Do know of any books, magazine articles, etc. which address the legend that Pontius Pilate was a Scotsman?
This question comes up frequently. Rather than publish erroneous information I have confined myself to the information found at the FAQ. “There is a legend that Pontius Pilate was born in Fortingall, Perthshire…the son of a Roman and a local girl. There are a lot of acheological remains there, including a homestead which might have been Roman. If it’s not true, then it ought to be. While up on business at Scottish Amicable near Stirling a few weeks ago, it was a gorgeous sunny day and having some spare time on my hands, I decided to take a quick detour to Callender to see the birthplace of Robert Burns. Anyway, while on that road from Stirling to Callender I stopped in a layby to look at an information board/map and happened to notice, that there was a historical point of interest that stated that the birth place of Pontius Pilate (Christ’s Executioner at the prompting of the Jewish authorities for those not of a religious or historical bent) was allegedly somewhere in North/North Ea
