Scottish History
An Expedition to Munro Country
by Nadine Lee
Hector Munro outside Foulis Castle
The Highlands in the spring time are a busy, bustling place. Tractors hold up traffic on the A9, lambs dot the earthy-coloured countryside and freshly sown fields ...
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1745 rebellion, Captain Patrick Munro, Culloden, Dr Donald Munro, Easter Ross, Foulis Castle, Hanoverians, Hector Munro, Highlands, historic scotland, Munro, Seaforth Highlanders, Sir John Cope, Sir Robert Munro
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How the Clans Inspired Game of Thrones
by Nadine Lee
If you still haven’t seen Episode 9 ‘The Rains of Castamere‘ in the latest season of Game of Thrones, you should probably stop reading this post right about now.
It’s a well-known and begrudgingly a...
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Alexander Livingston, Campbell, Clan Crest, Clan Motto, Crichton, Douglas, Edinburgh Castle, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Glencoe Massacre, House Lannister, House Stark, King James II, MacDonald, MacGregor, royal mile, Seat, The Black Dinner, The Red Wedding
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Mary, Queen of Scots Returns to Edinburgh
by Nadine Lee
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...
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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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Clan Robertson Estate up for Sale
by Nadine Lee
Dall House, surrounded by Dall Estate
An excessively magnificent and utterly luxurious highland estate with clan links has been placed on the market, boasting an equally impressive price tag. Once ...
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Bannockburn, Culloden, Dall Estate, Dall House, Duncan the Stout, George Duncan Robertson, Highlands, James I, Loch Rannoch, Malcolm James, Real Estate, Robert Riach the Grizzled, Robert the Bruce, Robertson, scottish wars of independence, Thomas MacKenzie
Culloden Moor Housing Development and our Ancestral Her...
As dusk fell over Culloden Moor on the 16th April 1746 the last major land battle to be fought on British soil had drawn to a conclusion. With close to 2,000 dead and wounded Jacobites the campaign...