Winter Road Trip Drive With Music To Visit Glen Brerachan In Highland Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Winter travel video, with Scottish music, of a fairly sunny and icy road trip drive on the scenic cross country A924 road, with music, East across the hills on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Glen Brerechan in Highland Perthshire. Glenbriarachan, nowadays Glen Brerachan, is noted for the 1392 Battle of Glenbriarchan, at which Sir Walter Ogilvy, Earl of Angus and Sheriff of Angus, was killed. The Raid of Angus took place in 1391 when Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, otherwise known as the Wolf of Badenooch raided the lands of Angus, Scotland. In 1391, King Robert II's reign was largely entrusted to his sons, Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife, and Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan. The latter, known as the “ Wolf of Badenoch ”, effectively side lined his father, and operated with cruelty and terror. Following the plunder of lands belonging to Alexander Bur, Bishop of Moray, and burning the Bishop’s Cathedral at Elgin, his son, Duncan Stewart, led a raiding force of Robertsons into Angus, where they burned, pillaged, and slaughtered. The raiders first attacked Glen Isla and Glen Esk, and in response, a small local force gathered and attacked at Glasclune. A bloody battle ensued, but the local force failed to stop the invading Robertsons, and the raiding continued up the Strathardle. Duncan Stewart was also apparently supported by Angus Mackay, 6th of Strathnaver whose aunt, Mariota Mackay, was the wife of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchanan. As Sheriff of Angus, Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchterhouse, gathered a force including his allies; Sir Patrick Gray and Sir David Lindsay, and confronted the raiders at Dalnagairn, Glen Brierachan. Though charging with cavalry with heavy armour and lances, the Ogilvys were outnumbered, and Sir Walter Ogilvy, several lairds, and nearly sixty followers perished. Gray and Lindsay were seriously wounded in the fighting, but survived. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March. When driving in Scotland, slow down and enjoy the trip. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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