Cromdale is a village shaped by the River Spey, lying on a low, fertile haugh where the water bends sharply. Its name, from the Gaelic Crom Dhail, means “crooked haugh”, a description rooted in the landscape itself. The place is immortalised in the Scots ballad The...
Walter Milne stands as the last Protestant martyr burned in Scotland, a death that helped accelerate the Scottish Reformation. His execution in April 1558 shocked the nation. As a result, public sympathy shifted further toward reform, weakening the authority of the...
Aquatic birds in Scotland are woven into folklore that reflects survival, belief, and the shifting boundary between the natural and the supernatural. Nowhere is this clearer than in the tragic tale of the Swan of Loch Sunart, where love, transformation, and death meet...
Bestiary Index | Spooky Scotland Bestiary Index A gathering of Scotland’s myths and monsters — wander the letters to seek each creature of the tome. A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T U W A Angus Og Ashray B Baisd Bheulach or Biasd Bealach Odail Baobhan...
December in Scotland is where politics, prophecy, and midwinter ritual collide. To begin with, the month opens on the brutality of the North Berwick Witch Trials, with Geillis Duncan’s execution in Edinburgh. Meanwhile, Mary, Queen of Scots dominates the early winter...
June in Scotland balances midsummer light with some of the most turbulent moments in the nation’s history. At its centre sits the Summer Solstice, when sites like Calanais align with the rising sun, linking the present to a prehistoric ritual landscape. Yet this...