Archives for May 2020

Originally published in the Scotsman on 16 July 2016Altimarlach Farm is a place in Caithness situated by a small watercourse now called in ... Continue Reading about Altimarlach ~ Allt nam Mèirleach

Originally published in the Scotsman on 9 July 2016Our earliest recorded mention of Iona comes from the Latin Vita Columbae, a book about ... Continue Reading about Iona ~ Eilean Ì

Originally published in the Scotsman on 2 July 2016This rock was an important strategic site in late antiquity and it is perhaps no surprise ... Continue Reading about Dumbarton Rock ~ Ail Chluaidh / Creag Chluaidh

Originally published in the Scotsman on 25 June 2016This name has a complicated history. The name of the current settlement takes its name ... Continue Reading about Bannockburn ~ Allt a’ Bhonnaich

Originally published in the Scotsman on 18 June 2016This river, which flows through Buchan and enters the sea near Peterhead, rises as two ... Continue Reading about River Ugie ~ Uige

Originally published in the Scotsman on 11 June 2016It is not only places in Scotland that have Gaelic names.  The town of Penrith in ... Continue Reading about Penrith ~ Pìorait