Scotland Magazine author Nick Todd

Scotland's very own gold rush

Nick Todd reveals the history of Scotland's gold, and where to find it today.

“There’s gold in them there hills,” was the cry in 1868 when Robert Gilchrist discovered gold at Kildonan, in the north of Scotland. He was not the first to find gold in Sutherland, though. In 1818, 50 years before, the very first discovery of a nugget of gold as heavy as 10 pennies was found. The n...

Scotland Gold from Issue 36 published on 14/12/2007