Tour Scotland Video Fiery Cross Stained Glass Window Abbey Church Culross Fife

Tour Scotland video of the Fiery Cross stained glass window in the Abbey Church in Culross, Fife, Scotland. In Scotland a s fiery cross, or cross of shame, was used to rally clan members to arms. The practice is described in the novels and poetry of Sir Walter Scott. A small burning cross or charred piece of wood would be carried from town to town. A widely known use was in 1745, during the Jacobite rising although it was used more recently in Canada, among Scottish settlers during the War of 1812, and among Clan Grant in 1820. In 1820, over 800 fighting men of Clan Grant were gathered, by the passing of the Fiery Cross, to come to the aid of their Clan Lord and his sister in the village of Elgin.

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