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Royal Stewart Descendents Alive and Well
Carol Hunter-Sullivan, Angela Rogers Perez, Amanda Moffet and 1 other person likes this.
by Nadine Lee
The Seal of Robert II, King of Scots. 1316-1390
Half of all men in the United Kingdom with the surname Stewart, or Stuart, can claim ancestry from Scotland's Royal family. Research released by Scot...
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Albany Stewarts, Appin Stewarts, Bannockburn, Battle of Falkirk, Genealogy, Lennox Stewarts, Moray Stewarts, Robert II, royal stewart, ScotlandsDNA, Sir John Stewart of Bonkyll, Stewart, Stuart, The Duke of Buccleuch
- February 5, 2014 4:11 pm
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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
Calling all Murrays
by Nadine Lee
Blair Castle, one of Scotland’s biggest tourist destinations and the ancestral home of the Murray Clan, is marking Scotland’s Year of Homecoming with an open invitation to all Murrays across the glo...
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Blair Castle, Clan Murray, Earl of Atholl
James Taylor - “The Father of the Ceylon Tea Industry”
by Donald
Over the weekend of the 22nd to the 24th of August, Scotland's Tea Festival will be hosting a series of events in Laurencekirk and Auchenblae in Aberdeenshire celebrating tea and Scotland's contributi...
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
Burns Night Emergencies - What we have in stock
Here at ScotClans we see that ordering clothes for Burns night always catches people by surprise and we get inundated with people desperately needing some tartan to wear to their Burns event.
The dea...
ScotClans Visit the South West.
by Donald
On the 4th of March, two of the ScotClans team (Amanda and Donald) went on a resource finding trip down and around the south west of Scotland. We took in a number of castles and places of interest alo...
'The Scottish Clans' e-book now available from ScotClan...
by Donald
Do you have a kindle? Because ScotClans can now proudly present an e-book version of their extensive clan histories.
'The Scottish Clans' features brief histories of over 300 Clans and Armigerous fam...
The Legend of Twinlaw Cairns
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by Nadine Lee
The Twinlaw Cairns, Lammermuir Hills, East Lothian
This weekend I visited my friends in the countryside, as I had heard there was going to be snow. Being from a semi-tropical climate, snow is still...
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Ancient Scots, East Lothian, Lammermuir Hills, Legends, Saxons, Twinlaw Cairns
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Scottish Register of Tartans Criticised
by Nadine Lee
Peter Rabbit's Tartan, created to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the first
publication of The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.
The Scottish Register of Tartans has been criticised for...
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Disney, Peter Rabbit, Scottish Government, Tartan
MSP Calls for Macbeth Review
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by Nadine Lee
Imagined 19th Century Portrait of Macbeth
Prompted by historical revisions to Richard III's reign upon discovery of his remains, Scottish MSP Alex Johnstone has called for a motion in parliament to ...
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Alex Johnstone, MacBeth, Richard III, Shakespeare
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'World's Worst Poet' Has Last Laugh
by Nadine Lee
Scottish Poet William McGonagall dubbed 'world's worst'
A handwritten, unpublished work by a Scottish music hall performer known as the world's worst poet is set to fetch thousands of pounds at au...
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William McGonagall
Clan Douglas and The Battle of Ancrum Moor
by Nadine Lee
Archibald Douglas
In 1545 the aptly titled War of Rough Wooing was in full, ruthless swing. In order to gain Scotland’s allegiance to England, King Henry VIII employed the curious tactic of scorching...
Nigel Ivan Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes 1918-2013
by Nadine Lee
Nigel Ivan Forbes, 22nd Lord of Forbes, KBE, JP, DLChief of Clan Forbes(19 February 1918- 5 March 2013)
Nigel Ivan Forbes, 22nd Lord of Forbes and Chief of Clan Forbes, has died aged 95. A distinguish...
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