Tag: Scottish Wars of Independence

Turning the Wheel of the Year

Sep 18, 2023 | Beltane, Calanais, Chambered cairn, Druids, Feasts, Quarter-days, Celebrations and the Celtic Calendar, Fire Festivals, Imbolc, Lughnasadh, Lunastral, Lammas, Maeshowe, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Orkney, Prehistory, Samhain and Halloween, Stenness, Stone Circle, Summer Solstice, Wheel of the Year, Winter Solstice

The turning of the wheel of the year is something which is always with us. At the summer solstice,...

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Edinburgh Castle: A Timeline of Horror, Hauntings and Happenings

Oct 30, 2021 | Betrayals and Treachery, Covenanters, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edward I King of England, Ghost and Spirits, Haunted Castle, Iron Age, Nine Maidens, Robert the Bruce, Scottish Wars of Independence, Witch Hunts and Trials, Witches

Edinburgh Castle looms over Scotland’s capital city, its outer walls seeming to merge with the...

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The Sack of Berwick

Mar 30, 2021 | Alexander III, Atrocity, Berwick-on-Tweed, Edward I, Edward I King of England

The Sack of Berwick must surely be one of the bloodiest atrocities of the Scottish Wars of...

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Alexander III: A ghostly visitor at his wedding was a portent of his impending death

Mar 19, 2021 | Alexander III, Alexander III, Dark History, Dumferline Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Edward I, Edward I King of England, Ghost and Spirits, Scottish Wars of Independence, Yolande de Dreux

Alexander III, King of Scots’ wedding to Yolande de Dreux was unforgettable. Wine flowed...

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The Stone of Destiny: The Holy Grail of Scotland?

Apr 11, 2020 | Arbroath, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Edward I King of England, Picts, Robert the Bruce, Scone, Scottish Wars of Independence, Stone of Destiny, Symbols of Scotland, William Wallace

On the 11th April 1951, Scotland’s Stone of Destiny was found on the High Altar of Arbroath Abbey....

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The Declaration of Arbroath and Historical Events at Arbroath Abbey

Apr 6, 2020 | Arbroath, Arbroath, Bannockburn, Brechbennach (Relics of Saint Columba), Declaration of Arbroath, Edward I King of England, Haunted, Robert the Bruce, Scottish Wars of Independence, Stone of Destiny, William Wallace

The Declaration of Arbroath was signed on the 6th of April 1320. Robert the Bruce and a retinue of...

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