Scotland, between 1627 and 1638. In the letter, he wrote: “There was a piece of ground on Mossrobin farm where on Sabbath afternoon the people used to play at foot-ball,” per the Telegraph ...

By Peter Ross Photographs by Kieran Dodds The Ness of Brodgar—roughly, “headland of the bridge farm” in Old Norse ... built new structures on the ruins of old ones, with the result that ...

A sports historian who has long argued that Scotland ... Old Kirk from 1627 to 1638. The letter details how Rutherford arrived at the parish to find “there was a piece of ground on Mossrobin ...

Now it has reopened, providing a major boost for an area which can sometimes feel like "a forgotten place in Scotland ... relief not to lose the centuries-old hostelry. The pub in Wigtown ...

Follow a series of winding lanes past fairytale follies and various ornamental outbuildings, and you’ll pull up at the majestic building at the heart of the estate: Old Penicuik House ...