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How the Clans Inspired Game of Thrones
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by Nadine Lee
If you still haven’t seen Episode 9 ‘The Rains of Castamere‘ in the latest season of Game of Thrones, you should probably stop reading this post right about now.
It’s a well-known and begrudgingly a...
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Alexander Livingston, Campbell, Clan Crest, Clan Motto, Crichton, Douglas, Edinburgh Castle, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, Glencoe Massacre, House Lannister, House Stark, King James II, MacDonald, MacGregor, royal mile, Seat, The Black Dinner, The Red Wedding
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Your Guide to Grandfather Mountain 2013
by Nadine Lee
Grandfather Mountain and McRae Meadows - Home to the GFM Highland Games
With only one week to go until the beginning of the largest Highland Games held outside of Scotland, this years gathering at ...
Mary, Queen of Scots Returns to Edinburgh
by Nadine Lee
Chambers Street, Edinburgh
In August 1561 Mary, Queen of Scots returned to Edinburgh from France as a Catholic queen in a newly reformed Protestant Scotland. Initially greeted with crowds curious t...
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Blairs Memorial Portrait, Earl of Moray, Elizabeth Curle, Elizabeth I, james vi, John Knox, Mary of Guise, Mary Queen of Scots, National Museum of Scotland, Penicuik Jewels, Reformation, Stewart
Clan Robertson Estate up for Sale
by Nadine Lee
Dall House, surrounded by Dall Estate
An excessively magnificent and utterly luxurious highland estate with clan links has been placed on the market, boasting an equally impressive price tag. Once ...
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Bannockburn, Culloden, Dall Estate, Dall House, Duncan the Stout, George Duncan Robertson, Highlands, James I, Loch Rannoch, Malcolm James, Real Estate, Robert Riach the Grizzled, Robert the Bruce, Robertson, scottish wars of independence, Thomas MacKenzie
History of My Life.. By A. Scott (1889-1977)
History of My LifeFirst of all allow me to introduce myself. My name was originally Robert Alexander McDonald Scott but when I embraced Islam, my name became Abdullah Robert Scott. My father’s name ...
Kilt Like An Egyptian
by Nadine Lee
The Pyramid of Khafre, Giza Necropolis, Cairo
It seems wherever you travel around the globe, you can't miss signs of Scottish influence. From bagpipes being played in far off antipodean lands to Ce...
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bagpipes, Egypt, Emperor Nero, Kilts!, Middle East, Scottish Influence, travel
Culloden Moor Housing Development and our Ancestral Her...
As dusk fell over Culloden Moor on the 16th April 1746 the last major land battle to be fought on British soil had drawn to a conclusion. With close to 2,000 dead and wounded Jacobites the campaign...
Vikings Force Closure of Shetland Fire Station
by Nadine Lee
A Shetland fire station has been forced to close its doors as the result of a viking fire festival. Two fire fighters from the station on the Island of Bressay have refused to shave their beards ahe...
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Vikings, Shetland, Up Helly Aa
Hands Across Hadrian's Wall
by Nadine Lee
Hadrian's Wall
A Tory MP has called for 100,000 Britons to hold hands across Hadrian's Wall this summer, in order to prevent Scotland voting for independence. Once used as a defensive fortification...
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Emperor Hadrian, Hadrian's Wall, Hands Across the Border, MP Angus MacNeil, MP Rory Stewart, Roman Empire, Scottish independence
A Scottish Soldier's Story From D-Day
While clearing out a few things the other day I came across a very interesting scrap of paper. It was an old sheet of A4 lined paper and on it was a scribbled map and some text. It was given to m...
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Scottish Soldier
Historic Preservation & Heritage Managment
by Owen Wright
This is an area where topics can be discussed relating to the preservation, protection, and interpretation of Scotland's historic architecture and landscapes. From the castle to cottage and formal gar...
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Historic Preservation, Heritage, Architecture, Architectural Design, Cultural Resource Management, Culture, history, Restoration, Conservation, Landscapes, Landscape Design
The White Lady of Corstorphine
by Donald
The Lords Forrester were a principal family in the Corstorphine area of Edinburgh. Their main home was Corstorphine Castle, a 14th century stronghold which, by the 18th century, was nothing but ruins,...
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edinburgh, Ghost, Scottish Hauntings
Scotland's Most Haunted Castle Plays Down Ghost Stories
by Donald
Glamis Castle near Forfar in Angus is Scotland's, and one of Britain's most haunted castles. However it is trying to distance itself from the paranormal stories that the place is famous for, and ins...
The Death March to Durham
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by Donald
The aftermath of the 1650 Battle of Dunbar saw the grave mistreatment of 5,000 Scottish prisoners-of-war at the hands of the English Parliamentarian army. These battle-weary prisoners were starved o...
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Covenanter, Cromwell, David Leslie, Death March, Doon Hill, Dunbar, King Charles
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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...
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Campbell, Ghost, Seven Years' War
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