KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF Please choose one ADMINISTRATION AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS COMMUNICATIONS CONFLICT CULTIVATION ENCLOSURES ENERGY EXTRACTION FLOODING GRAZINGS HOUSING KNOWLEDGE LEISURE MANUFACTURE PERCEPTION SETTLEMENTS TRADES Pre-Christian Religion Christian Religion Education Authority Belief Systems Tinto Hill, Symington, Lanarkshire Tinto Hill has long been associated with fire and fire festivals. Indeed it was suggested that the name Tinto meant 'the hill of fire'. Its associations with fire were thought to have originated in pagan ceremonies, including Beltane fires. It was also one of the sites at which beacons were to be lit in the event of invasion. Tinto also featured in popular legend. In the words of the 'Imperial Gazetteer'; 'the fame of the top of Tinto was also embalmed long ago, and continues to be well preserved, in several sets of curious popular rhymes – all, however, so destitute of point or beauty as to give us no temptation to quote them.' Resource pack   1     2     3     4