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 Ancient
Lothian
aims to catalogue the majority of ancient, medieval and early modern
sites within the Lothian's, as well as documenting the Celtic and
Germanic histories and mythologies of the region up to about 1600 AD. |
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Iron Age Hill
Forts
East Lothian is often
referred to as
"The Garden of Scotland"
a title given due to the quality of the agriculture of the area.
The Celtic peoples who
occupied this part of south east Scotland during the Iron Age before,
during and after the Roman occupation evidently realised the potential
of the land and evidence of their use and occupation is widespread
throughout the County to this day.
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Fletcher
of Saltoun
Andrew Fletcher of
Saltoun, born in 1653, had been
elected to the Scottish Estates aged 25 in 1679.
He fiercely opposed The Succession Act on the grounds that James
(The Old Pretender) would be just as
tyrannical as his predecessors.
As a result of his continued opposition to Government dictat he was
accused of sedition (and acquitted),
however not long after, he fled to Holland and lived in exile from
1682 until 1689, only returning when
William of Orange assumed the crown.
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 The
John Muir Trust was formed in 1983 to protect and conserve wild places
and to increase awareness and understanding of the value of such places.
The Trust works closely with local communities.
It believes that
sustainable conservation can only be achieved by recognising special
qualities of wild places
and understanding the human factors and other
aspects which contribute to the landscape
we think of - and value - as
wild. |
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The Legend of the
Saltire |
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Gododdin is the first indigenous regional
name which has survived
for what we now call Lothian.
The name comes from the Brythonic language which was spoken here
throughout much of
the first millennium.......read more |
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