Saoradair

My Name is not important. I'm a life long Whovian & Star Wars fan, I have an interest in Scottish history and Heraldry. I'm a proud Scottish patriot.

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The Cairngorms, viewed from the A940 between Forres and Grantown-on-Spey. #Scotland #Moray #Cairngorms

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'Broom on the bay' A lovely view of Spey Bay from the Dolphin Centre. #SpeyBay #Moray #Scotland #Broom (at WDC Speybay)

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Spynie Palace. #Elgin #Spynie #Moray #Scotland #Palace #Ruin (at Spynie Palace)

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The view over Loch Rannoch from Kinloch Rannoch. #Scotland #Perth&Kinross #lochrannoch (at Kinloch Rannoch)

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Tolquhon Castle this afternoon. #Aberdeenshire #Formartine #HistoricBuchan #Scotland #Castle (at Tolquhon Castle)

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Arbroath Abbey Burial place of William the Lion, King of Scots, and the location of the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320. #Scotland #arbroath #Angus #Abbey (at Arbroath Abbey)

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Ancestor hunting in Easter Kilmuir, Ross-Shire. #EasterRoss #EasterKilmuir #Kilmuir #Scotland #Highland #MacKay (at Kilmuir, Easter Ross)

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Ruthven Barracks Built in 1719 by the British to suppress the Scottish Highlands, however they stand on the site of a much earlier castle. Standing on an enhanced glacial mound some 46 metres in height, the castle occupies a strategically-important site being close to a fording point of the nearby River Spey. The river is prone to flooding, and in the past the castle mound would have been regularly surrounded by impenetrable swamps. The first mention of Ruthven Castle is in 1229, when it belonged to William Comyn, the first Lord of Badenoch. There is no archaeological evidence to suggest that the site was occupied before the 13th century, making it likely that the castle was built either by the Comyn family, or the Meic Uilleim (MacWilliam) family from whom the Comyns obtained the land (the Meic Uilleim revolted against Alexander II and the rebellion was put down by William Comyn). Ruthven Castle was the chief seat of the Comyns’ Badenoch lordship, and when the lordship was given by Robert II to his son Alexander Stewart, the Earl of Buchan (better known as the Wolf of Badenoch), it became his main seat. According to legend a tall man dressed in black, supposedly the Devil, arrived at Ruthven Castle and challenged the Wolf of Badenoch to a game of chess. When the man won the game, a terrible storm began, with hail, thunder and lightning. The storm lasted all night, but in the morning it was calm, and outside the castle the Wolf’s men were discovered dead and blackened as if struck by lightning. The Wolf himself was found dead in the Great Hall of the castle, his body unmarked but the nails ripped out of the soles of his boots. This is often said to have happened in 1394, however the Wolf of Badenoch actually died in 1405 and was buried in Dunkeld Cathedral. #Ruthven #Kingussie #Badenoch #Highlands #Scotland #castle #wolfofbadenoch #AlexanderStewart (at Ruthven Barracks)

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Ruthven Barracks at Sunset #Scotland #Ruthven #Kingussie #Badenoch #Highlands (at Ruthven Barracks)

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Dunnichen Stone Replica of the Dunnichen Stone in Angus. The possible site of one of the most important battles in Scottish history, the Battle of Dun Nechtain. Scotland probably would never have come into being if Bridei III of the Picts hadn't defeated the Northumbrians in May 685. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dun_Nechtain?wprov=sfla1 (at Dunnichen)

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Sunset behind Morven The hill of Morven( A' Mhòr Bheinn) in Aberdeenshire immortalised the the poem by Lord Byron I Roved a Young Highlander. When I rov'd a young Highlander o'er the dark heath, And climb'd thy steep summit, oh Morven of snow! To gaze on the torrent that thunder'd beneath, Or the mist of the tempest that gather'd below; Untutor'd by science, a stranger to fear, And rude as the rocks, where my infancy grew, No feeling, save one, to my bosom was dear; Need I say, my sweet Mary, 'twas centred in you? #aberdeenshire #Scotland #Tarland #Cromar #Morven #Byron #lordbyron (at Tarland)

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The Howe of Cromar Looking over the Howe of Cromar from the Queen's View, looking toward Tarland and the hill of Morgen #aberdeenshire #Scotland #Tarland #Morven #Cromar #Sunset #Snow (at Tarland)

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Beauly Priory was a Valliscaulian monastic community located at "Insula de Achenbady", nowBeauly, Inverness-shire. It was probably founded in 1230. It is not known for certain who the founder was, different sources giving Alexander II of Scotland, John Byset, and both. The French monks, along with Bisset (a nearby, recently settled landowner), had a strong enough French-speaking presence to give the location and the river the name "beau lieu" ("beautiful place") and have it pass into English. #beaulypriory #beauly #Scotland (at Beauly Priory)

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Beauly Priory was a Valliscaulian monastic community located at "Insula de Achenbady", nowBeauly, Inverness-shire. It was probably founded in 1230. It is not known for certain who the founder was, different sources giving Alexander II of Scotland, John Byset, and both. The French monks, along with Bisset (a nearby, recently settled landowner), had a strong enough French-speaking presence to give the location and the river the name "beau lieu" ("beautiful place") and have it pass into English. #beaulypriory #beauly #Scotland (at Beauly Priory)

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The tomb of Kenneth Mackenzie (died 7 February 1492), traditionally reckoned 7th of Kintail and nicknamed Coinneach a'bhlair (or “Kenneth of the Battle”), was a Highland chief, being head of the Clan Mackenzie. #Scotland #Highlands #beauly #beaulypriory (at Beauly Priory)

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View over the Garioch. The view looking down towards the Shevock burn. Western road heading from Insch toward Huntly. #Garioch #aberdeenshire #Scotland #Insch #huntly

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Sunset over Craigellachie #Scotland #Speyside #Moray #craigellachie (at Craigellachie, Moray)