Clans, Castles and the Scottish Borders

Amongst his many accomplishments Jamie Fraser, hero of Diana Gabaldon's 'Outlander' series, was highly skilled with Highland wea...

Yesterday I was tempted out to walk a stretch of the ' Speyside Way ', a long distance footpath, and found myself on part of the old...

‘An Srath Fhionnghain gheal, ‘S an grinne beus gun smal’ The MacKinnons arrived on Skye in the early 14th century. The clan chief followed a...

Cattle graze peacefully in this picture I took last Sunday of Kirkhope Tower in the Ettrick Valley. But it was not always thus. Kirkhope was...

Sometimes people ask to spend a night in a haunted castle - prompting a thought as to whether, in this litigious age, they have any recourse...