MuckleJoannie Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 I've never seen a written story about that mighty dude "Da Teif o da Nean" so If anybody has any info aboot him I'd love tae hear it. I fan da story atil a copy o da New Shetlander fae da 1950's in da library a while back. His doonfaa wis kidnappin a young fellow tae help him, whaa escaped and betrayed him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marjolein Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Oh that's cool, aparantly "Da teif o da Nean" had 2 or is it 3 brothers? But now I'm probably speaking crap. Or it's just a coincidence that there were other "teifs" around at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Hi there I just noticed some kind remarks about my paper - thanks. The enclosure on Fetlar isn't difficult to find. The best route is via the mast - then look south, and you will see it on the horizon. Remarkable. As I said in my paper, I think it is one of Shetland's most remarkable monuments. By the way, there is a fourteenth Gallow Hill, at Marrister in Whalsay. A friend told me about it after the lecture. I just had a look at it today. Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Was up the Scalloway Gallow hill the other day and took some snaps of the 'scorched earth' alledged to be from the witch burning. I'll stick them on here soon as i get round to it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleepsie Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 I remember Mary 'O' Papa telling me that I must never speak ill of anyone whilst standing on the white sones at the top of the hill - could this have been the witches lookout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleepsie Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 That should have been Stones..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted October 11, 2006 Report Share Posted October 11, 2006 White stones on top of the hill? There's a big lump of quartz type rock just beyond the top of the houses at Hillside/Ladysmith, which are adjacent another clump across the voe, known to us as bairns as the "giants footsteps" While i'm back here.....http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/njugle/witch-burn2.gifThe soil in the surrounding area is about the colour of plain chocolate, this is from the "Burning site", note the much redder colour below the arrows, about two inches below surface. (Note, this clod was kicked, with great difficulty, from the edge of a rabbit hole, no DIY archaeology took place!) http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/njugle/Witchburn.jpgThis show the site in relation to the mast. The whole area is much harder underfoot than the hill around. It may well originate from an earlier time than the witch trials, i don't know. For any who wish to visit.....All Hallows Eve approaches, mwo hah ha ha ha ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/njugle/Witchburn.jpgThis show the site in relation to the mast. The whole area is much harder underfoot than the hill around. It may well originate from an earlier time than the witch trials, i don't know. For any who wish to visit.....All Hallows Eve approaches, mwo hah ha ha ha ha! I dunna lik tae disillusion dee Njuggle but I doot yun scooddered ert is fae da bonfires dat da Gala was wint tae hae. I canna mind when dey stopped but my wife minds doing wan in 1990 (She had da Gala video fae dat year. Yon was a fine place for da bonfire as der is a road up tae da mast. My recollection o whaar da witches were brunt ia da peak twartree hunder yards farder sooth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 Hmm, A valid point MuckleJoannie, but i'm fairly sure yun particular patch has been yunder since i were a young rabbitting lad, and that was a long time prior to the 1990 i can assure dee.. The paved road ends in the next field north by yun, or should i say the only bit o the road in yun park is the small yard around the mast. Also yun bit o the park can only be seen from the castle and the NAFC/Boating club, i don't remember the gala bonfires being obscured to that extent. But i'll happily concede my error if i'm mistaken. Here's another angle on it to illustrate my point.http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/njugle/witchburn3.gifNobody but the Scord, sundibanks, and the near hooses of port Arthur would see a gala bonfire here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 8O OMG .. is it just me .. or can you all see that weird ghostly figure!?!? Do you think thats one of them thar witches come back to haunt the Scallowa folk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted October 12, 2006 Report Share Posted October 12, 2006 OMG .. is it just me .. or can you all see that weird ghostly figure!?!? Do you think thats one of them thar witches come back to haunt the Scallowa folk? Flaming Nora! I never noticed that when i was taking the picture....it looks like a human form!......yeah whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavrossT Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 BUMP Went up today. Couldnt find the burning site, but the gallows site is a bit freaky we da stane circle an da cairn.noticed dirs a bigger stane circle aroond da cairn.Somebody will be we photos o it shortly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq75/rgordon00/Autum08020.jpg This was the stone circle next to the cairn on the hill above Port Arthur. Does anybody know what this is? Is this perhaps where the Witches casted their spells? The ground inside the circle is much harder than the ground outside it. Suggestive of a fire. But could this have been a light beacon for boats out at da haaf? It is difficult to take things seriously when DavrossT exclaims that bird pellets are spooky. http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq75/rgordon00/Autum08010.jpg And we couldn't see anything up at Mastfield? Still its a good walk and the view out to the isles is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavrossT Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 It could be da nest o a munstrus Tirrick!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njugle Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 ^ The ring next to the Wart (Cairn) has been altered fairly recently. There was a patch of scorched/bare earth there. If i recall correctly it was one of a series of bonfires for the queens coronation or something. I canna think it was the jubilee, but it might have been. I seem to mind mention of a tractor carrying the wood up. The stone circle is either a resurgence of witch craft in the 'Village of the Damned', or the product of idle hands. I think it's the stones that were laid bare in the fire site that have been gathered to the edges of the circle. It's only been like that for a few years. I wouldn't rule out UFO or trow activity though. The gallow site(identified by Brian Smith) is nigh on impossible to spot. It's just a slight rise on the crest of the hill below the mast, between there and the nearest houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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