A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Already three centuries ago (in 1726), John Toland wrote that brochs or the so-called ‘Pictish Towers’ “are apt all over Scotland to make everything
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – An ancient myth says that at the beginning of time, there was a legendary king of the Picts, Cruithne (from the Gaelic word: ‘An Cruithain’ (Pict)
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists have discovered the buried remains of a Roman fortlet that once stood next to the Antonine Wall in West Dunbartonshire, the frontier
A. Sutherland- AncientPages.com – The “Dwarfie Stane” is a remarkable ancient and massive piece of red sandstone. This 5,000-year-old block is surrounded by mystery, which has not been solved
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Standing on a spectacular hilltop in Glen Nevis, to the west of Ben Nevis we find Dun Deardail, a mysterious, ancient vitrified Scottish fort. Why
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – This castle is located about 30 miles (50 km) north-west of Aberdeen, Scotland, and is known as the Fyvie Castle. It’s an ancient
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – Ancient stone circles can be found in many places around the world. It’s still unclear why our ancestors created a circular alignment of
MessageToEagle.com – A previously unknown, 60 million-year-old meteorite impact has been accidentally discovered by geologists exploring volcanic rocks on Isle of Skye, on the northwest coast of Scotland. “We
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – It is said that prehistoric Skara Brae, which is older than Stonehenge and Great Pyramids of Egypt, was home to very “little people”. Legends of
MessageToEagle.com – Currently, the most common view is that dinosaurs first emerged around 237 million years ago on the ancient continent known as Gondwana. A new controversial theory has
MessageToEagle.com – Using 3D scanning technology, a team of experts and amateur archaeologists will study and create a new digital database of mysterious rock carvings left millennia ago by
MessageToEagle.com – A Neolithic standing farmhouse – believed to be one of the oldest in northern Europe – is located on one of Orkney’s smaller isles, Papa Westray, remote
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – The Celts are a mysterious people who played a very important role in the history of ancient Europe. In this article, we take an
MessageToEagle.com – About 200 years ago, seventeen concealed miniature coffins were discovered in a cave in Edinburgh’s Arthur’s Seat, Scotland. No-one knows who put the tiny coffins there and
MessageToEagle.com – Some 1,400 years ago, a Pictish man was brutally murdered and his skeleton was recently discovered in a cave on the coast of the Black Isle peninsula,
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists in Angus, Scotland have reason to be excited. They have unearthed a 3,000-year-old spearhead embellished with gold. The artifact was used as a weapon and scientists
MessageToEagle.com – Some years ago, archaeologists uncovered beautifully preserved, 1,000-year-old Viking boat burial in Scottish Highlands. It is today known as the Ardnamurchan boat burial. Inside a 5m-long grave
MessageToEagle.com – Celtic tradition describes the Fomorians as rather terrifying giant creatures, horribly deformed and often mistaken for demons. It is said that this race of ugly beings descended
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists have found traces of the lost kingdom of Rheged from the Dark Ages. During excavations at the Trusty’s Hill Fort in Galloway, Scotland scientists were initially
MessageToEagle.com – The Inchbrayock stone, also known as the Samson stone is a remarkable and truly fascinating ancient artifact. Found in 1849, in the graveyard of St Braoch’s Church,
MessageToEagle.com – Similar to Banshee in Irish mythology, the Green Lady has a very special place in the Scottish and Welsh folklore as she is believed to protect
MessageToEagle.com – Located in a forest behind a church, Dunino Den is an ancient site in Scotland shrouded in mystery. It was once an important pre-Christian site and it
MessageToEagle.com – Have you ever heard of a Handsel Monday festival? Most people haven’t. It’s an old Scottish tradition celebrated on the first Monday in the New Year. After
MessageToEagle.com – On December 31, people in Scotland celebrate Hogmanay. It’s a very old tradition and the celebrations continue into the first couple of days of January. Many local
MessageToEagle.com – On December 24, 1165, William I, the second son of Henry of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon succeeded his brother Malcolm IV as King of Scotland. He
