ScotClans

We are www.scotclans.com. A Scottish Clans and Families website

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Hand Wire Embroidered Clan Badge - £59.95

Hand made wire embriodered blazer badge featuring your clan crest. These are top quality blazer badges made to order, Black felt backing. Please email your clan crest upon ordering.

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Wool Tartan Ladies Garter ***500 tartans available***

An absolute essential for any wedding this elasticated wool garter with lace trimmimngs and your choice of tartan. No bride is properly dressed without one! Made to order. Please email tartan upon ordering.                    

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Clan Crest Paperweights - £9.96

A heavy weight glass paperweight featuring a Clan crest and motto, across the clan tartan. With over 100 clan names and tartans available. Please contact us if you require any alteration in names or spelling.

Supplied boxed. Approx 6.5cm in diameter and 2cm thick.

Please email Clan Crest upon order.

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Rotating Gold Ring White Band - £769.95

A very serious ring; hefty Celtic spinner on white band - standard yellow rotating ring on white band; width varies with size. Please see notes below. This ring can also be made in 14ct, 18ct, and in white and rose gold. Please contact us for more info.                    

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Multi-coloured Glass Butterfly Pendant - £23.45

The vibrant and multi-coloured glass butterfly pendant uses silver and gold oxide fused with the coloured glass in layers to reflect light and really catch the eye! Each necklace comes on a 7mm coloured/tartan ribbon which you can select from the dropdown below. Pendant size 42mm by 29mm Necklace length 64cm (26inches) Each necklace comes packaged in a beautiful pink box tied with a satin ribbon. Handmade in Scotland Because the flowers are handmade, no two pieces are exactly the same - designs may vary from the piece illustrated but we will match the colours as closely as possible.                    

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Multi-coloured Glass Flower Pendant - £23.45

The vibrant and multi-coloured glass flower pendant uses silver and gold oxide fused with the coloured glass in layers to reflect light and really catch the eye! Each necklace comes on a 7mm coloured/tartan ribbon which you can select from the dropdown below. Pendant size 42mm by 29mm Necklace length 64cm (26inches) Each necklace comes packaged in a beautiful pink box tied with a satin ribbon. Handmade in Scotland Because the flowers are handmade, no two pieces are exactly the same - designs may vary from the piece illustrated but we will match the colours as closely as possible.                  

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Clan Crest Whisky Glass - £7.49

Fantastic value Whisky Glass with your Clan Crest This beautiful whisky glass comes etched with your choice of Clan crest and name, all at a fantastically affordable price! Measures Approx: Height: 8.2cm Diamter 6.7(top): 5.8cm Additional crests available upon request and additional charge of £7.50. Please contact us at  info [!at] scotclans.com for more information. Please email your Clan upon ordering.       

                           Handmade item

                           Material: glass

                           Made to order

                           Ships worldwide from Edinburgh, Scotland

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Pair of Mini Thistle Card Holders in Silvered Steel - £35.00

LAST ONE LEFT! Pair of gorgeous mini Thistle Card Holders in silvered steel with silver loop. Can be used as a decoration or photo holder. Comes in lovely decorative box.                                   

Handmade item

                           Ships worldwide from Edinburgh, Scotland

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Clan Crest Cufflinks - £28.95A choice of more than 120 crests. Pewter clan crest cufflinks with antique palladium finish.Size approx 2cm across. These are our most popular cufflinks and are part of a huge range of matching clan crest accessories. Including a stunning clan crest kilt accessory gift set.                  

                           Handmade item

                           Clan Crests: Over 120

                           Material: pewter

                           Ships worldwide from Edinburgh, Scotland

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It's the 269th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden. In 1746 the Jacobite army fought the Hanoverian army on Culloden Moor marking the end of the 1745 Rising. The battle left roughly 1,500 Jacobite men and 50 Hanoverians dead with many more casualties to follow in the aftermath of the battle. We remember those who fought and fell on that day, we remember them all, regardless of name, regiment or army. Cuil Lodair agus Gaidhealtachd gu brath.

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Ashok Sinha: Bagpipers

‘American Bagpipers’ is Ashok Sinha’s series of portraits of an Indian-American bagpipe band based in a Hindu temple in New Jersey. They play traditional Scottish music, traditional Indian, and Bollywood!

http://www.swaminarayangadi.com/newjersey/spb/

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One designed just for the ladies, our Clan Crest V-Neck Tee! Only available from ScotClans, this superb t-shirt features your choice of Clan crest tastefully printed in an outline style! #ScotClansExclusives Get yours here: http://bit.ly/1aNT96

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If anyone ever feels Facebook is a bit too much and needs to take a break we have our own Scottish version of Facebook. Built for pennies but has a good heart. www.tartanfootprint.com Tartan Footprint celebrates Scots who have travelled and settled in all corners of the globe, leaving a proud tartan footprint in their wake. Members can find and interact with their clan group and share stories, images and videos with others. Start your own blog, write articles and take part in our forum, let your tartan footprint be seen, together many feet make one path. Where will your journey take you?

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The Thistle - The National Flower of Scotland

The thistle has been the national emblem of Scotland since the reign of Alexander III (1249–1286) and was used on silver coins issued by James III in 1470. It is the symbol of the Order of the Thistle, a high chivalric order of Scotland. It is found in many Scottish symbols and as the name of several Scottish football clubs. The thistle is also the emblem of Encyclopaedia Britannica, which originated in Edinburgh, Scotland.

There are several different legends that tell how the thistle became a symbol of Scotland, but most date from the reign of Alexander III and in particular the events surrounding the Battle of Largs in 1263.

It is often forgotten that for hundreds of years much of Scotland was part of the Kingdom of Norway. By 1263 however, Norway seemed to have little interest in their former territory. That was until King Alexander III proposed to buy back the Western Isles and Kintyre from the Norse King Haakon IV. The thought of relieving King Alexander of some of his riches and territories appears to have rekindled Norse interest in Scotland.

Late in the summer of 1263, King Haarkon, now intent on conquering the Scots, set of with a sizeable fleet of long-ships for the Scottish coast. Gales and fierce storms forced some of the ships onto the beach at Largs, Ayrshire, and the Norse force was landed.

Legend has it that at some point during the invasion the Norse planned a surprise night attack on the Clansmen, in order to take them unaware whilst they slept. In order to move stealthily under the cover of darkness, the Norsemen removed their footwear, but as they crept barefoot they came across an are of ground thickly covered in thistles. Unfortunately one of Hakkons men let out a shriek of pain when the flower bit into the sole of his foot alerting the Clansmen to the advancing Norsemen. With time to prepare before the Norsemen reached their camp the Scots defeated the Norse at what became known as the Battle of Largs, thus saving Scotland from Invasion, and if the tale is to be believed, all thanks to what is essentially a weed. A weed that went on to become a symbol of Scotland for centuries to come.

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Cramond Causeway - The end of the road! by OnlyEverOneJack on Flickr.

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East end of Princes Street from a bus just now

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Hi Scotland (in Edinburgh, United Kingdom)