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Month: December 2025

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  • Low stone wall remains on grassy terrain with moss, surrounded by rocky hills and sparse vegetation under a partly cloudy sky.

    Best Boxing Day Jaunts

    22 December 2025, Site Stories
  • The Earl’s Bu and Round Church, Orphir, Orkney: the gift that keeps on giving

    19 December 2025, Archaeology
  • Illustration of a richly decorated historic hall filled with people in elaborate Renaissance-style clothing. Figures stand in small groups around long wooden tables, while a central couple appears to be in conversation near an ornate tapestry featuring heraldic symbols. The walls are covered with colourful medieval-style murals, and the high wooden ceiling is intricately patterned. Festive holly, evergreens, and red berries frame the scene in the foreground, giving the image a seasonal, Christmas-themed feel.

    Yuletide Tidings from the Court of James IV

    17 December 2025, History
  • a woman with a wicker basket on her back with mountains and water in front of her

    Who is the Cailleach, Scotland’s Ice Queen?

    16 December 2025, Archives, Gaelic, Supernatural and Folklore
  • The ruins of Arbroath Abbey including a distinctive round window under a clear blue sky

    Arbroath Abbey: the final resting place of William the Lion

    04 December 2025, History
  • Pantomime in Scotland

    02 December 2025, Archives

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