Category Archives: Ancient sites

Alternative archaeology

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Sue Vincent

‘Shadowing’ is the apparent… and disputed… reproduction in the stone of many ancient monuments of prominent features in the landscape. A monolith in a stone circle that aligns with and captures the shape of a nearby peak… the capstone of … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Halfway to Paradise…

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The misty morning had turned into the most glorious autumn day as we left Glen Lyon and headed towards Loch Tay. We wanted to try and get a shot of the crannog that has been built on the lake at … Continue reading →

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Black…

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …As the lot had fallen to Black to go on the second watch, he set a flame to his brand and went off into the night upon Brown’s return, with Fin’s dog, Bran, padding softly behind him. Black wandered … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Frustration…

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Sir Walter Scott called it the “…longest, loneliest and loveliest glen in Scotland…”, but to me, our all-too-brief foray into the outer reaches of Glen Lyon was pure frustration. It has absolutely everything you could possibly imagine or want in … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Fragments of History

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Outside the porch of the kirk at Fortingall stands an ancient font. Local legend states that Coeddi himself may have used it to baptise some of the first Christians in the area when the monks of Iona founded a sister … Continue reading →

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The Alchemist: ‘A Violet Duke’?… Stuart France

Posted on November 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Architect in the guise of Thomas-the-Apostle. * If our Alchemist was pulling his beard, it would be because he and the grotesques surrounding him on the tower baulstrades of Notre-Dame, Paris, were not actually mediaeval statuary at all, but nineteenth-century … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Stories Unknown

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We had driven to Fortingall to see the venerable yew, but it just happens to be in the grounds of a church, so it was inevitable that we would take a look around. We do seem to spend a lot … Continue reading →

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The City and the Stars (3) – The City on the Ness ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A ten-minute journey from Stromness, on Orkney, lies an ‘isthmus’ which recent excavations have shown to contain one of the richest archeological concentrations in the world… It is nothing less than an ancient spiritual city, lost to time until the … Continue reading →

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Brown…

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* … Brown went on through the night until he saw a fire in the distance. He walked towards it and as he drew near he saw a large house, which he entered. Inside the house a large crowd of … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Older than Time…

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Imagine standing in the presence of a living being at whose feet Pontius Pilate played as a child. Local legend says that Pilate was born at Fortingall when his father visited the Roman Legions in the north. Imagine standing in … Continue reading →

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