Swordale

Alpin MacDonald's bid to build the homes, all with garages, at the small settlement of Swordale near Evanton has been put on ice by Highland Council's area planning committee so crunch talks can be held with transport and planning officials about the ...

Mr Scott, 64, from Tain, has found and recorded a total of 28 carved rocks on Swordale Hill – Druim Mor in Gaelic – and lodged his remarkable discovery with the Highland Historic Environment Record and the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.

"The rocks on Swordale Hill all align to where the sun and moon rises and sets in midwinter, which is no coincidence. "It's all to do with the beliefs these people had - they used the rock art to communicate with their ancestors in the underworld at ...

Bronze Age cupmarks carved into rocks up to 5,000 years ago have been found on twenty-eight separate sites on Swordale Hill outside Evanton. The remains of an enclosed henge have also been found on the hill's Druim Mor ridge, which is also the location ...