Scottish Battles. Bothwell.
1679 – Battle Of Bothwell Bridge Following success against the military at the recent Battle of Drumclog, the Conventiclers’ support...
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1679 – Battle Of Bothwell Bridge Following success against the military at the recent Battle of Drumclog, the Conventiclers’ support...
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Their hands are maps of years gone by,etched with lines of days that fly.Soft yet strong, they tell a tale,of...
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1666 – Pentland Rising The covenanting ministers who rejected the Restoration settlement with Charles II’s additions, found themselves replaced by...
1651 – Battle of Inverkeithing ‘Many a white-headed champion fell into rank around your banner, and many a handsome youth...
Southern Scotland. The area of the borders with it’s rolling hills, moorland and gentle valleys is home to some of...
Scottish Bottle Digging Victorian Hot Water Bottle Stopper with Hand Painted Scottish Thistle, Paste War Grade and Alloa vulcanite Nest....
Birthdate: 1293 AD Birthplace: Dundonald, United Kingdom Died: April 9, 1327 Walter Stewart, the 6th Hereditary High Steward of Scotland, played a significant...
Hamish MacCunn, né James MacCunn (22 March 1868 – 2 August 1916) was a Scottish composer, conductor and teacher. He was one of the...
Romeo and Juliet by Richard Brautigan If you will die for me, I will die for you and our graves will be like...
1650 – Battle Of Dunbar The Calvinists were in support of Charles II when he became King and signed both...
1782 – Highland Dress Proscription Repealed The Highland Dress Proscription Act of 1746, designed to punish the clans and destroy...
1879 – The Tay Bridge Disaster Designed by Sir Thomas Bouch, the Tay Railway Bridge was opened in 1878. The...
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First known ‘outing’ was in Clans Originaux of 1880 (checked by EBW in 2004). Very little known of this tartan...
Quanterness chambered cairn is a Neolithic burial monument located on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. An Iron Age roundhouse built into the cairn was discovered during excavation in the early...
Scottish Handmade Thistles. Produced and made by Ansocreative. Facebook welcome.
Sybilla of Normandy (c. 1092 – 12 or 13 July 1122) was Queen of Alba as the wife of King Alexander I. Sybilla was...
1886 – The Crofters Act After a century of being treated worse than the cattle they lost their lands to,...
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WARNING MAY CONTAIN SENSITIVE INFORMATION. Bible John is an unidentified serial killer who is believed to have murdered three young...
All in green went my love Riding. All in green went my love ridingon a great horse of goldinto the...
The Scottish singer-songwriter has sold millions of records around the world, and is also known for her social activism and...
Coping with bipolar disorder can be challenging, but with the right tools and support, it is possible to lead a...
I hear your voice in quiet rain,A whispered touch, a fleeting name.Though time moves on, its gentle tide,It cannot wash...
1915 – Gretna Rail Disaster On the 22nd May 1915 Three trains; a special troop train, a local train and...
1645 – Battle of Philiphaugh On Philiphaugh a fray beganAt Hairhead wood it ended;The Scots out o’er the Graemes, they...
Marquess of Queensberry is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The title has been held since its creation in 1682 by...
Robert Findlay (1859–1951) was a Scottish-born Canadian architect. He was born in Inverness, Scotland, and moved to Montreal in 1885. He won the competition to expand the first...
Ethelreda, Etheldreda or Ethreda was a daughter of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria remembered in 13th century Cumberland as the mother of William fitz Duncan. She married Duncan II, King...
Antique Victorian Scottish Antique Solid Silver & Agate Brooch, late 1800s early 1900s, Vintage Cross. Facebook welcome.
1715 – Battle Of Sheriffmuir On the 6 September 1715, the 6th Earl of Mar, John Erskine, declared himself for...
1724 – General Wade Appointed The man credited in the British National Anthem with the ability to frustrate and crush...
1689 – William Of Orange Crowned James had converted from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1668 whilst his brother Charles II...
1646 – Charles I Surrenders To The Scots Civil War had begun in earnest by 1642. Charles I was the...