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Scottish places mentioned in songs
A challenge has been set by our Twitter supporter BergFulton to find songs that mention specific sites/cities in Scotland. Bonus points if the band is not actually Scottish .... So here we are:
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- March 12, 2009 6:11 pm
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Wanlockhead
Here's a video (apologise but it's our first attempt) of our day out to Wanlockhead, the highest village in Scotland. We were married in the next village, Leadhills and had our wedding reception here...
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Wanlockhead
A New Take on Robert Burns
Robert Burns in literature was a lonely, unhealthy, complicated, romantic and earthy genius but in art he has always been shown as biscuit tin boring. The standard Burns image is flat and lifeless,...
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Robert Burns
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 ...
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...
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
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
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 ...
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...
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