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Cumberland’s bayonet drill
No account of the battle of Culloden would be complete without mention of the Duke of Cumberland's 'new' bayonet drill that was supposedly introduced to his infantry battalions while they were in camp in...
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Bruce’s Stone in Glen Trool
Bruce's Stone at the head of Loch Trool in Galloway overlooks the site where it is said by the poet John Barbour that Robert the Bruce defeated an English force led by Aymer de...
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80th anniversary of the Royal Marines Commandos marked at Spean Bridge
Hundreds of commandos gathered in Lochaber to mark the 80th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Marines Commandos.
The gathering took place at the Commando Memorial near Spean Bridge in the heart of Commando...
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Balfour Stone at Killiecrankie
The Balfour Stone in the Pass of Killiecrankie supposedly marks the grave and the spot where Brigadier Barthold Balfour was killed while trying to rally Scottish government troops fleeing the battle of Killiecrankie on...
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How a bad case of flatulence saw the Macleans gain the lands of Ardgour
In the 1430s, while residing at Ardtornish and ill with an upset stomach which caused him 'not to smell well', Alexander MacDonald, Lord of the Isles was visited by his barons. During the meeting,...
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The Execution of James Renwick
James Renwick was a Scottish Presbyterian minister who became the last of the prominent Covenanter martyrs of Scotland. He was executed on 17 February 1688 for his resistance to the religious policies of King...
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Battle of Glen Fruin
The Battle of Glen Fruin was a Scottish clan battle fought on 7 February 1603 between the Clan Gregor (or MacGregor) and its allies on one side, and the Clan Colquhoun and its allies...
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Roman marching camps in Scotland
Scotland is truly fortunate in the number and range of Roman marching camps already identified here, and without a shadow of doubt, many more remain to be discovered in the years to come.
Marching camps...