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Amanda Moffet
Clan MacKinnon gets a new Chieftan
Clan MacKinnon have a new lease of life - not only have they appointed a new Chieftan but have a shiny new website. This will serve as a great resource to the widespread MacKinnon Clan. They want ev...
Topics: MacKinnon
Amanda Moffet
Hanging up the Haggis
THE world’s top haggis hurler Alan Pettigrew has announced he is to quit before his 29 year old record is broken. His world record was set in 1984 when he threw a 1lb 8oz haggis 180ft and 10in on t...
Topics: haggis
Amanda Moffet
Medieval knight remains found in Edinburgh car park
An elaborately decorated sandstone slab bearing markings of a member of the nobility – the carvings of the Calvary Cross and an ornate sword.   The skeleton of a medieval knight have been discovered ...
Amanda Moffet
Q&A: Charlie “Chick” Allan Of Saor Patrol
He’s led an army of 160 trained warriors through the gory battle scenes of Gladiator and the forests of Robin Hood. Is the father of five children. And heralded as one of Scotland’s most dedicated pr...
Amanda Moffet
Scots fought 'in bright yellow war shirts not Bravehear...
Medieval Scottish soldiers fought wearing bright yellow war shirts dyed in horse urine rather than the tartan plaid depicted in the film Braveheart, according  research. Historian Fergus Cannan stat...
Amanda Moffet
Duke of Cumberland's Stone: The rock with a hard place ...
After Culloden, the Duke of Cumberland's Stone, a relic of the last Ice Age, became forever linked to the battle's bogeyman. But is it deserving of the association and the abuse it has taken over ma...
Topics: Cumberland, Forbes
Amanda Moffet
MacDonald clan photos found by great-great grandson in ...
I came across this story in a Canadian newspaper, thought I'd share it. Wayne MacDonald had gone into an old curiosity shop in Winnipeg - half looking for a Mother's day gift. Not finding anything...
Amanda Moffet
Drum Castle - seat of Clan Irvine to receive £700,000 c...
Essential work has begun on Drum Castle in an effort to help preserve the Scotland’s oldest castle keep. The 700-year-old medieval tower at the National Trust for Scotland’s Drum Castle near Bancho...
Topics: Irvine, Drum Castle
Amanda Moffet
John Wood of Tullidavie and the ‘Casket Letters’
A grandson of the celebrated Scottish hero, Admiral Sir Andrew Wood of Largo who founded the present successor chiefly family, John attached himself to the service of James Stewart, a natural son of K...
Topics: Clan Wood, Wood