Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Here there be witches. Let’s chat about the history of witch hunts in Scotland and the current campaign for memorializing the lives lost.
View PostToday’s entry on Culloden, posted on the day before the historic battle, focuses on who fought at the Battle of Culloden, the Battle itself, some misconceptions, and how the legacy of the Battle of Culloden affects us to this day.
View PostEarlier this year, I made my book “To Scotland” available to read on my website for free. This piece, “Remnants”, is one of the pieces from that book, and is a reflective piece about Culloden Moor.
View PostGlencoe: probably the most famous of the Scottish glen, known for its beauty, but also for its tragic history. In this post, I’ll talk about both, detailing out the Glencoe Massacre—including a video of the Corries singing “The Massacre of Glencoe”.
View PostToday, you’re less likely to find cairns being used as burial grounds such as the Clava Cairns, unless they are relics you are visiting. But it’s still very important that we, as visitors, respect these relics, don’t tamper with them, and don’t rebuild them (unless we do so in our own backyard).
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