Clans, Castles and the Scottish Borders

An occasional blog by Alastair Cunningham

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

The four hundred year rebellion

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This month I attended the 327 th anniversary of the massacre of Glencoe in my role as Finlaggan Pursuivant – herald to the Macdonald clan...
Thursday, February 07, 2019

Let's Build a Broch!

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Our guests on Clans and Castles ' Outlander Tours ' know more or less what to expect: much-loved film locations, great countryside a...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

The enduring riddle of the Pictish symbol stones

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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?

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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

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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...
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