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Placename - Carbost

Carbost (Gaelic: Càrrabost) at Loch Harport is the home of the Talisker distillery, but more importantly is a Norse place name on the Isle of Skye.…

Cultural Tour of Northern Shetland Map

A map that has been tagged with historical events and mentions, including events from the sagas

Hjaltland Network: Mapping Viking Age Shetland

The Hjaltland Research Network ran a project to map Viking Age Shetland by digitising and mapping the datasets from different disciplines. It sought…

Cape Wrath

The photograph shows the lighthouse at Cape Wrath a name probably derived from Old Norse 'hvarf' meaning 'turn' or 'turning point'. It was here that…

Smoo Cave, Durness

Smoo Cave in Durness in the north of Scotland. Archaeological investigation has identified Neolithic, Norse and Iron Age artefacts. 'Smoo' is thought…