What did the Picts really wear?

What did the Picts really wear?

Did the Picts did not look like this We see these depictions all the time, of naked blue people adorned with tattoos and maybe a severed head or two. But evidence shows us they looked was quite the opposite. It’s an incomplete jigsaw puzzle as not much is known, but what we do know is […]

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The Storehouse of Foulis

The Storehouse of Foulis

Sitting on the banks of the Cromarty Firth between Evanton and Dingwall, the Storehouse of Foulis is a fully restored 18th Century building that once housed the rent paid in kind from the Munro estate. Once only visited by horse and cart, the Storehouse now sits alongside the busy A9 with cars zipping past on […]

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Best Scottish Discovery – As Voted for by You!

Best Scottish Discovery – As Voted for by You!

Last week we asked our fantastic audience, or our ScotClans family if you will, a very simple question… What do you think is the most valuable invention/discovery/creation to come from a Scot? You all replied with some amazing answers, so first of all I would like to say thank you. ScotClans really does love having […]

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Johnnie Armstrong and the Border Reivers

Johnnie Armstrong and the Border Reivers

Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie was once one of the most popular, powerful, and feared clan chiefs in the Scottish borders. However, after his execution in 1530 by order of James V, Clan Armstrong have been without a chief for over 450 years. The Border Reivers were a band of raiders along the Scottish-English border from […]

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The Scott Monument

The Scott Monument

The Scott Monument, sometimes referred to as the ‘gothic rocket’, is a Victorian Gothic monument to the author Sir Walter Scott. It stands towards the east end of Princes Street in Edinburgh, and happens to be the largest monument to a writer in the world, and was completed on August 1st 1846. Scott was a […]

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