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5,000-year-old home of capital's first farmers discovered THE remains of a hilltop home believed to be about 5,000 years old have been discovered on the outskirts of Edinburgh, The Scotsman can reveal. The Neolithic roundhouse, found on a site where a quarry is due to be expanded, is one of the oldest prehistoric buildings to be discovered in the capital... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by moss 23rd March 2009ce

Rhind Lectures - 27th-29th April (Edinburgh) Living in an age of stone - Gabriel Cooney The Rhind Lectures for 2007. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. 27.04.2007 to 29.04... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by TMA Ed 21st March 2007ce Edited 10th September 2007ce

Bronze age skull from Juniper Green, Edinburgh Latest RC dating on skull reveals that the man died around 2150 BCE; http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=401752007 FOR more than a century the skull has lain in storage as part of the national museum collection... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Martin 14th March 2007ce Edited 10th September 2007ce

Iron Age remains unearthed in Edinburgh WORKMEN digging up a city street in preparation for a new bus route have uncovered an Iron Age structure. The remains of the 3000-year-old stone enclosure were discovered in the Broomhouse area... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by BrigantesNation 27th February 2004ce Edited 10th September 2007ce

Chariot Dated The 400BC Ferrari The Iron Age chariot unearthed at an Edinburgh building site has been proved the oldest in Britain. Radiocarbon tests on the wheels of the chariot have proved it dates back to 400BC - 200 years earlier than the previous oldest British find... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by pebblesfromheaven 11th January 2004ce Edited 10th September 2007ce

'Ferrari of the Iron Age' found Chariot proves Iron Age links with Europe by STEPHEN STEWART, September 25 2003 ARCHAEOLOGISTS studying an ancient chariot burial have found evidence that Iron Age Scots had far closer ties with Europe than previously thought... continues... Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Jane 25th September 2003ce Edited 10th September 2007ce

Conference 14th -16th March 2003 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, National Museums of Scotland, and the Neolithic Studies Group CONFERENCE SCOTLAND IN ANCIENT EUROPE: THE NEOLITHIC AND EARLY BRONZE AGE OF SCOTLAND IN THEIR EUROPEAN CONTEXT Royal Museum, Edinburgh Key speaker - Richard Bradley Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by fitzcoraldo 11th October 2002ce Edited 10th September 2007ce

St. Catherine's Well (Sacred Well) — Folklore

Boece also states that legend holds that Queen Margaret, wife of Malcolm III built a chapel near the spring, but that it was dedicated to St. Catherine of Sienna, not Alexandria. James IV made an offering in said chapel in 1504, and when James VI visited Scotland in 1617 he also visited it, commanding ornamental steps be built for better access to the waters, which Cromwell later destroyed. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Branwen 29th December 2009ce

St. David's Well (Sacred Well) — Folklore

Said legend related by Martin only confirms that the well was previously a less grand affair than the wellhouse which was moved here much later, as before David lent his name to this well, it was called The Rude Well. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by Branwen 29th December 2009ce

Gogar Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) — Images (click to view fullsize)

Posted by Branwen 27th December 2009ce

Hully Hill Monument (Artificial Mound) — Images

Posted by Branwen 26th December 2009ce

St. Triduana's Wellhouse (Sacred Well) — Folklore

"There is an extremely unusual hexagonal vaulted chamber, adjacent to the present church, known as St Triduana's Chapel or Well. It is comprised of the lower parts of a two-storey building, and water still flows from a spring here under the floor. Requests to use the water are still being received today. Triduana's shrines were supposed to help blindness and other eye complaints and conditions. Triduana was an early convert to Christianity who was the object of desire of a Pagan prince. The prince particularly admired Triduana's eyes and, instead of being forced to marry him, it is said that Triduana plucked out her own eyes and presented them to him on a thorned branch. There is a similar story attached to St Medana, (although her eyesight was restored; Triduana's was not) as well as other examples from Ireland and the Continent. The church, which is dedicated to St Mary and The Trinity, was founded as a collegiate establishment by James 111 in the 1460s, although it is a much older site." Magic and Witchcraft in Scotland by Joyce Miller. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 9th November 2009ce

Arthur's Seat (Sacred Hill) — Images

Posted by Branwen 8th October 2009ce

Delf Well (Sacred Well) — Images

Posted by Branwen 8th October 2009ce