The Scottish Lowlands are made up of the southern portion of Scotland, the central region, the eastern coast, and most of the northeastern coast. The bulk of Scotland’s population (about 80 percent) lives in the Lowlands, particularly in the urban and industrial areas around such major cities as Glasgow and Aberdeen, as well as in theContinue reading “Lowland Scots”
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PRIVY COUNCIL OF SCOTLAND
(And the Carruthers) As I research the Carruthers family in Scotland I find more and more about our Border Reivers and begin to understand just how difficult it must have been to live back then. I did come across an old book showing how some of our earlier Carruthers were quite the rascals but IContinue reading “PRIVY COUNCIL OF SCOTLAND”
The border Reivers
The Armchair Archaeologist…. This is the Hermitage Valley from Timothy Pont’s survey of Liddesdale, circa 1583. For ten years, from 1978 until 1988, my family and I lived at Dinleyhaughfoot, just above the “tower” marked as “Graistounhauch” on the map above, and I know this area well. But back in those days, there was noContinue reading “The border Reivers”
STIRLING CASTLE
Stirling Castle is one of the largest and most important castles, both historically and architecturally, in Scotland. Several Scottish Kings and Queens have been crowned at Stirling Castle, including Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1543. There have been at least eight sieges of Stirling Castle, including several during the Wars of Scottish Independence, withContinue reading “STIRLING CASTLE”
William Wallace letter returns to Scotland
A 700-year-old letter thought to have been in the possession of William Wallace has returned to Scotland. The fragile document was held in England after it came to light in the Tower of London in the 1830s. It is now on long-term loan to the National Records of Scotland following an agreement with the NationalContinue reading “William Wallace letter returns to Scotland”
Ancient church where William Wallace was named Guardian of Scotland is uncovered in Selkirk
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found the remains of the Borders kirk where Wallace was recognised after victory over the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297. The historic event occurred after he defeated English forces at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297. A ceremony took place in front of gathered nobles and clergy inContinue reading “Ancient church where William Wallace was named Guardian of Scotland is uncovered in Selkirk”
Mouswald
This is Carruthers country. They were lording it here from the fourteenth century, with a reputation for cross-border raiding, a predisposition that finally brought the Mouswald branch of the family to an end when Simon Carruthers was killed in action in 1548. There are fragments of the Curruthers’ fifteenth-century castle within the grounds of theContinue reading “Mouswald”
WARDENS OF THE BORERS
Background of the situation; Originally, the area known as Strathclyde covered both sides of what is now the Scotland and England border. Inhabitants of both sides of the border spoke the same language and families settled on what became later, both sides of the border. When Strathclyde became part of Scotland, the Scottish border lay considerably SouthContinue reading “WARDENS OF THE BORERS”
Carruthers right to a Tartan
To understand and appreciate our ability to have a definitive tartan of our own we must first understand its use by families in the borders of Scotland. The history of the use of a clan tartan by Graynes (Reiver families) is definitely not strong. The evidence suggests that if plaid was worn, it was mostContinue reading “Carruthers right to a Tartan”
CLAN CARRUTHERS SOCIETY (USA) 