Tour Scotland Photograph Feileadh Mor Scone Palace Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of a Feileadh Mor demonstration at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. The Highland belted plaid or Feileadh Mor was a length of soft tartan cloth, about five feet wide. It was made of two single widths of about thirty inches sewn together and usually twelve to eighteen feet in length. To wear the plaid: The clansman would lay his belt on the ground. On top of this the plaid was folded into pleats until the length had been reduced to four or five feet leaving each end unpleated. He would then lie down on top of the plaid so that the lower edge was level with his knees. He then folded the two unpleated ends across his body and fastened it around him with the belt.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Jacobite Musket

Tour Scotland photograph of a Clansmen with a Jacobite Musket at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. A Clansman with a muzzle-loaded, smooth bore long gun, which was intended to be fired from the shoulder. The Jacobites were the supporters of King James VII of Scotland and II of England, and his heirs. James VII and II ruled Britain from 1685 to 1689 but because he was a Roman Catholic he was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband, the Dutch Prince William of Orange.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Basket Hilted Claymore

Tour Scotland photograph of a Clansmen with a Basket Hilted Claymore at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. The basket hilt was designed to protect the hand in combat. The Scottish basket-hilt sword is often distinguished from others by the velvet liner inside the basket, often in red, and also sometimes by additional decorative tassels on the hilt or pommel. The basket hilted Claymore is still carried by officers in the Royal Regiment of Scotland as part of ceremonial dress.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Highland Targe

Tour Scotland photograph of a Clansmen with a Highland Targe at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. From the early 17th century, until the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the Scottish Highlander's main means of defence in battle was his targe, or shield. A Highlander armed with a broadsword in one hand, dagger in the other and a spiked targe on his arm would have been a formidable enemy in close combat.



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May Photograph Highland Sword Fighting Scotland

May photograph of Highland Sword Fighting demonstration, with Scottish basket-hilt swords, Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.

May Photograph The Clansman Scotland

May photograph of The Clansman, Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. The story of Scotland’s clans was brought to life at Scone Palace with a presentation of The Clansman. The audience was taught about these fierce Scottish fighting men, their weapons, culture and traditions. How the clans originated from powerful families in ancient times and how the clan system was the basic system of social power and organization in all of the ancient peoples who came to, and remained part of, Scotland. In addition, the audience learned how during the Jacobite rising of 1745, the clan fighters recognized each other in battle mainly by the sprig or plant worn in their bonnet or the slogan they shouted in battle, rather than the tartan they wore.