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    Re: Ancient Scotland, Brochs & Skara Brae

    Edinburgh is a fascinating city in its own right, historically. The underground parts open to the public are not the whole story.

    A book I was reading from many years ago claimed tiny skeletons...
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    Re: Ancient Scotland, Brochs & Skara Brae

    I did indeed. Here's the two little rodents...

    https://preview.ibb.co/mZODia/Temple_Wood.jpg

    And thanks to your fortuitous question I found another image of the crystals within the standing...
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    Re: Ancient Scotland, Brochs & Skara Brae

    Turns out Newcastle University has over 1,000 entries on rock art in Northumberland.

    http://rockart.ncl.ac.uk/browse

    ...and the entry on Roughting Linn...

    http://rockart.ncl.ac.uk/view/11 ...
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    Re: Ancient Scotland, Brochs & Skara Brae

    Part three... :)



    If anyone is ever visiting Northumberland and wishes to see this for themselves, plus a couple of other sites that could all be taken in during one busy day, do get in touch...
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    Re: Ancient Scotland, Brochs & Skara Brae

    Above post continued...



    Jeez, I've had to split it again....
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    Re: Ancient Scotland, Brochs & Skara Brae

    Thanks for bringing my attention to that. I headed up north today with the two kids in tow and visited a place called Roughting Linn. A Linn is a geographical water feature, I think 'roughting' is to...
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    Re: Ancient Scotland, Brochs & Skara Brae

    I too thought it might be star maps, or representations of the solar system etc, but I asked as a question to see if anyone else offered the same thoughts. :)

    Seeing the Cochno stone I feel like...
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    Re: Ancient Scotland, Brochs & Skara Brae

    Cup and Ring marks

    What are they meant to represent? Achnabreac



    http://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/images/recreationimages/recotherimages/Achnabreac_cup_ringmarks.jpg

    These markings can be...
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    Re: Ancient Scotland, Brochs & Skara Brae

    Thanks for this Billy. The image I have isolated out made me sit forward in my chair - it looks almost exactly like an artist reconstruction of a site found in the Arctic circle I saw, last year I...
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    Ancient Scotland, Brochs & Skara Brae

    *from Brochs

    Please forgive my interjections, but one has to be so alert to what one is reading or your entire thinking can be influenced to the detriment.

    I visited a Broch a few years ago....
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