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Nadine Lee
That's a Wrap! Scotland on Screen
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With an overabundance of stunning landscapes and picturesque castles, it's no wonder Scotland is a favourite calling card for film and television location scouts. Here are my top five Scottish locatio...
Topics: Campbell, Downton Abbey, edinburgh, Film, Glenfinnan Viaduct, Harry Potter, Hogwart's Express, Holy Grail, Inveraray Castle, MacDougall, Monty Python, Rosslyn Chapel, Stalker Castle, Television, The Da Vinci Code, The Illusionist
Nadine Lee
The Curious Case of Dubh Sith
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Loch Ghruinneart, Isle of Islay If you picture troops involved in a 14th Century clan battle, fairies are the last thing you would expect to find among the ranks. However according to legend, a fai...
Topics: Campbell, Campbell of Cawdor, Dubh Sith, Fairy, Isle of Islay, Kilchoman, Kilnave, Loch Ghruinneart, MacDonald, MacLean
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Nadine Lee
Scottish Heraldry 101: The Court of Lord Lyon
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HM New Register House, Edinburgh Just off Edinburgh's bustling Princes Street sits a grand old building that houses hundreds of years worth of Scotland's records. HM New Register House is well know...
Topics: Clan Gunn, Clan MacArthur, Coat of Arms, Court of Lord Lyon, Elizabeth Roads LVO, Heraldry, Iain Gunn of Banniskirk, Lord Lyon, Lyon Clerk, order of the thistle, Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs
Nadine Lee
Sound of Barra Protected Despite Chief's Concerns
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The Sound of Barra The Sound of Barra has been designated a site of Special Area of Conservation (SAC) despite opposition from the chief of Clan MacNeil of Barra and local community members. Descri...
Topics: Barra Sound, Clan Cheif, Environment, MacNeil of Barra, Rory MacNeil, Scottish Governement, Scottish Wildlife Trust, western isles
Nadine Lee
Mary, Queen of Scots Returns to Edinburgh
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Chambers Street, Edinburgh In August 1561 Mary, Queen of Scots returned to Edinburgh from France as a Catholic queen in a newly reformed Protestant Scotland. Initially greeted with crowds curious t...
Topics: Blairs Memorial Portrait, Earl of Moray, Elizabeth Curle, Elizabeth I, james vi, John Knox, Mary of Guise, Mary Queen of Scots, National Museum of Scotland, Penicuik Jewels, Reformation, Stewart
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