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Amanda Moffet
The Red Wedding and the Dwarf Assassin. Not 'Game of Th...
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With a new season of Game of Thrones on TV screens avid fans will be enthralled at the twists and turns of this epic tale. However as I recently discovered while staying on Islay, the inspiration behi...
Topics: Campbell, Game of Thrones, MacDonald, MacIan, MacLean
Nadine Lee
Map Reveals Scots Modern-Day Surnames
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A map of Great Britain’s most popular surnames shows the dominance that clan areas still hold in Scotland, while other areas show the effects of modern-day immigration. Created by experts from three...
Topics: edinburgh, glasgow, Highlands, Inverness, orkeny, Shetland, surnames, uncertainty of identity, western isles, Fraser, MacDonald, MacKay, MacKenzie, MacLeod, Ross, Sinclair, Sutherland
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Nadine Lee
For Sale: Two Castles, TLC Required
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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 £...
Topics: Balliol, Cavers Castle, David II, Douglas, Earl of Crawford, Haunted Castle, James V, Lindsay, Lordscairnie Castle, Moonzie, Treasure Hunt
Amanda Moffet
Debate about The Clan System on BBC History
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I've just come across this on the BBC History website and thought I'd share it and ask your opinions.   The subject of the debate is: The role of the clans: Scottish clans today are more about attract...
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Nadine Lee
Braveheart Impersonator Charged With Firearms Offences
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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...
Topics: braveheart, edinburgh, Jacobite, Police, William Wallace
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