Candles and Roses - Facts

 

The Black Isle in Scotland is where the victims are found. The Black Isle (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Dubh, pronounced is a peninsula within Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish Highlands.

The first victim is found in the Clootie Well, a place of pilgrimage in the Black Isle. A clootie well is a holy well (or sacred spring), almost always with a tree growing beside it, where small strips of cloth or ribbons are left as part of a healing ritual, usually by tying them to branches of the tree. In Scotland, by the village of Munlochy on the A832, is a clootie well  at an ancient spring dedicated to Saint Curetán, where rags are still hung on the surrounding bushes and trees. 

The first victim's parents lived in Culbokie. Culbokie is a small village in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It is located on the north side of the Black Isle. The village is 5 km south-east of Dingwall and about 14 km north of Inverness.

Ginny lives in Ardersier. Ardersier is a small former fishing village in the Scottish Highlands on the Moray Firth. 

The second cave is found in Caird's Cave.