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Stonehenge: Stonehenge Altar Stone not from Orkney (News by drewbhoy)

Published: September 7, 2024 16:28

The quest for the origins of Stonehenge's six-tonne Altar Stone continues as new research has found it did not come from mainland Orkney. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2g55ly0e6o

Uamh Ur ( by drewbhoy)

Published: September 1, 2024 18:47

There are a number of folk tales associated with these particular caves. One story concerns the last of the MacPhee lairds of Colonsay who had been defeated by his enemies, the MacNeills. He took refuge, with his three dogs, from an approaching gang of…

Dun Cholla ( by drewbhoy)

Published: September 1, 2024 18:17

In the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, on the island of Colonsay, lies an ancient site of historical significance: Dùn Cholla. According to tradition, this hill fort was once the stronghold of Colla Uais, exiled from Ireland in the year 310. Adding another…

Dun Gallain ( by drewbhoy)

Published: September 1, 2024 16:18

Dun Gallain is also called Fort of the Strangers. An old folk tale told locally holds that in the Viking period the fort was the residence of a local chief named Grey Somerled, related to the Lords of the Isles. This Grey Somerled was betrayed to his…