Category: Scotland

  • Castles With a Story to Tell

    Castles With a Story to Tell

    The Stories behind Scotland’s castles: love, betrayal, redcaps and curses that long outlast the passage of time. Tales worth sharing, Castles worth visiting.

  • Written in Stone: Scotland’s Silent Mysteries

    Written in Stone: Scotland’s Silent Mysteries

    From moonlit stone circles in Aberdeenshire to carved stone balls nobody can explain, step into Scotland’s quietest and strangest mysteries.

  • The Clock That Hung Macpherson

    The Clock That Hung Macpherson

    James Macpherson, a fiddler’s last tune that turned an outlaw into a legend

  • The Kelpie

    The Kelpie

    The kelpie is Scotland’s most notorious water spirit, a shape-shifting horse that drowns the unwary. Explore the lore, the legends, and where to find them.

  • Scotland’s Wizard of the North

    Scotland’s Wizard of the North

    Scholar, alchemist, and legend. From the courts of Sicily to the hills of Melrose, discover the extraordinary real life of Michael Scot.

  • Scotland’s Mythical Creatures: Stories That Still Walk the Land

    Scotland’s Mythical Creatures: Stories That Still Walk the Land

    Explore Scottish mythical creatures including selkies, kelpies, and the Baobhan Sìth. Discover the stories, places, and folklore behind them.

  • Dufftown: A Place of Quiet Histories and Hidden Stories

    Dufftown: A Place of Quiet Histories and Hidden Stories

    Discover Dufftown beyond whisky. Explore walks, history, folklore and hidden stories in the heart of Speyside, from castles and battles to fairies and ancient sites.

  • Threshold Places: Why Liminal Landscapes Still Call to Us

    Threshold Places: Why Liminal Landscapes Still Call to Us

    In uncertain times, many people feel drawn to the edges of the world: places where land, water, forest and sky meet. Across cultures and centuries, certain landscapes have always held a special meaning. Hilltops, burial mounds, river crossings, forest edges and standing stones were often treated as more than ordinary…

  • Inverness: A City of Thresholds at the Heart of the Highlands

    Inverness: A City of Thresholds at the Heart of the Highlands

    Inverness is often called the capital of the Highlands, yet it still carries the atmosphere of a town rather than a city. Set where the River Ness meets the Moray Firth, it has long been a place of crossing points, journeys and stories. Its name comes from the Gaelic Inbhir…

  • Where the Fair Folk Still Walk: Scotland’s Enchanted Faerie Landscapes

    Where the Fair Folk Still Walk: Scotland’s Enchanted Faerie Landscapes

    Explore nine Scottish landscapes tied to faerie folklore, from the Eildon Hills to the Fairy Pools of Skye, and the stories that still linger there.