Flora MacDonald: Over the Sea to Skye
Flora MacDonald stepped into history on a stormy night in June 1746. After his army was crushed at...
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Tag: 18th Century
The Maiden: Scotland’s Guillotine and the Lives It Claimed
The Maiden dropped its blade on James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, at the Mercat Cross in...
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The Treaty of Union: Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
The Treaty of Union is an emotive subject in Scotland that still echoes in our songs, our...
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Cromdale: History, Hauntings and the Bloody Haughs
Cromdale is a village shaped by the River Spey, lying on a low, fertile haugh where the water...
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The Scottish Clearances: Beyond the Highland Myth
The Scottish Clearances still haunt the landscape and memory of Scotland. As a student, I...
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Haunted Scottish Highlands: Culloden Battlefield
Drummossie Moor, otherwise known as Culloden Moor, is a cold, desolate place. A relentless cold...
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