Everyday life as seen through the eyes of a viking living in a modern world. A norse blog about my life as a history reenactor & middle earth-enthusiast.
We investigate the history of the Picts and the Scots in Scotland and the origins of Alba β the first Kingdom of Scotland.
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This quaint northern town is surely linked to the Ultima Thule fever in victorian era. The greek explorator's route must have passed ne...
St Magnus Cathedral. Raymond Parks. [Ali Turner-Rugg, Museum volunteer and former curator at St Albans Museum] This map from 1766 shows the Peerie Sea linked to Kirkwall Bay with Kirkwall extendingβ¦
Towards the end of the 8th century, Vikings from Scandinavia arrived in Scotland. Their violent attacks on the islands and coastline, in which they looted precious metals and objects, eventually turned to settlement when the raiders decided to stay. As time went by, the scattered lordships of Norse (a group of Germanic people who inhabited Scandinavia and spoke Old...
St Magnus Cathedral. Raymond Parks. [Ali Turner-Rugg, Museum volunteer and former curator at St Albans Museum] This map from 1766 shows the Peerie Sea linked to Kirkwall Bay with Kirkwall extendingβ¦
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St Magnus Cathedral. Raymond Parks. [Ali Turner-Rugg, Museum volunteer and former curator at St Albans Museum] This map from 1766 shows the Peerie Sea linked to Kirkwall Bay with Kirkwall extendingβ¦
The Celtic Picts of Scotland were the original inhabitants of the area, as modern genetic research has confirmed.
I have recently returned from a trip to the Orkney Islands (Scotland), which are situated off the north east coast of Scotland. There are approximately 70 islands, twenty of which are inhabited. Farming and tourism is the main industry and the islands are very rich in history and wildlife. The highlight of my trip was the shortest flight in the world which flies from the island of Papa Westray to Westray and takes about TWO MINUTES! It is in the Guiness Book of Records.ο»Ώ DOLLS: Alas, I was not able to find any dolls! The nearest I could find to a doll was this interesting figurine - the "Westray wife" (or "wifie" as it is known in Westray). It is a copy of the original Westray wife and there is now a picture of it (and also a picture of the original one) on the website, with further information about the original one. Europe - Scotland (Orkney Islands) - 001, 001A and 001B (A copy of the original Westray wife) The back of the figure A picture of the original Westray wife SCARA BRAE (Believed to have been inhabited from around 3000 BC. These two pictures show just a part of the village). The village was discovered in 1850 after a wild storm stripped the grass all away from the top of it. This picture shows a stone "dresser" and a central hearth. SCARA BRAE Showing a "bed" on the left and storage space on the wall above. The ITALIAN CHAPEL on the tiny island of Lambholm. The Chapel was built by prisoners-of-war, who were sent to the island to work on the Churchill Barriers. It was built out of a Nissen hut. Domenico Chiocchetti led a team who created this work of art out of scap materials. The carved crucifix to the left of the Chapel was a gift from the people of Moena, Italy, the home town of Domenico Chiocchetti. (The cross and canopy were made in Kirkwall, Orkney). Part of the interior of the Chapel The interior of the Chapel was covered with plasterboard and hand painted to simulate bricks. Domenico Chiocchetti died at his home in May 1999, at the age of 89. In June 1999 a Memorial Mass and Thanksgiving for his life and work on the Chapel in Orkney was held in the Italian Chapel. His wife and family attended the Mass. Me coming out of the THE TOMB OF THE EAGLES on the "granny skateboard". (It was either that or on hands and knees!)
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Glamis Castle, Scotland by perseverando
The Picts are a fascinating but archaeologically elusive people who thrived in parts of Scotland in the 4th to 10th centuries AD. What has recent research added to this often obscure picture? Gordon Noble reports.
From a notorious prison to a spit site discover the bloody past and true story behind the historic Heart of Midlothian on Edinburgh's Royal Mile.
Yesterday, in the journal Nature, the article βPopulation genomics of the Viking world,β was published by Margaryan, et al, a culmination of 6 years of work. Just hours later, Science Daily publishβ¦
Old photograph of a forestry worker with his horse near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission. View the most recent Tour Scotland photographs.
Most of the people tried for witchcraft were accused without reason. But many made their living as a midwife or healer. What were some of the medicinal methods of these witches?
Learn what life was like on the archipelago of St Kilda in 1906, in Alice MacLachlan's diaries http://t.co/IL8oKUGgbI
An Aberdeen audience will enjoy a rare insight into the landscape and people of Scotland in the 1800s, at a free event this week.
