by Mark Nicol | Oct 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
There’s far more to the prehistoric life of the Scottish Borders and North Northumberland than hillforts and weapons. Two thousand years ago, long before written history, people here were already artists — carving abstract patterns, symbols, and spirals into living...
by Mark Nicol | Feb 1, 2021 | Bloggings, Videos
Join us every day this week as we take a look at the Romans in the Scottish Borders Monday The drought conditions of 2018 have made some otherwise invisible sites come back to life. None more dramatic or jaw-dropping than this…. Tuesday The Borders has more...
by Mark Nicol | Jan 23, 2020 | Videos
Travelling to Scotland this year and fancy a 1 or 2 day tour with us? It’s not all Border Reivers and Wars of Independence. Today Mark was exploring one of the sites on our “Stone Age Tour” …… Edins Hall Broch. Check out my tours website:...
by Mark Nicol | Jun 16, 2019 | Videos
We already have 3 Brochs, the Rink Fort and the Picts Ditch earthwork (Catrail), in the Galashiels area. Have we discovered more evidence of the Picts in the Borders?? Check out the film, stick with it, the site near the end is quite spectacular I...