Scottish History
MacNeil Land Claims on Barra and Vatersay Islands
by Nadine Lee
MacNeil of Barra - Buaidhi no bas (To conquer or die)
A land ownership storm is brewing on the islands of Barra and Vatersay in the Outer Hebrides. The late Ian MacNeil, 46th Chief of Clan MacNeil, ...
Topics:
barra, land buyouts, MacNeil, MacNeil of Barra, Scottish Government, Vatersay
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The Legend of Twinlaw Cairns
by Nadine Lee
The Twinlaw Cairns, Lammermuir Hills, East Lothian
This weekend I visited my friends in the countryside, as I had heard there was going to be snow. Being from a semi-tropical climate, snow is still...
Topics:
Ancient Scots, East Lothian, Lammermuir Hills, Legends, Saxons, Twinlaw Cairns
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Scottish Battlefield Sites Protected
by Nadine Lee
The Battle of Bannockburn by Brian Palmer
The British architect Graeme Shankland once said:
“A country without a past has the emptiness of a barren continent, and a city without old buildings is l...
From New Zealand to Scotland
by Nadine Lee
New Zealand is a rather funny wee place. One of its defining features is the mishmash of cultures from all around the world that have gathered together on a few tiny islands far away in the depths of ...
Hill and Adamson
by Donald
Buried in the beautiful Victorian Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh is David Octavius Hill, a painter who, along with Robert Adamson, pioneered in Scottish and aesthetic photography. They founded the Hill ...