The Dragon’s Hole was said to be the den of a deadly dragon during the 6th Century. The beast would leave its lair within the steeply wooded slopes of the Kinnoull Hill in Perthshire and descend on the helpless inhabitants of the Tay Valley. Cattle were slaughtered...
Saint Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, is an old building. By 1919, it was in urgent need of some restoration work. On the 31st of March 1919, the renovators discovered some ashlar stones were loose on one of the pillars in the South Choir Arcade. They...
Scotland’s National Unicorn Day occurs on the 9th of April. National animals are frequently chosen from an iconic species in a country, for example, the springbok in South Africa. Alternatively, they may be chosen because they represent the spirit of a country. The...