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Helena Bonham Carter wears tartan for her CBE
The King's Speech star Helena Bonham Carter met a real-life royal today as she was honoured with a CBE.
We have to say how fantastic she looks, decked out in a Vivienne Westwood creation of strikin...
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Tartan
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You can slice us but you'll never take our flavour!!!
Saw this at the supermarket, made me laugh so much had to share it.
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New Bannockburn Heritage Centre for 2014
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...
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Bannockburn, battles
Why is Edinburgh Airport so un-Scottish?
We are just back from a trip to Iceland, don’t travel abroad much so was quite wide eyed with the relatively new experience. As the plane approached Iceland we could see hot springs spouting up from t...
The Wizard laird of Skene's dance with the devil
Skene Loch is an eerie and forbidding place, particularly on cold evenings in the dead of winter - when the waters on the loch can freeze over. If you were to brave the icy conditions and venture do...
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Skene
Hanging up the Haggis
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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...
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haggis
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DNA proves Celtic hero Somerled had Viking roots
A leading DNA expert has shown that the celtic hero Somerled who was credited with driving the Vikings out of western Scotland was himself descended from a Norseman
It had always been believed that S...
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MacAlister, MacDonald, MacDougall, Somerled
£460,000 windfall for man who discovered Iron Age torcs...
David Booth an amateur metal-detecting enthusiast came across more than the usual tin cans and coins when he unearthed a collection of 2000 year old Iron Age golden neckbands in a field near Stirli...
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ironage
DNA used to try and solve the name game for outlawed Ma...
The MacGregors were once the most feared and persecuted clansmen in Scotland - forced to renounce their ancient ancestry or face execution.
Clan Gregor was effectively erased from existence after K...
The Green Lady of Crathes Castle
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Crathes Castle historic seat of Clan Burnett. Like most Scottish castles Crathes has it's ghostly tales. The one it's most known for is the withered spectre of the Green Lady stalks the corridors,...
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Burnett, Crathes Castle
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A collection of MacNeil Legends
I came across some MacNeil legends, would be interested in finding out more about them, or anyone else knows any MacNeil of Barra/MacNeil of Colonsay tales?
"There is a Saying in the Highlands ...
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MacNeil, MacNeil of Barra, MacNeil of Colonsay
Left Handed Clan Kerr and The Reverse Spiral Staircase
The use of spiral staircases in medieval castles served as clever defence systems. They were almost always built with the spiral in the same direction (clockwise, when looking up from the bottom) ...
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Kerr
Legend behind the MacLachlan Coat of Arms
There is an old Scottish tale behind the MacLachlan Coat of Arms. Legend has it that the reason behind the two roebucks (deers) supporting the MacLachlan Chief's Coat of Arms came in 1249, when K...
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MacLachlan