Clan Feud Over Digging up Rob Roy

An old Clan feud has resurfaced after plans were announced that the remains of Rob Roy MacGregor were to be dug up. The legendary outlaw is believed to have been buried in Balquhidder, Stirlingshire. But the chief of Clan MacLaren now plans to exhume a body for DNA testing, proving once and for all if it is truely the Scottish folk hero. Donald MacLaren claimed Rob Roy really lies in an unmarked plot several miles away stating "MacGregor properganda lives on long and hard. It would be suprising if he was buried in what was a MacLaren kirkyard. I'm not hugely in favour of bus parties standing around looking at the grave and putting little posies on it. If he's not there, this myth would stop.'

Rob Roy is thought to have been buried with his wife Mary and his two sons in 1734. Peter Lawrie, of the Clan Gregor society, called the move 'desecration', adding: "How would you feel if we suggested digging up the MacLaren graves? As far as we are conncerned, Rob Roy is buried in that grave."