The Seer's Stone

This audio forms part of a series of audio interviews conducted in 2023 by Smartify as part of the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project. Listen and discover the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands through the eyes of the stitchers of the Tapestry of the Highlands and Islands.

Listen to textile artist Lizzie McDougall as she takes us behind the inspiration for her journey stone and the curious tale of Brahan Seer's stone, which is said to have been discarded in Loch Ussie.

...he had the gift of the second sight which he got by looking through a stone, a stone with a hole in it...now in the belly of a fish in the waters of Loch Ussie...

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