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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'...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

[/caption] 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...

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...

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...

Today an article was published in The Edinburgh Evening News which looked at ever growing phenomenon of Twitter. Rodger from www.scotclans.com was interviewed to give his views on how ScotClans uses...

Academic David Starkey is now facing the wrath of the Celtic Fringe after last Thursday's appearance on BBC's Question Time. The Tudor lover dropped more than a few insults, dismissing the nations of ...

A missionary from Dunscore near Dumfries has been described as "Scotland's Schindler" after she sacrificed her life at Auschwitz-Birkenauis to finally be honoured by the Prime Minister. Jane Hainin...