The Romans in Nairn
In 84AD, Agricola brought the Roman Army around Scotland to conquer the island of Briton for the Romans. The trouble is, once you get past the central belt – where irrefutable signs of a Roman presence...
View ArticleJacobites march tonight!
It’s very short notice by the BBC, but apparently the Jacobites are marching on Nairn tonight!! Team gears up for Jacobite march A team is preparing to recreate the Jacobite night march of 15 April,...
View ArticleScottish Castle for sale
If you ever fancied owning a Scottish Castle, and don’t mind moving out of Nairn to the area around Wick – oh, and you have £5 million in your pocket – there’s something at Rightmove you might be...
View ArticleCulloden Battlefield: Too sacred to picnic?
Interesting story at the BBC covers protests by the Circle of Gentlemen about people having a picnic on the Culloden Battlefield: Anger at ‘war graves picnickers’ Signs are to be erected at Culloden...
View ArticleInverness Iron-Age industry
It looks as though recent development on the east side of Inverness is throwing up an interesting picture of the archaeology. The BBC reports that an AOC Archaeology dig on the site of the new...
View ArticleKnights Templar in Nairn
I figure most people are aware of the masonic graveyard for the Thanes of Cawdor, but found an interesting piece on Wikipedia today that mentioned about land ownership by the Knights Templar in...
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