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Nadine Lee
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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Nadine Lee
Crowdfunding Appeal to Save Culloden Blunderbuss
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The National Trust for Scotland have launched an online crowdfunding appeal to save one of the few items removed from the historic battlefield at Culloden. The 343 year old blunderbuss, currently on...
Topics: 1745 Jacobite Rising, Blunderbuss, Culloden, Diana Gabaldon, Donate, National Trust for Scotland, Outlander
Nadine Lee
Top 5: Whisky of the Clans
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Intrinsically linked like bread and butter, whisky and the Clans are about as all things Scot as you're going to get. Here are our top five links between the water of life and Scotland's oldest famili...
Topics: 1745 Jacobite Rising, Blended Whisky, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Clan Campbell, clan chief, Clan Macgregor, Clan MacGregor Whisky, Clan Mackenzie, Clan MacLeod, Clan MacNeil of Barra, Culloden, Dalmore, Drambuie, Duke of Argyll, Glayva, Isle of Skye, King Alexander III, MacKinnon, Malcolm MacGregor, Scottish Liqueur, Single Malt, Talisker, Torquhil Ian, Whisky
Nadine Lee
Clan Robertson Estate up for Sale
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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 ...
Topics: 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
Nadine Lee
Martin Fowler's Graphic History of Scotland
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The Royal Bank of Scotland - Martin Fowler Compiling 500 years of Scottish history is by no means an easy feat. Countless pages of history books burst at the seams with tales of battles, inventions...
Topics: 1978 World Cup, Act of Union, AIDS, Art, Bannockburn, Culloden, Darien Venture, Edinburgh Trams, Flodden, Highland Clearances, Housing Act of 1980, Martin Fowler, North Sea Oil, Opening of Scottish Parliament, Rangers FC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scottish identity, Scottish Prison System, Women of Coigach
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Nadine Lee
An Expedition to Munro Country
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Hector Munro outside Foulis Castle The Highlands in the spring time are a busy, bustling place. Tractors hold up traffic on the A9, lambs dot the earthy-coloured countryside and freshly sown fields ...
Topics: 1745 rebellion, Captain Patrick Munro, Culloden, Dr Donald Munro, Easter Ross, Foulis Castle, Hanoverians, Hector Munro, Highlands, historic scotland, Munro, Seaforth Highlanders, Sir John Cope, Sir Robert Munro
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Nadine Lee
An Unlikely Jacobite Hero
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  A number of molehills have sprung up across the battlefield site at Culloden, much to the delight of a Jacobite supporters group. The Circle of Gentlemen – a Highland based Jacobite supporters socie...
Topics: Bonnie Prince Charlie, Circle of Gentlemen, Culloden, Jacobite, molehills, William III
Nadine Lee
Scottish Battlefield Sites Protected
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The Battle of Bannockburn by Brian Palmer The British architect Graeme Shankland once said: “A country without a past has the emptiness of a barren continent, and a city without old buildings is l...
Topics: Bannockburn, Battle Sites, Culloden, historic scotland, Killiecrankie, Scottish Historic Environmental Policy