Scottish Mysteries.
Who Hanged Mark Devlin? In the 1830s, a ruthless gang of criminals who called themselves the Black Band dominated the city of Dundee. Since Dundee only...
Writings
Scottish Antiques and Collectables.
Original Antique Edwardian Scottish Deer Hoof Pendant In A Silver Plated Acanthus Leaf Setting. Circa 1900.
Scottish Battles. Lanark.
The action at Lanark was an attack at Lanark, Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence in May 1297. The Scotsman William Wallace led an uprising against the English and killed the Sheriff of Lanark,...
Scottish Places of Interest.
The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the West Highland Line in Glenfinnan, Inverness-shire, Scotland, built from 1897 to 1901. Located at the top of Loch Shiel in the West Scottish Highlands, the viaduct overlooks the Glenfinnan Monument and...
Famous Scots. James Campbell.
James Campbell Walker (11 April 1821 – 10 January 1888) was a Scottish architect in the 19th century, practising across the country and specialising in poorhouses and...
Infamous Scots. Tam Paton.
Thomas Dougal “Tam” Paton (5 August 1938 – 8 April 2009) was a pop group manager, most notably of the Scottish boy band the Bay City Rollers. Biography. Born in Prestonpans, Scotland, he was...
My Short Stories. James.
In the dark, somber days of World War II, amidst the chaos and destruction, there stood a soldier named James. He was a young man from...
Scottish Architecture.
The Abernethy Round Tower is a stone-built Irish-style round tower which stands in School Wynd, at the edge of the village cemetery, in Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Dating from the 11th century,...
Kings-Queens of Scotland.
William the Lion (Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam an Leòmhann), sometimes styled William I (Uilleam MacEanraig; Medieval Gaelic: Uilliam mac Eanric) and also known by the nickname Garbh, ‘the Rough’, (c. 1142 – 4 December 1214), reigned...
Scotland, Places of Interest.
Mary King’s Close is a historic close located under the Edinburgh City Chambers building on the Royal Mile, in the historic Old Town area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It took its name from one Mary King, a...
William Sinclair Manson