It has just been announced that a of attle of Culloden which was drawn two years after Bonnie Prince Charlie’s defeat to a government army in 1746 is to go on display in Inverness. The National Library of Scotland will bring the 1748 map to the city’s Farraline Park as part of a road show. […]
A new tartan to mark Pope’s visit to Scotland has been unveiled. This limited edition tartan was designed by Matthew Newsome and created in conjunction with two Scottish companies – Ingles Buchan of Glasgow and Clan Italia of Falkirk. Mr Newsome said he drew on Roman Catholic and Scottish history to create the blue, white, […]
The discovery of the unpublished poem and letters by one of Scotland’s greatest writers, Sir Walter Scott was made in Cambusmore House near Callander where Sir Walter spent many holidays at the house as a young lawyer. They have laid hidden here for over 200 years in the care of the Baillie-Hamilton family The poem, […]
The Scottish Wars of Idependence, nomonally over by 1328, would haunt the relationship between Scotland and England for another two centuries. They were kick-started by the unfortunate death of an innocent little girl.
On the western edge of the village of Eaglesfield in the Scottish Borders lies the ancient church and churchyard of Kirkconnel. There one can find the remains of a medieval church. It is tiny; probably the remnants of a much larger building have long disappeared: the stone, fine and ready cut, having found a better […]
This is the original chart, circa 1800, a fascinating illustration of the important genealogical descent of the Clan MacDonald from the 10th Century. This chart was compiled by John Brown, genealogist to His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. The genealogy tree illustrates the descent of the various branches of the Clan Donald, from the […]
Dougie Vipond meets contemporary clan chiefs to see how the clan system operates in a modern Scotland. Clan MacGregor
Dougie Vipond meets contemporary clan chiefs to see how the clan system operates in a modern Scotland. Clan MacLean
The Carmichael Clan Dougie Vipond meets contemporary clan chiefs to see how the clan system operates in a modern Scotland.
Dougie Vipond meets contemporary clan chiefs to see how the clan system operates in a modern Scotland. Clan MacRae
