The 4,000 year old Corrimony Cairn is what is known as a Clava Style of cairn. It consists of a circular structure piled high with carefully placed stones. Around its outside are standing stones.
Corrimony Chambered Cairn, Glen Urquhart
Images in Stone: Scotland’s Late Medieval Burial Slabs
Dr David Caldwell, took us on a fascinating journey through images of late medieval sculpture found on burial slabs in Scotland.
Of Cairns & Cists
“Old ways, die hard.”
“It is now possible to reconstruct the life-histories of cremated people of the Bronze Age”
One ancient grave urn is producing a huge amount of information about one woman and the baby twins she was found with.
Gjellestad: Livestream Uncovering of a Viking Ship Burial
Archaeologists in Norway are excavating for the first time in 100 years a Viking Ship burial in a field in the Halden area.
The Beaker People of North Scotland
“The North-east of Scotland was one the areas that had very strong connections with the European Beaker phenomenon 4,000 years ago.”
Poetry Corner: Vinquoy Cairn
“Two of us enter/on hands and knees”
