Tag Archives: history

Kilneuair Chapel ~ Jo Woolf

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Hazel Tree: Writing in ‘The Kist’ in 1994, the historian Lady McGrigor said: “The old church of Kilneuair (Cill an Iubhair, Chapel of the Yews), once important in the district as the parish church of Glassary, … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged Argyll, bell shrine, chapels, churches, early Christian, feature slider, history, Killevin, Kilneuair, Loch Awe, Loch Fyne, medieval, Scotland, Scottish history, St Columba | 2 Comments

Discovering Albion – day 7: It Just Kept Coming…

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Sue Vincent

The trouble with Brechin is that no sooner had you marvelled at the Aldbar Cross than you were confronted by the hogback… and all the rest of the stones safely stored in the corner. Now, we had, as you may … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Ancient sites, Photography, scotland road trip, travel | Tagged art, Brechin, history, hogback stone, Pict, Saxon | Leave a comment

The Old Oak Tree by Helen Glynn Jones

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Helen Glynn Jones: There’s an ancient oak tree not far from my house. Standing at the end of a residential street, bigger than a house and taking up a huge piece of land, it has watched over the … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged acorns, ancient tree, centuries, countryside, crows, dreams, english oak, hillside, history, huge, insects, microcosm, oak tree, ravens, storyteller, sweet beer, Towns, villages, walking | 3 Comments

Christmas starts now. Or it used to. ~ Thorne Moore

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Thorne Moore: I am nicking this post, looking at the history of Christmas, from my business website which won’t be there for much longer (I am officially retired!) In 350AD the Pope decreed that the feast of Christ’s … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged Christmas, father christmas, history, Lisle Letters, Paston Letters, Santa Claus, St Nicholas, Yule | Leave a comment

Old Wardour Castle and the Echoes of Destruction ~ Alli Templeton

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Medieval Wanderings: My Low Castles warning light has been doing a lot of flashing this year. Luckily though, between lockdowns I’ve managed to cram in quite a few medieval sites, and that’s helped to keep me relatively sane. … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged Castle ruins, Castles, Castles in the Civil Wars, Edmund Ludlow, Historical Periods, history, John Lovell, knights, medieval, medieval manors, medieval nobility, Old Wardour Castle. | 4 Comments

Solstice of the Moon: Desormais…

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Desormais… henceforth… that is the motto over the gatehouse at Skipton Castle. It was probably the first word of French that I learned as a child and almost certainly the first I remember seeing written… even though it is written … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Ancient sites, History, Photography, Sacred sites, travel | Tagged castle, Clifford, Dales, history, Moors, Normans, Skipton, yorkshire | Leave a comment

Feeding the imagination…

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“We were not Gods, but were of God, the strands of our existence not yet teased apart by Becoming, our function not yet defined.” So much for a Saturday evening… the night of the week most folk sit relaxing by … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: the Battle Stone

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The road carried us towards Forres, on the way to Inverness. We were, fairly predictably, on the trail of a stone. Not just any stone, though, this one is rather special. It is also quite a large one…though quite how … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, historic sites, Photography, Scotland, scotland road trip, Solstice of the Moon, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, symbolism | Tagged archaeology, art, carved stone, celtic cross, Forres, history, Inverness, Pictish symbol stones | 6 Comments

Solstice of the Moon: What on earth…

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“…is that?!”I immediately went into ‘there has to be somewhere to park’ mode. You don’t just drive past a humungous mound without stopping…not when it is so very obviously man-made. And especially not when there are two of them. And … Continue reading →

Posted in ancient mound, Ancient sites, historic sites, Photography, Poetry, scotland road trip, Solstice of the Moon, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, symbolism | Tagged Aberdeenshire, archaeology, art, Bennachie, history, Inverurie, motte and bailey, Pictish symbol stones, Thom | Leave a comment

Solstice of the Moon: Graven Images

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Our last visit of a weekend that seemed to have flown by all too quickly was to a little church on the edge of Aberdeen. The sun finally decided to show its face… though it still managed to rain anyway, … Continue reading →