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78Massacre of Glencoe
Possibly the most infamous incident in a bloody and violent Scottish history took place in Glencoe early one snowy morning on the 13th of February 1692. The MacIan’s, a small sect of the mighty clan...
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66Battle of Londonderry (1691 AD)
After the death of Oliver Cromwell and the short, unhappy rule of his son, King Charles II assumed the English throne in 1660. The restoration of the monarchy to the house of Stuart after the English Civil War...
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63The Jacobite
Route: Fort William - Glenfinnan - Mallaig [Scotland] Length of Journey: 2 hours / 68km Fare: from £21.50 one way Frequency: 1 train daily (May - October) Britain has so many scenic and classic railways,...
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41Union and the Jacobites era in Scotland
In the 17th century, Scotland's sovereignty ebbed away as the Scottish royalty spent most of their time in London. In 1689, the final Stuart monarch, the staunchly Catholic James VII (and II of England) fled...
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63STIRLING CASTLE
Death rained from the sky, the seige engines showed no mercy. Fireballs gunpowder rocks lead balls hurled at them night and day , black smoke fills the air, blood stains the floors and walls death is everywhere, four months of sheer terror
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