Clans, Castles and the Scottish Borders

An occasional blog by Alastair Cunningham

Monday, March 25, 2019

The Baronets of Nova Scotia and Bannockburn House

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The above plaque, on the wall just by the entrance to Edinburgh Castle, is ignored by just about everyone. However this spot is, in some ...
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Sunday, March 10, 2019

Camelot by Kelso

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Not many people go to Roxburgh Castle nowadays. It's a nice walk along the Borders Abbeys Way where Teviot joins Tweed, but nothing much...
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 ...
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