The Culbin Sands Disaster: The Devil’s Card Game and Moray’s Buried Village
The Culbin Estate disappeared, drowned under a sandstorm as its Laird played cards in the wee...
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Tag: 17th Century
The Battle of Dunkeld: How a Small Covenanter Force Turned the Tide of the First Jacobite Rising
The Battle of Dunkeld was fought on 21 August 1689 in the narrow streets around Dunkeld Cathedral,...
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The Scottish Reformation and Its Turbulent Aftermath: A Nation Reshaped
The Scottish Reformation, a pivotal moment in Scotland’s history, fundamentally reshaped the...
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Jenny Geddes: The Stool, the St Giles’ Riot and the Spark of Civil War
Jenny Geddes is the name at the heart of one of Scotland’s most enduring legends. Her story begins...
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The Darien Scheme: A Grave in the Jungle and a Nation Betrayed
The Darien Scheme offered one ruined laird a way out. In the autumn of 1694, sand overwhelmed...
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The Scottish Invasion of England 1648: The Engager Army’s Doomed March
The Scottish invasion of England 1648 began on 8 July, when a Covenanter faction known as the...
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