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Tobar Ashik / Ashaig Holy Well
03 April 2019
Photo © Pola Livesey A well preserved holy well lies beside the site of an early chapel at Ashaig on Skye. According to local legend, the chapel was at a ferry crossing for St Maelrubha, t...Full Story
Pullyhour Henge
04 March 2019
Photo: Highland HER Pullyhour henge is located on the side of a valley, overlooking the Thurso river, Caithness. It survives as a well preserved earthwork, comprising an extant external bank an...Full Story
Cromarty Medieval Burgh
04 February 2019
Our knowledge of the Highlands in the Middle Ages has many frustrating gaps. It is also a time where the Highlands has a very different outlook than elsewhere in Scotland. The north was part of the No...Full Story
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03/04/2019 - Tobar Ashik / Ashaig Holy Well
Photo © Pola Livesey A well preserved holy well lies beside the site of an ear... More >>
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03/04/2019 - Germanic Coin found at Kilbeg, Skye
This silver coin was found recently at Kilbeg on the Sleat peninsula of Skye. It is a silv... More >>