Tag: Pictish

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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The River Spey: In Pursuit of a Goddess

Jul 20, 2025 | Cailleach, Gods and Goddesses, Kelpie, Loch Ness Monster, Mythical creatures, Myths and Legends, River Spey, Saint Columba

Annually, the River Spey hosts an opening ceremony at the start of the Salmon Fishing season. The...

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The Battle of Dún Nechtain: The Beginninig of the Scottish Nation

May 20, 2020 | Anglo-Saxons, Britons, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Dun Nechtain, Gododdin, Peoples, Picts, Premonition, The Second Sight, Wars and Battles

As the Battle of Dún Nechtain was taking place, a strange incident occurred in Carlisle....

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The Tale of Maelbrigte the Tooth

Dec 9, 2018 | Anglo-Saxons, Betrayals and Treachery, Britons, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Dark History, Picts, Scottish Highlands, Vikings

In 874 AD Maelbrigte the Tooth appeared from the shadows of Scottish history. Little is recorded...

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