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Nadine Lee
How the Clans Inspired Game of Thrones
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...
Nadine Lee
Your Guide to Grandfather Mountain 2013
Grandfather Mountain and McRae Meadows - Home to the GFM Highland Games With only one week to go until the beginning of the largest Highland Games held outside of Scotland, this years gathering at ...
Nadine Lee
Mary, Queen of Scots Returns to Edinburgh
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...
Nadine Lee
Clan Robertson Estate up for Sale
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 ...
Mahmood Scott
History of My Life.. By A. Scott (1889-1977)
History of My LifeFirst of all allow me to introduce myself. My name was originally Robert Alexander McDonald Scott but when I embraced Islam, my name became Abdullah Robert Scott. My father’s name ...
Nadine Lee
Kilt Like An Egyptian
The Pyramid of Khafre, Giza Necropolis, Cairo It seems wherever you travel around the globe, you can't miss signs of Scottish influence. From bagpipes being played in far off antipodean lands to Ce...
Rodger Moffet
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...
Nadine Lee
Vikings Force Closure of Shetland Fire Station
A Shetland fire station has been forced to close its doors as the result of a viking fire festival. Two fire fighters from the station on the Island of Bressay have refused to shave their beards ahe...
Nadine Lee
Hands Across Hadrian's Wall
Hadrian's Wall A Tory MP has called for 100,000 Britons to hold hands across Hadrian's Wall this summer, in order to prevent Scotland voting for independence. Once used as a defensive fortification...
Tartan Footprint
A Scottish Soldier's Story From D-Day
  While clearing out a few things the other day I came across a very interesting scrap of paper. It was an old sheet of A4 lined paper and on it was a scribbled map and some text. It was given to m...
Owen Wright
Historic Preservation & Heritage Managment
This is an area where topics can be discussed relating to the preservation, protection, and interpretation of Scotland's historic architecture and landscapes. From the castle to cottage and formal gar...
Donald
The White Lady of Corstorphine
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The Lords Forrester were a principal family in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh. Their main home was Corstorphine Castle, a 14th century stronghold which, by the 18th century, was nothing but ruins,...
Donald
Scotland's Most Haunted Castle Plays Down Ghost Stories
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Glamis Castle near Forfar in Angus is Scotland's, and one of Britain's most haunted castles. However it is trying to distance itself from the paranormal stories that the place is famous for, and ins...
Donald
The Death March to Durham
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The aftermath of the 1650 Battle of Dunbar saw the grave mistreatment of 5,000 Scottish prisoners-of-war at the hands of the English Parliamentarian army. These battle-weary prisoners were starved o...
Donald
Duncan Campbell and the Ghost of his Brother
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Major Duncan Campbell of Inverawe was fatally wounded at the Battle of Carillon in 1758 during the Seven Years' War. The night before the battle Campbell had a ghostly encounter with his dead foster...