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Over time, Skye has had different historic influences. It was first occupied by Gaelic speakers from Ireland during the prehistoric era. Then it was ruled by Norsemen from 9-12th centuries. Once it was controlled by Scotland, the MacLeod clan occupied Dunvegan Castle as their primary seat on Skye. Culture on Skye primarily comes from fishing and crofting communities who suffered …
Arran is another of Scotland’s beautiful West Coast islands. It’s one of the larger islands, stretching 20 miles and sitting at an average of 9 miles wide. While you can take a day trip to Arran and there’s a regular ferry service, it’s better to take at least a couple of days to truly enjoy the entire island. If you’re …
North Berwick is on the south shore of the Firth of Forth approximately 20 miles from Edinburgh. It is a pretty, quality place that is one of the ten best places to live in Scotland. North Berwick has won multiple awards for its gardens, floral displays and wildflower gardens thanks to the work of North Berwick in Bloom. There is …
Consisting of cliffs, headlands, small bays and some rather historic landmarks, this Northumberland coast is one of Britain’s more interesting and scenic coastlines. Starting just north of Whitley Bay in the south and ending at the England/Scotland border in the north, this coastline borders the North Sea, and encounters several rivers that flow from the Pennine and Cheviot Hills inland …
Travelling from the city of Inverness to Duncansby Head, one of the most northerly parts of mainland Britain, this stretch of coastline borders the eastern side of the northern Scottish Highlands. With three inlets – the Moray Firth, Cromarty Firth and Dornoch Firth – towards the south of this stretch, the coast borders the North Sea for the remainder. It …
One of the earliest records we have of a monastic presence at Binham comes from a text called the Miracles of St. Edmund. In 1091, William Rufus (r.1086-1100) summoned an army to march into Scotland. This was in response to the incursions by the King of Scots into northern England in the preceding months. A knight, of the Abbey of …
Stretching all the way from Dundee to Aberdeen the Angus Coastal Route is a beautifully scenic route which follows Scotland’s east coast through glittering beaches and by many historic sites. Covering a distance of 68 miles (103km) there are very many places of interest, too many to cover adequately here. Nevertheless, I have selected an assortment of better known, and …
Upon the exposed promontory of Fraserburgh, a domineering symbol of grandeur and status was transformed into a beacon of hope for those traversing the dangerous waters of the North Sea. This is the story of a late medieval castle which became home to Scotland’s legacy of light keeping and way finding. Kinnaird Head Castle was begun in the spring of …
A little seaside town located on the North Sea coast about 15 miles northeast of Newcastle, Newbiggin was once a busy shipping port, then a popular holiday destination, but now its prosperity relies mostly on fishing, pleasure boating and attracting tourists. An old oral tradition suggests that the village known apparently as South Wallerick was attacked by a band of …
(A Map of the Kingdom of Northumbria circa 700 AD – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Kingdom_of_Northumbria_around_700_AD.svg) Northumbria was one of the most significant Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to the north of the Humber to ever exist. At its peak the Kingdom of Northumbria stretched from the Irish Sea to the North Sea with a northern border on the Firth of Forth and its southern border at …
