Rait burial ground

Woke up to another cloudless sky and a quick low level run prior to the journey home, where I believe there has been a bit of snow.

Had a look around the burial-ground of Rait with its roofless ruined church and several interesting 18th-century gravestones. Although the existing structure likely dates from the post-Reformation period, there is a possibility that earlier el ...

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Site of Medieval Farmstead and Ring Enclosure

Running around the foothills of the Sidlaw Hills above Fingask, and, as usual, I was easily distracted trying to locate the humps and bumps indicative of archaeological features.

All the features turned out to be quite subtle, except for this farmstead, which was particularly noticeable, thanks to the low winter sun.

The discovery of the ...

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Dunsinane Hill

Macbeth shall never vanquisb'd be, until
Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane hill
Shall come against him.

Shakespeare, Macbeth Act IV, Scene I.
Did the son of a glove-maker from Warwickshire actually make a trip to this hill in Strathmore, or did he simply pick up an already established legend?

Shakespeare's renowned tragic play portrays Macbeth as having King Dun ...

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