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Nadine Lee
Bannockburn Visitor Centre Ready for Battle
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A 3D Robert the Bruce visits his troops at the new Bannockburn Visitor Centre We're just back from a quick trip up the road to just outside Stirling to check out the new Bannockburn Visitor Centre,...
Topics: 700th Anniversary of Bannockburn, Bannockburn, Bannockburn 2014, Bannockburn Visitor Centre, Robert the Bruce, Sir James Douglas
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The Gauntlets are Off! - Sir Malcolm Wades into Bannock...
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Strange forces seem to work on the internet, last year only hours after we had launched this site the news broke that the Stirling gathering was on the rocks. Yesterday a matter of minutes after I pub...
Nadine Lee
This Week in History: Isabel MacDuff and Robert the Bru...
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Bruce is crowned for the second time in two days by Isabel MacDuff, Countess of Buchan. Colour litho by Williams, Morris Meredith (1881-1973). With attention focused on the approaching 700th annive...
Topics: 14th Century, Battle of Bannockburn, Battle of Methven, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Dumfries, Isabel MacDuff, John Comyn, MacDuff, Robert the Bruce, scottish wars of independence
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Calling all pipers and drummers
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"THE FRONT RANK" - Pipefest 2005, Holyrood Park Edinburgh - 21 August 2005Photographed by Colin Dickson[/caption] Pipefest are gathering 10,000 Pipers and drummers from around the World. Pipers and...
Topics: Events, Pipe Band, Stirling
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Stone Mountain Games: Listen for Yourself
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Many thanks to COSCA for posting up the audio file from the Stone Mountain clan conference from last month. Unfortunately due to technical difficulties the first part of the audio is missing. What we ...
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Poem Marks Bannockburn Anniversary
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Rotunda Monument at the Bannockburn Battleground A new poem has been unveiled to mark the upcoming 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn. The specially commissioned poem appears on a new t...
Topics: Bannockburn, Bannockburn Live 2014, Poetry, Robert the Bruce, Rotunda Monument
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PM Cites Clan Cameron Heritage in Referendum Speech
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David Cameron answers questions from the media in East London after his speech on the importance of Scotland to the UK. UK Prime Minister David Cameron has referenced his clan heritage in an appeal...
Topics: Alex Salmond, Bannockburn, Clan Cameron, Culloden, David Cameron, Independence, Lord Lovatt
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West Lochaber have a lot going on in 2014
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Meet the People :: See the Places :: Settle the Heart Howling Events, a west Lochaber coalition of heritage organisations has announced its programme of events for the forthcoming Year of Homecoming ...
Topics: Lochaber, MacDonald
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The Second Battle of Bannockburn
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I was alerted today that an article had appeared in the Times. As someone who tends to avoid lining the Murdoch's pockets I had missed it. However I've grudgingly given them a pound via my local newsa...
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Grasping the Thistle
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Bless those poor wee journalists over at the The Herald Newspaper and their former bosses up the road at Scottish Television, they might have a finger on the pulse when it comes to news, they might ...
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