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'The Scottish Clans' e-book now available from ScotClan...
by Donald
Do you have a kindle? Because ScotClans can now proudly present an e-book version of their extensive clan histories.
'The Scottish Clans' features brief histories of over 300 Clans and Armigerous fam...
- September 13, 2011 11:19 am
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The Gordons at Otterburn
by Donald
On the 5th of August, 1388, the Battle of Otterburn took place. This was a skirmish between Scotland's James, 2nd Earl of Douglas, and England's Henry "Hotspur" Percy, the son of the Earl of Northum...
Topics:
1388, Battle of Otterburn, Douglas, Gordon, Graham, Henry "Hotspur" Percy, Johnstone, Lindsay, Montgomery
Travel guide warns Vikings of hostile Scottish natives
by Donald
An Icelandic 'travel guide' from the 13th century gave warning to any Viking thinking of heading to 'Skotland' to do a bit of plundering that they should be wary of the aggressive natives with their i...
Topics:
Iceland, Malcolm II, travel, Vikings
The best jokes at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival
by Donald
English comedian Nick Helm won the best joke award at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the worlds largest arts festival. His one liner from his show "Dare To Dream" - "I needed a password eigh...
Lochearnhead Highland Games 2011
by Donald
On Saturday the ScotClans team went up to the Highland Games at Lochearnhead to hold a stall for Clan MacLaren. The weather was glorious and it really highlighted the beauty of that part of the countr...
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Highland Games, Lochearnhead, MacGregor, MacLaren
The Tragedy of Mary Hamilton
by Donald
The well known ballad "Mary Hamilton", or "The Fower Maries" is a sixteenth century song about Mary Hamilton awaiting execution and telling the story of her downfall. Mary was a lady-in-waiting to a Q...
Topics:
Carmichael, Fleming, Hamilton, James V, Livingstone, Mary Hamilton, Mary of Guise, Mary Queen of Scots, Murder, Russia, Seton
South Korean Firm Buys Lochcarron of Scotland
by Donald
E-Land, one of the largest retail and fashion firms in South Korean, has bought over knitwear firm Lochcarron of Scotland, it has been confirmed. The owners of the Selkirk based company, John Buchan L...
Topics:
Borders, Lochcarron, Lochcarron of Scotland, Mill, Selkirk
New Tartans from Strathmore
by Donald
Mill Strathmore has commissioned its designer to create five new tartans focusing on geographical areas to highlight the diversity and richness found in Scotland's natural surroundings. The colours ...
Topics:
Mill, Strathdon, Strathisla, Strathmore, Strathtay, Strathtummel, Tartan
The Fyrish Monument
by Donald
On a hill overlooking the Cromarty Firth is a striking, most un-highland monument. It is a replica of the gates of Negapatam, a port in Madras (now Chennai) in South East India. Negapatam was origin...
The Westford Knight
by Donald
What is claimed as a carving on a glacial boulder in the town of Westford, in Massachusetts, USA, is argued to be proof that an expedition, led by Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, landed on the North...
Topics:
Earl of Orkney, Orkney, Roslin Castle, Rosslyn Chapel, Westford Knight
The Battle of Altimarlach - Scotland's last Clan Battle
by Donald
The 13th of July, 1680 saw the last significant clan battle to be fought in Scotland, with the Sinclairs, under the command of George Sinclair of Keiss, taking on the Campbells led by Sir John Campb...
Topics:
Altimarlach, Battle, Caithness, Campbell, Clan, Earl of Caithness, Sinclair
Mohamed Al-Fayed - President of Scotland?
by Donald
Egyptian businessman and Harrods owner, Mohamed Al-Fayed has said that he wants to be president of an independent Scotland.
Al-Fayed, who owns a 65,000 acre Highland estate, is hoping that Scotland...
Topics:
Alex Salmond, Independence, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Scota, SNP
Picture of Skye Wins Landscape Photographer of Year 200...
by Donald
Emmanuel Coupe's picture of sunrise over the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye was picked as the best out of thousands of entries in the Take a View - Landscape Photographer of the Year Award 20...
Topics:
Aberdeen, Buachaille Etive Mòr, Isle of Skye, Old Man of Storr
John Ross - The Scottish Cherokee Chief
by Donald
John Ross was considered one of the greatest chiefs of the Cherokee tribe, having been chief for nearly 40 years from 1828 to 1866, the year of his death. However, John was not how many would have ...
Duncan Campbell and the Ghost of his Brother
by Donald
Major Duncan Campbell of Inverawe was fatally wounded at the Battle of Carillon in 1758 during the Seven Years' War. The night before the battle Campbell had a ghostly encounter with his dead foster...
Topics:
Campbell, Ghost, Seven Years' War
