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Scotland’s Tragic Queens
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Mary Queen of Scots – otherwise known as The Seductress. Mary was the daughter of James V of Scotland,...
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The Old Tolbooth
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In Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, situated at the north-west corner of St. Giles’ Cathedral stood a medieval building. Built in...
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The Real Rob Roy MacGregor
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Many of the highland clans were unhappy when the Scottish King James VI became King James I of England,...
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Saints Gruesome Deaths
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Beheading – Saint Dymphna – Dymphna was born in 635 AD, in Ireland. Her father, Damon, was the pagan...
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Scotland’s National Anthem (2)
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From a tune created in about 1911 came words in 1951, and ‘Scotland the Brave’ or “Alba An Aigh”,...
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Urquhart Castle
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Castle Urquhart, (pronounced UR-KUHT) and meaning, ‘on or by a thicket’, was once a home of the Comyn Clan....
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Callanish Stones
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Located on the west side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, on a small rise above...
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So Was Golf A Scottish Invention ?
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Maybe not. Golf as we know it today, clearly originated in Scotland. However, a golf-like game is recorded as...
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