Category: Neolithic

The Winter Solstice: The World’s Oldest Festival

Dec 21, 2023 | Bride, Cailleach, Chambered cairn, Christmas and Yule, Druids, Fire Festivals, Hogmanay, Maeshowe, Neolithic, Orkney, Shetland, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice

The World’s Oldest Festival occurs at the Winter Solstice. The ancient ones were hunters and spent...

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Turning the Wheel of the Year

Sep 18, 2023 | Beltane, Calanais, Chambered cairn, Druids, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Fire Festivals, Imbolc, Lughnasadh, Lunastral, Lammas, Maeshowe, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Orkney, Prehistory, Samhain and Halloween, Stenness, Stone Circle, Summer Solstice, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice

The turning of the wheel of the year is something which is always with us. At the summer solstice,...

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Calanais: The Sun, The Moon, The Goddess and The Stones

Jun 21, 2023 | Cailleach, Calanais, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Lewis, Maeshowe, Myths and Legends, Neolithic, Prehistory, Stone Circle, Summer Solstice, Witches

Many people visit the Calanais Stones, on the Isle of Lewis at sunrise on the Summer solstice....

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Christmas in Scotland through the Ages

Dec 23, 2021 | Christmas and Yule, Druids, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Prehistory, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice

Did you know that once upon a time, Christmas was banned in Scotland- by the Kirk? And that...

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Winter Solstice: Scottish Megaliths and the World’s Oldest Calendar

Dec 20, 2019 | Calanais, Chambered cairn, Maeshowe, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Orkney, Prehistory, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice

Anyone who has lived in Scotland can tell you that the Winter Solstice can be a tough time of the...

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The Curse of Clava Cairns

Dec 21, 2018 | Chambered cairn, Curses, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Neolithic, Prehistory, Sith (fairies), Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice

The Highlands of Scotland are shrouded in myths and stories of ancient guardians who protect the...

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