnal calendar known as the "The Enchanted Forest". It is an ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 3 2019 - 7:05pm
... coastline of the Scottish island of Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Ìle, Na h-Eileanan a-staigh, Alba), ... years, the earliest dated evidence of human activity in Scotland. Since pigs first uprooted the items in 2009 trial excavations took ...
Douglas MacQueen - Oct 10 2015 - 1:51pm - 0 comments