Above: Picture of Pennine Alps The great name of St. Columcille is held dear by the descendants of the Scots both in Erin and in Alba. The people of the Hebrides invoke his aid to this day in their annual Shealing Hymn, and the stone flag on which he was born at Gartan is worn bare by the hands and feet of pious pil-f'ims. Yet he has his full habitation throughout even a wider area, and even in his own time ... Read More

Above: Map of Scotland revealing Pictland "It was a daring adventure," writes Mr. Morrison in his Life of Columba, " full of hazard, thus to pierce into the heart of Pictland. It called for undaunted courage and resource, and unwavering trust in the leader. Yet how few of the travellers who pass through that glen to-day with its deep lochs and its dark and solemn forests, and all its mystery of light and shadow, know anything of the little band of ... Read More