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.

May Photograph Highland Claymore Scotland

May photograph of a Highland Claymore at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. The two-handed claymore was a large sword used in the late Medieval and Early Modern period. It was used in the constant clan warfare and border fights with the English from around 1500 to 1700. The last known battle in which it is considered to have been used in a significant number was the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689.

Tour Scotland Photograph Video Cemetery St Andrews Fife

Tour Scotland video of the old cemetery in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. There was a monastic community in St Andrews in the 8th century. Due to pressure on Iona from the Vikings, the centre of the church in Scotland moved east, first to Dunkeld, Perthshire, and then to Kilrymont, the Celtic name by which St Andrews was known in those days. A church, dedicated to St Rule was built there early in the 12th century. Legend has it that St Rule, or St Regulus, was the original guardian of the relics of St Andrew.

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