Scottish Clans

Lordscairnie Castle – situated on the outskirts of Fife near Moonzie – was built between 1493 and 1498 by Sir Alexander Lindsay, seventh Earl of Crawford. The forlorn ruins are being sold for around £...

Medieval Scottish soldiers fought wearing bright yellow war shirts dyed in horse urine rather than the tartan plaid depicted in the film Braveheart, according  research. Historian Fergus Cannan stat...

Left to right Hector Munro of Foulis, Major General Seymour Monro and Lt Col Patrick Gascoigne with two of the swords from the vast collection of artifacts. Clan Munro has helped to bring a Highland...

I've just come across this on the BBC History website and thought I'd share it and ask your opinions.   The subject of the debate is: The role of the clans: Scottish clans today are more about attract...

Upon the death of Scottish Doctor and Suffragist Elsie Inglis, Winston Churchill remarked that Inglis and her band of nurses would ‘shine in history’. From a Lady who raised rebel troops, to a seafari...

He’s led an army of 160 trained warriors through the gory battle scenes of Gladiator and the forests of Robin Hood. Is the father of five children. And heralded as one of Scotland’s most dedicated pr...

Adam Watters – Braveheart Impersonator. Photo courtesy of Deadline News A Braveheart impersonator has been charged with firearms offences after police received a complaint about “a man with a blue fac...

Macnab Country – The village of Killin and Loch Tay from Stron a’Chlachain. Photo by Andy Hall Last Friday Amanda and I attended the memorial service for James Charles Macnab of Macnab, 23rd Chief o...

Nigel Ivan Forbes, 22nd Lord of Forbes, KBE, JP, DLChief of Clan Forbes(19 February 1918- 5 March 2013) Nigel Ivan Forbes, 22nd Lord of Forbes and Chief of Clan Forbes, has died aged 95. A distinguish...

1263 Battle of Largs American television network ABC has scrapped plans to create a sweeping TV drama set in the Highlands. Described as a ‘tartan Game of Thrones‘, the series was to be set in mediev...

Clan Macnab – Let Fear Be Far From All One of the most fascinating things about Scotland is the way that a country steeped in history and tradition is colliding with the new. This is especially true ...

Archibald Douglas In 1545 the aptly titled War of Rough Wooing was in full, ruthless swing. In order to gain Scotland’s allegiance to England, King Henry VIII employed the curious tactic of scorching...

Today marks the 321st anniversary of the Massacre of Glencoe, in which 38 MacDonald of Glencoe clansmen were murdered on direct orders from the crown. The death warrant signed by King William III prov...

Sir Alexander Fleming, FRSE, FRS, FRCS(Eng)6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955 On a sunny morning in September 1928, Scottish biologist Sir Alexander Fleming accidentally made one of the most important me...