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Amanda Moffet
The Red Wedding and the Dwarf Assassin. Not 'Game of Th...
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With a new season of Game of Thrones on TV screens avid fans will be enthralled at the twists and turns of this epic tale. However as I recently discovered while staying on Islay, the inspiration behi...
Topics: Campbell, Game of Thrones, MacDonald, MacIan, MacLean
Donald
ScotClans Visit the South West.
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On the 4th of March, two of the ScotClans team (Amanda and Donald) went on a resource finding trip down and around the south west of Scotland. We took in a number of castles and places of interest alo...
Amanda Moffet
The real treasure of Rosslyn Chapel
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Rosslyn Chapel is famous for appearing in Hollywood blockbuster The Da Vinci Code, as the last resting place of the Holy Grail. The chapel has always been shrouded in legend, mainly concerning hidden...
Topics: Rosslyn Chapel
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Amanda Moffet
Worlds Oldest Shinty Trophy Found
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A ram's horn trophy. Mary Dudgeon, of Craikaig Farm in the Highlands came forward with this unusual trophy, it is officially the world’s oldest shinty trophy, a decorated ram's horn.  Mary's farm is ...
Topics: Shinty
Amanda Moffet
Debate about The Clan System on BBC History
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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...
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Amanda Moffet
List of all Clan Museums - Work Ongoing
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I have just started this list - thought it would be useful to have - please respond with any clan centres/museums you know of. Thanks Scotland ArmstrongClan Armstrong Centrewww.armstrong-clan.co.uk/La...
Amanda Moffet
Silver Pocketwatch of Sir Alexander Jardine?
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At ScotClans we often get quite unusual emails. The other week I got one from someone who was asking if we could help her find out about a solid silver hunter pocket watch which thanks to it's inscri...
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Mahmood Scott
History of My Life.. By A. Scott (1889-1977)
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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 ...
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Rodger Moffet
Culloden Moor Housing Development and our Ancestral Her...
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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...
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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
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musings of a simple man
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watching the news of all the conflicts in the world.made me think of a couple of incidents in my past. 1st. I was on holiday in Washington dc.last year and visited the Arlington cemetery .I was take...
john thomson barn
ANOTHER MUSE FROM A SIMPLE MAN (WHAT IF...................
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IS OUR LIFE DECIDED BY FATE OR BY FREE-WILL? OR IS IT OUR FREE CHOICE BUT WHERE SOMETHING EFFECTS WORLD HISTORY THAT IS PRE-DESTINED AND CANNOT BE CHANGED. ISTARTED THINKING ABOUT THIS WHEN WALKING R...
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Donald
Clan Cunningham societies to unite under one Chief.
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Clan Cunningham USA (CCUSA) society has changed it's name to Clan Cunningham International (CCI) with the intention of uniting all of the various Cunningham societies under a new chieftain. CCUSA cla...
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The Last Letter of Mary Queen of Scots
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This is the last letter of Mary Queen of Scots - it makes very interesting reading. This is the translation: To the most Christian king, my brother and old ally Royal brother, having by God's wil...
Topics: Mary Queen of Scots
Amanda Moffet
Preservation Award for Medieval Western Isles Church
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The Teampull na Trionaid a ruined church on Uist in the Western Isles has been given a grant of £200,000 in order to make it safe for visitors. The building was founded in 1200 as a college for Prie...
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