If your surname is Maxwell, Herries, Pollock, or Polk, you may carry the blood of one of Scotland’s most powerful Border clans. The Scottish surnames of Clan Maxwell trace back to the Solway coast of Dumfriesshire — a land of rivers, ruined castles, and centuries of fierce loyalty. This clan produced a physicist who rivalled […]
In 1651, Oliver Cromwell’s army was pushing through Scotland. The Honours of Scotland — the oldest Crown Jewels in Britain — were in danger. The English Parliament ordered them destroyed. Dunnottar Castle, a clifftop fortress above the North Sea in Kincardineshire, was their last refuge. The castle’s commander was Sir George Ogilvy of Barras. He […]
Some places feel like echoes of somewhere else. Cape Breton Island, tucked into the northern tip of Nova Scotia, Canada, is one of them.
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