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The Battle of Clachnaharry
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by Nadine Lee
Perched atop a hill overlooking the Beauly Firth in Inverness, the Clachnaharry Monument commemorates a particularly fierce battle between Clan Munro and Clan Chattan that occurred in 1454. After a...
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Beauly Firth, Chattan, Clachnaharry, Fraser, Inverness, John Munro Tutor of Foulis, Lord Lovatt, Munro
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For Sale: Two Castles, TLC Required
by Nadine Lee
Lordscairnie Castle – situated on the outskirts of Fife near Moonzie – was built between 1493 and 1498 by Sir Alexander Lindsay, seventh Earl of Crawford. The forlorn ruins are being sold for around £...
Clan Munro Boosts Highlanders Museum Revamp
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by Nadine Lee
Left to right Hector Munro of Foulis, Major General Seymour Monro and Lt Col Patrick Gascoigne with two of the swords from the vast collection of artifacts.
Clan Munro has helped to bring a Highland...
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Cameron Highlanders, Fort George, Highlands, Lovat Scouts, Munro, Scottish Regiments, Seaforth Highlanders
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Shining in History - Five Scottish Heroines
by Nadine Lee
Upon the death of Scottish Doctor and Suffragist Elsie Inglis, Winston Churchill remarked that Inglis and her band of nurses would ‘shine in history’. From a Lady who raised rebel troops, to a seafari...
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'45 Rising, American Revolution, Anne MacKintosh, Ayrshire, benbecula, Betsy Miller, Black Agnes, Bonnie Princh Charlie, Dunbar Castle, Earl of Salisbury, edinburgh, Edward III, Elsie Inglis, Flora Macdonald, Jacobite, Rout of Moy, Saltcoats, Suffragette, World War One, Chattan, Farquharson, Inglis, MacDonald, MacDonald of Clanranald, MacKintosh
Braveheart Impersonator Charged With Firearms Offences
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by Nadine Lee
Adam Watters – Braveheart Impersonator. Photo courtesy of Deadline News
A Braveheart impersonator has been charged with firearms offences after police received a complaint about “a man with a blue fac...
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braveheart, edinburgh, Jacobite, Police, William Wallace
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