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Nadine Lee
Bannockburn Visitor Centre Ready for Battle
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A 3D Robert the Bruce visits his troops at the new Bannockburn Visitor Centre We're just back from a quick trip up the road to just outside Stirling to check out the new Bannockburn Visitor Centre,...
Topics: 700th Anniversary of Bannockburn, Bannockburn, Bannockburn 2014, Bannockburn Visitor Centre, Robert the Bruce, Sir James Douglas
Nadine Lee
PM Cites Clan Cameron Heritage in Referendum Speech
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David Cameron answers questions from the media in East London after his speech on the importance of Scotland to the UK. UK Prime Minister David Cameron has referenced his clan heritage in an appeal...
Topics: Alex Salmond, Bannockburn, Clan Cameron, Culloden, David Cameron, Independence, Lord Lovatt
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Nadine Lee
Royal Stewart Descendents Alive and Well
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The Seal of Robert II, King of Scots. 1316-1390 Half of all men in the United Kingdom with the surname Stewart, or Stuart, can claim ancestry from Scotland's Royal family. Research released by Scot...
Topics: Albany Stewarts, Appin Stewarts, Bannockburn, Battle of Falkirk, Genealogy, Lennox Stewarts, Moray Stewarts, Robert II, royal stewart, ScotlandsDNA, Sir John Stewart of Bonkyll, Stewart, Stuart, The Duke of Buccleuch
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Fears of Overseas Criticism if Bannockburn Event is Sca...
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By: Rodger Moffet - ScotClans There are concerns that the already beleaguered Bannockburn Live event scheduled for the end of June this year may suffer even more set backs with one of the event day...
Topics: Bannockburn, Gathering Clans
Nadine Lee
Poem Marks Bannockburn Anniversary
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Rotunda Monument at the Bannockburn Battleground A new poem has been unveiled to mark the upcoming 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn. The specially commissioned poem appears on a new t...
Topics: Bannockburn, Bannockburn Live 2014, Poetry, Robert the Bruce, Rotunda Monument
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Nadine Lee
Clan Robertson Estate up for Sale
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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 ...
Topics: 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
Nadine Lee
Martin Fowler's Graphic History of Scotland
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The Royal Bank of Scotland - Martin Fowler Compiling 500 years of Scottish history is by no means an easy feat. Countless pages of history books burst at the seams with tales of battles, inventions...
Topics: 1978 World Cup, Act of Union, AIDS, Art, Bannockburn, Culloden, Darien Venture, Edinburgh Trams, Flodden, Highland Clearances, Housing Act of 1980, Martin Fowler, North Sea Oil, Opening of Scottish Parliament, Rangers FC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scottish identity, Scottish Prison System, Women of Coigach
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Nadine Lee
Scottish Battlefield Sites Protected
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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...
Topics: Bannockburn, Battle Sites, Culloden, historic scotland, Killiecrankie, Scottish Historic Environmental Policy
Amanda Moffet
New Bannockburn Heritage Centre for 2014
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This is an artists impression of what the site will look like when the centre is opened for the 700th anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn in 2014. The Heritage Centre is currently a rather dre...
Topics: Bannockburn, battles