Category: Picts

Loch Maree: A Joining of Realms and Dark Histories

Mar 25, 2026 | Bull Sacrifice, Loch Maree, Picts, Places, Pre-Christian Belief, Scottish Water Creatures, Vikings

Loch Maree lies nestled deep within the rugged wilderness of Wester Ross, a dark jewel framed by...

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Folk Magic: A Living System of Survival in Ancient Scotland

Mar 13, 2026 | Beltane, Curses, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Evil Eye, Folk Magic, Imbolc, Isobel Gowdie, Lughnasadh, Lunastral, Lammas, Picts, Religion, Wheel of the Year, Witch Hunts and Trials, Witches

Ancient Scottish folk magic was never a distant myth; it was a living, breathing system of...

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Dunnottar Castle: Dark Deeds and Desperate Defences

Mar 1, 2026 | Corrichie, Covenanters, Dark History, Dunnottar Castle, Edward I King of England, Haunted Castle, Honours of Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots, Picts, Scottish Wars of Independence, Stirling Bridge, Uncategorized, Vikings, William Wallace

Dunnottar Castle clings to the wind-scoured cliffs south of Stonehaven, where the air feels thick...

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The Stone of Destiny: The Holy Grail of Scotland?

Dec 25, 2025 | Arbroath, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Edward I King of England, Picts, Robert the Bruce, Scone, Scottish Wars of Independence, Stone of Destiny, Symbols of Scotland, William Wallace

The Stone of Destiny was at the centre of a daring heist that took place on Christmas Day 1950. It...

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The Picts: The Mystery, the Myth and the Monuments

Dec 18, 2025 | Burghead, Christianity, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Forteviot, Kenneth MacAlpin, Nigg, Peoples, Picts, Portmahomack, Pre-Christian Belief, Rhynie, Rosemarkie, Saint Columba, Scone, Shandwick, Tap o' Noth, Vikings, Well Worship

My first encounter with the Picts came, as a child, when I went to see Sueno’s Stone on the...

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Kenneth MacAlpin: Heroic Unifier of Scotland or Treacherous Destroyer of The Picts?

Sep 28, 2025 | Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Kenneth MacAlpin, Picts, Scone

Kenneth MacAlpin, or Cináed mac Ailpín as he was called in his native tongue, sat watching the...

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