litirbheag: 01 March 10: An Litir Bheag 251




The Little Letter for Gaelic Learners show

Summary: Creag nam Ban is near Balmoral. That’s in Aberdeenshire. It’s beside the River Dee. And it’s above Abergeldie Castle. Creag nam Ban means “the rocky hill of the women”. People say that witches were burned to death there. People still remember the name of one of the witches – Kitty Rankine. Accompanying text in both English and Gaelic can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/litirbheag.