Clans, Castles and the Scottish Borders

Doune Castle Visitors to the very fine Doune Castle will learn that it was built by Robert, Duke of Albany. Robert was the first per...

The Scottish Highlands was at one stage a patchwork of clan territories and I’m drawn to the idea of illuminating this heritage by re-estab...

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 ...

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...

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