Culloden Battlefield and the Fallen
My husband and I recently returned from Scotland, where we got to tour the Highlands where my ancestors were born, including Mount Cuillin on Skye, several standing stones, and the Culloden Battlefield just outside of Inverness. What was interesting was to find out that my Campbell ancestry, which in the United States is viewed with much pride due to their powerful clan-association with the Blackwatch and the Queen’s Guard, are not very well-liked in northern Scotland, while the MacLean side of my family, of which I know very little, are viewed as heroes...Read full post at: http://www.seraphim-press.com/anna-er...
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Jorgon
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Oct 02, 2015 09:14AM
Yep--I have some Cameron ancestry, and have always looked at Campbells with suspicion and distrust (their support of Hanoverian monarchy and the, erm, incident at Glencoe are all reasons for such ;) .
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Jorg wrote: "Yep--I have some Cameron ancestry, and have always looked at Campbells with suspicion and distrust (their support of Hanoverian monarchy and the, erm, incident at Glencoe are all reasons for such ;) ."Well luckily I've got some different Scottish blood that fought on the right side of the battle. :-) And we went to Glencoe while we were there, the sight of the massacre. Gloomy place.
The atmosphere! I call it "inspirational gloom".
Jorg wrote: "The atmosphere! I call it "inspirational gloom"."That about sums it up... Sad story.
