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In Pictures: Stunning sunrise around Scotland to start the week
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:00:00 GMT
A stunning sunrise brightened the skies above Scotland on Monday morning. Impressive photographs have been shared on social media and by BBC Weather Watchers. The pink and orange rises were ...
Scotland's carved Pictish stones re-imagined in colour
Thu, 22 Jun 2017 17:00:00 GMT
Archaeologists have been uncovering ornately decorated Pictish stones across northern Scotland for many years. For many, the sculptures' mysterious carvings of animals and symbols are impressive ...
Cat Stones of Scotland
Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:25:00 GMT
The Cat Stones of Scotland (or, in Scots Gaelic, the Clach a'Chath) are natural prominent rock features or standing stones around Scotland that are often linked to battles or burials. The English term ...
Why all Olympic curling stones come from a Scottish island
Mon, 01 Apr 2024 17:00:00 GMT
For more than 170 years, a small Ayrshire business has been crafting curling stones by hand using rock found on an island off Scotland’s west coast. Kays Scotland is the only company in the ...
Aberlemno Sculptured Stones
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 11:57:00 GMT
Together, these four stones make up the most impressive single group of sculptured Pictish stones in Scotland. The churchyard stone, technically a cross-slab, is the most impressive of the Aberlemno ...
The Govan Stones
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 13:10:00 GMT
The third group of stones can be found in the west transept, and in many ways form the highlight of the collection. Here you find five massive hogback gravestones. Hogbacks can be found throughout ...
Croft Moraig Stone Circle
Sat, 17 Jul 2021 15:24:00 GMT
The smallest stone bears possible cup marks and may be aligned with the Midsummer sunrise. The third phase of construction was a group of 12 standing stones in a circle about ... National Museum of ...
Curious Markings on Stones in Scotland
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:00:00 GMT
THE Glasgow Herald of Sept. 17 contains an article by Mr. L. MacLellan Mann describing the markings on some stones at Langside and Cleuch, near Glasgow. The markings on the two stones are nearly ...
Future Thinking on Carved Stones in Scotland
Thu, 24 May 2018 08:25:00 GMT
Future Thinking on Carved Stones in Scotland: A Research Framework was launched on August 2016 at Govan Old Church in Glasgow and is accessible online on the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework ...
Meigle Pictish Stones
Tue, 28 Sep 2021 20:28:00 GMT
The museum opened to the public in 1949. Today it is looked after by Historic Environment Scotland and what you find is a welcoming and well-lit space that shows the stones to extremely good effect ...
'Rock star' pensioner makes amazing map of Scotland with stones from across nation
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 20:35:00 GMT
A Scots grandad has been hailed as a 'rock star' by his proud family after collecting stones from across Scotland to make a stunning map of the nation. Harry Young, of Newton Mearns, began his ...