Jim Talbot
Interested in many aspects of local history, but particularly items related to ancient monuments. Also currently researching life and music of Pipe Major Jimmy MacHardy.
Prehistoric cup marked stone. Don't ask me what these stones were used for or why they were marked, but there are two interlocking...
...and another prehistoric cup marked stone shaped like a.....? Well actually it looks like a very stylised bird when viewed from all sides. Sim...
...and more unusual markings on a large stone I've found lots of examples of this type of marking (not plough scrapes and quite purposefully made)...
Winter in the Howe of Alford One way to get about when the roads are blocked!
No, it's nae Switzerland! Skiing party ready for the off at the Lecht!
Historical treasures A few items unearthed during the renovation of a steading in the Howe of Alford.
More treasures These items had been placed across the foot of doorways into the steading. Apparently this was suppo...
Yet more treasures Auld tackety boots and bridles and lipstraps found in a midden. Many of the shoes looked to have bee...
Rubbish? Also in the midden were these fragments of dairy ware and an old cider flagon (John Bisset, Wine Mer...
More rubbish? More from the midden! Hays lemonade bottles (a close connection to Alford), the remains of an acetyl...
More farming treasures Plough and harrow parts also found placed across an entrance to the steading.
East Aquhorthies Stone Circle 3000BC recumbent stone circle.Latest Pics
