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Zoomorphic ornaments are those based upon the forms of animals, birds and reptiles. Anthropomorphic ornaments are those based upon the forms of the human body. They make an early appearance in the Art of Bronze-age Britain and Ireland, and in the…

The windmill belongs to the older type of windmills, the so-called pole type. The case rests on a 6,7m long oak pole – axis. There is a pair of millstones – attrition mill.
The lower stone weighs around 800 kg, the upper – twice more. To change the…

Only manors were entitled to set up inns, which were built close to grinding-mills, churches, and main crossroads – the points of many people circulation. Coming back from the market farmers stayed at an inn for a night to have a meal and rest…

The Picts would have travelled by land and sea.

As well as being skilled stone masons the Pictish people would have had to work together building housing, growing crops, tending livestock, hunting, weaving, making tools and clothing, carving boats…

The Picts would have travelled by land and sea. As well as being skilled stone masons the Pictish people would have had to work together building housing, growing crops, tending livestock, hunting, weaving, making tools and clothing, carving boats…

A good example of the Wolf Symbol can be seen on the Ardross 'wolf' Stone, now housed in Inverness Museum.

During the late Middle Ages there were gateways across all the main roads into St Andrews. These marked the entries to the city and formed a public reminder of the transition from the countryside to the urban area of St Andrews (which, like other…