Clans, Castles and the Scottish Borders
An occasional blog by Alastair Cunningham
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
The enduring riddle of the Pictish symbol stones
›
They are the hieroglyphs of Scotland. But we have not yet found a Caledonian Rosetta Stone to interpret them. There are thought to be ...
Thursday, January 03, 2019
Mary Queen of Scots. Did you know?
›
The film will be with us soon and we'll see the dramatic (but fictional) meeting between Mary and her cousin Elizabeth. But here are ...
Monday, December 03, 2018
Neidpath Castle, a seat of Frasers, Hays, and Douglases
›
The Frasers are a Highland clan. Of course. But before that they were a Lowland clan, and their seat was here at NeidpathCastle on the Tw...
2 comments:
Sunday, November 05, 2017
Lord James Douglas, The Royal Scots and Louis XIV.
›
Lord James Douglas, who died in 1645 aged just 28, is buried in the church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris. Wandering through the church re...
Thursday, May 05, 2016
Flodden 1513
›
The most recent Scots Heritage Magazine has a piece on the feud between the Montgomery and Cunningham families in the 15th/16th centuries. ...
1 comment:
‹
›
Home
View web version
