A-Z of Elgin

With a history stretching back well over 1,000 years, there is no shortage of things of interest in the town of Elgin in the north-east of Scotland, past and present. The last of the Pictish kings - Macbeth - ruled this area and his rival, Duncan, died of his battle wounds in Elgin in 1040. The requirements for building the great cathedral, once known as the ‘lantern of the north’, drew craftsmen ...