Author: Alberto Pearson

Craigmillar Castle A building has been on this site from the 13th century. The current castle was built in the mid-15th century. King James V stayed here in 1517. The castle suffered at the hands of the Earl of Hertford during the English invasion of 1544. Mary, Queen of Scots , sought seclusion there after […]

The cross face has panels of interlace and fantastic figures and on the reverse is a mounted figure to the left of a double-disc above a step symbol. It meaures 5’9″ high by 3’4″ at base tapering to 2’9″ at the top by 5″ thick. (This slab is so like those from Aberlemno (NO 522 […]

Class I symbol stone bearing a stag above a rectangle The symbol stone found in digging the knoll called Cnoc-an-Fruich, a place near Grantown. It is a slab of mica schist of rectangular shape 4ft by 10 inches by 9 inches thick, incised on one face.

  Finds Liaison Officers – Contact details Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Julian Watters Finds Liaison Officer Verulamium Museum, St Michaels, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 4SW T: 01727 751 826 F: 01727 859919 E: [email protected] Berkshire & Oxfordshire Kate Sutton Finds Liaison Officer West Berkshire Heritage Service, The Wharf, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5AS T: 01635 30511 F: […]

Grandtully Castle Grandtully Castle is located to the west of the settlement of Grandtully in Perth and Kinross. A former stronghold of the Stewarts, the castle dates from the 15th century with later additions.

Glenbuchat Castle 16th century Z plan tower house built by John Gordon from random rubble and was built in a Z-shape with four turrets. It was owned by the Gordons until 1738, when it was forfeited by John Gordon for his Jacobite sympathies

Class II symbol stone. The cross on face has been destroyed. On the reverse are a mounted female figure accompanied by other mounted figures,musicians and animals in a detailed hunting scene. A mirror and comb lie to the left and are surmounted by a crescent and V-rod :a double-disc and Z-rod are seen in a […]

Details from the Class 1 symbol stone from the Knowe of Burrian in Harray, now on display at the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. This stone, datable to the 6th – 7th centuries, was discovered in 1936 during a partial excavation in a ruined passageway of what is probably a Broch. It is a rectangular flagstone […]

This sculptured stone slab was found at Bullion near Dundee while making the new by-pass road. It is 6’2″ long, 2’5″ broad and 5 3/4″ thick, and is of red sandstone. On one face is the figure of a bearded man on horseback, carrying a sword and circular shield, and drinking out of an ox […]

A Day in the Life of a Finds Liaison Officer By Sally Worrell Sally Worrell, Finds Liaison Officer for the Hampshire area, explains how her role plays a vital part in building up a picture of our national heritage.