The Highlands occupy the northwestern half of Scotland. They are a rugged, mountainous region with a Gaelic Celtic culture, closely connected to that of Ireland. I have spent plenty of time exploring them and, although most of the content of this site will focus on the Brythonic Celtic cultures to the south, some of the places and adventures I’ve undertaken in the Highlands deserve to be documented. There are also a number of places where the Old North and the Highlands intersect – and it is here that some of the most beautiful landscapes within either region are to be found.
The articles connected to the Highlands published so far are as follows;
The Hermitage & the Hall of Mirrors – A discussion of the connections between the legends of Ossian and the valley of the Hermitage at Dunkeld in Atholl
The Isles of Life & Death – The story of a journey by packraft to a series of myth-laden isles on the northern reaches of Loch Awe
The Last Temple of the Celts – An account of a journey through the snow to the last remaining active pagan shrine in Scotland, the Tigh-nam-Bodach in Glenlyon
The Prisoner of the Tree – The story of the holy grove on Doon Hill in Aberfoyle, and its connections to the legend of the Reverend Robert Kirk
Suilven – the Pillar Mountain – A journey to the mountain that is perhaps the most stunning and distinctive in all the Scottish Highlands