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A ONE NIGHT STAND in BURGHEAD - (Scotland)

A ONE NIGHT STAND in BURGHEAD - (Scotland) Burghead is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about 8 miles north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, meaning that most of the town has sea on 3 sides. The present town was built between 1805 and 1809, destroying in the process more than half of the site of an important Pictish hill fort. General Roy’s map shows the defences as they existed in the 18th century but he wrongly attributed them to the Romans. The fort was probably a major Pictish centre and was where carved slabs depicting bulls were found; they are known as the "Burghead Bulls". A chambered well of some considerable antiquity was discovered in 1809 and walls and a roof were later added to help preserve it. Each year on 11 January a fire festival known as the Burning of the Clavie takes place; it is thought that the festival dates back to the 17th century, although it could easily predate this by several centuries. Burghead is often known by locals as The Broch The story of the Harvest Reaper The Harvest Reaper is one of the most celebrated boats to have fished the Moray Firth. Built in Fraserburgh, it was based at the port under the stewardship of John Downie Mey from the 1930s until 1965. It was while he was at the helm that the vessel became involved in attempts to rescue a pilot from an aircraft that ditched in the sea. Shortly before noon on April 29, 1946 a Firefly aircraft flying out of the naval air base at Rattray, near Fraserburgh, got into difficulties about six miles off the coast. The plane lost power and ditched in the water near the Harvest Reaper – breaking off its mast in the process. The crew immediately rushed to the plane in an attempt to help the pilot, who was 20-year-old Kenneth Williams from Liverpool, but were sadly unable to save his life. The vessel remained in Fraserburgh, later under the command of Mr Mey’s son Jim, before it was sold to new owners in Macduff. The weathered hull remained on the quayside at Burghead after running aground off the coast in the 1980s – where it remained until January 2015 when Moray Council demanded it was moved in order to make way for developments at the harbour. Now the restored boat is permanently based in the village so that more can learn about its celebrated past. Burghead Well stands in the north-eastern corner of what was once a great Pictish fort. Three huge ramparts and ditches cut off the headland heading into the Moray Firth. Behind them lay an inner fort, dating to about AD 500. Burghead may have served as a Pictish navy base, but it was destroyed by fire in the 800s. Burghead Well stood in the annexe on the line of the ramparts of the fort. Remnants of the fort were mostly destroyed in 1808, when the planned town of Burghead was built. In 1809, the ‘well’ was excavated to serve as a water supply for the planned town. Inside the green hollow, workers discovered: a 5m square, 4m high chamber a 3m square cistern a flight of steps leading down, cut from solid rock The cistern had a free-standing stone pedestal in one corner, and a basin cut into another. The cistern was deepened using explosives to increase its water capacity, and the entrance arch and roof chamber were built. There’ve been a few theories regarding the well’s function. It may have been the water supply of the Pictish fort, but its monumental character makes it ill-suited to utilitarian function. Perhaps the most plausible theory is that Burghead Well was once a Pictish cult centre, which was later converted to Christian use. Currently we are Weekend Warriors. We may go full time in the future but for now we continue our explorations. Please check out our FB group   / desmondsdonders   There you will find more details of our park ups. Welcome to Desmond's Donders, we do some Wild Camping in our Motorhome. A little bit of van life in our vlog. So called but really incorrectly labelled wild camping UK and, wild camping Scotland, we travel and camp in our Motorhome and after every weekend update our travel vlog. Van life Scotland means different things to different people but to us it is time in Scotland in our camper van. Landscape photography takes a large part of our time in the motorhome life when RV living. Road trips and motorhome in Scotland meet and allow us freedom. Landscape photography Scotland is a large part of our campervan time, compiling our Scotland photo diary in our recreational vehicle. Scotland, Nature and Wildlife with some local history are what we are about.