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Header Slides

Today's header slides are of the pretty town of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries & Galloway, seen across the River Dee; and a view of Cairnpapple Hill in West Lothian, one of the most important prehistoric sites on mainland Scotland.

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In Focus

Temple of Mithras About mid way between Housesteads Roman Fort and Chesters Roman Fort is a fairly large car park on the south side of the B6318, the road that follows the line of Hadrian's Wall. This is Brocolitia, also known as Carrawburgh, and although it is not immediately obvious from the car park, it's a stop that is well worth making, as it allows access to a monument that is unique on Hadrian's Wall, the Brocolitia Mithraeum, or Temple of Mithras. ( More ...)

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On This Day

20 March 687: The death on Inner Farne Island of St Cuthbert, the a monk, bishop and hermit regarded as the patron saint of northern England.

20 March 1927: The birth in Outterabrake on Burra, Shetland, of Thomas Fraser, the fisherman who, since his death in 1978, has become internationally famous as a country and western singer.

20 March 1993: The theologian, philosopher, and logician John Duns Scotus is beatified by Pope John Paul II and seems destined for the path of sainthood.

Featured Book

Book Cover Thicker Than Water by Ken Lussey (15 September 2024). A compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland. Callum Anderson and Jenny Mackay are spending Hogmanay at Sarclet Castle in Caithness when they are asked to investigate the brutal murder of a young woman at nearby Sarclet Broch in 1943, a woman whose ghost is believed to haunt the castle. What seems the coldest of cold cases is not the first murder of a young woman at the broch. Nor is it the last. On the day that Callum and Jenny arrive, there is a third fatal stabbing there.
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Scottish Resources

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