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ScotClans at Aviemore Tradeshow
This is the third year ScotClans has attended the tradeshow at Aviemore. Unlike the Scottish tradeshow in Glasgow here each exhibitor has to guarantee that at least 90% of their goods are designed and...
Get on Yer Bike!
Fresh on the heels of YouTube's singing sensation Susan Boyle Scotland has just found yet another video star in the shape of Danny MacAskill. This young tearaway from Skye, now living in Edinburgh cou...
Sea Eagles doing well in Scotland
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Sea Eagles are the largest European bird of prey, they had sadly become wiped out in Britain because of Egg collectors.
A few years ago Sea Eagle chicks were brought over from Norway in an...
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Eagles
The Annat Skull
There's a superstition in Applecross/Torridon area of Scotland that relates to the Annat skull in which water sipped from the skull of a female suicide is a supposed cure for epilepsy. The poor wom...
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Applecross, MacDonald, Scottish Myths, superstitions, torridon
Eagles Rock at Applecross
There is an old tale in Applecross of how The Eagle Rock got it's name. Legend has it a long long time ago the people of Applecross were harvesting oats. A young baby slept in it's crib as it's parent...
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Applecross, Eagle, Scottish Myths
The Witch of Applecross
There is a legend in Applecross of a witch who lived beside the river Allt Mor. This river is around 3.5 miles from the church at Applecross. It's name Allt Mor means something like river of the dead...
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Applecross, Scottish Myths
What Did Happen to William Hare?
Applecross in the North West of Scotland has held the reputation of being a sanctuary. Among locals there has long been whispered rumours that William Hare, half of the infamous Burke and Hare duo, l...
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burke and hare, Scottish Myths
The Haunted Road of Brahan
When we used to come camping as children we were told a story about a road that was close by, it was the most direct route to the campsite. The owners told us a different route to get to and from the...
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Scottish Hauntings
Scotland's most ancient home found – at 14,000 years ol...
Amateur archaeologists out on a dig have come across evidence of Scotland's oldest human settlement, dating back 14,000 years.
The team unearthed tools that date from the end of the last Ice Age.
Th...
Messages from WW2 soldiers at Dundas Castle
We recently visited Dundas Castle - located in South Queensferry this castle is now the stately home of Sir Jack and Lady Stewart-Clark.
The commanding views over the Forth made this castle an ...
Virtual Clan Gathering
Getting Clan members together is extremely difficult, generations have scattered to every corner of the world. A small remote museum in the Highlands is planning an inventive way to get the member'...
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Clan MacKay
Spring Has Sprung in Edinburgh's Botanic Gardens
Today was a beautiful Spring day in Edinburgh. The ScotClans family had a day out at The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. Saw lots of wildlife; a fox, heron and of course squirrels.
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Botanics
Ghost Photographed at Scottish Castle
A photo taken by tourist Christopher Aitchison in May 2008 at Tantallon Castle appears to show a person looking out in old style clothing.
Insisting the photo isn't tampered with this image is baff...
Wooden Kilt Ready for Tartan Week
Every year at New York's Dressed to Kilt we see stars doning their kilts and celebrating Tartan Week. This event has become a way for Kilt designers to flaunt their creativity and also make the odd ...