Alec MacKinnon · @alecmackinnon
40 followers · 148 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Cairn Table from Dungavel. This country south of Glasgow is so quiet now but it saw great brutality and unrest in the time of the #Covenanters https://drmarkjardine.wordpress.com/2018/03/28/illicit-drilling-the-secret-muster-of-260-covenanters-at-cairn-table-in-1685-history-scotland/ #cairntable #dungavel #southlanarkshire #muirkirk
#muirkirk #southlanarkshire #dungavel #cairntable #covenanters
Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
522 followers · 2624 posts · Server mastodon.scot
The story of Adam Forrester describes a Witches Sabbat taking place in the Kirk in St John's Town of Dalry, and was very likely an inspiration to Robert Burns for Tam O' Shanter. The original story though, comes with a covenanting twist.
#history #video #galoway #scotland #witches #witch #covenanters #robertburns
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EiulNRIbxPw&feature=youtu.be https://crowkitchentales.wordpress.com/2023/08/02/saint-johns-town-of-dalry-the-witches-sabbat/
#RobertBurns #covenanters #witch #witches #scotland #galoway #video #history
OxfamBooksandMusicStirling · @OxfamBooksandMusicStirling
8 followers · 20 posts · Server mastodon.scot
Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
351 followers · 1130 posts · Server mastodon.scotMy second most popular list is about Kenmure #Castle in #Galloway, home of the Viscounts Kenmure, the Gordons. They have been #Jacobites and #Covenanters , #rebels and #traitors, and many famous names from history have been associated with them.
The History of Kenmure Castle:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZywkQyl80s6BOmAdndP46R9-n7cq9CKl
#traitors #rebels #covenanters #jacobites #galloway #castle
Angela Miller · @Alternatecelt
78 followers · 145 posts · Server mastodon.scot
I have another wee #video coming out this week. I try to have one come out each week and have been doing them now since the beginning of Summer.
Like #castles? Then the #history of Kenmure Castle might be for you! It's got #Jacobites and #Covenanters, #Kings and #Queens, #arson and #treachery....
Here's a playlist of 7 video shorts about it.
The History of Kenmure Castle: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZywkQyl80s6BOmAdndP46R9-n7cq9CKl
#galloway #scotland #treachery #arson #queens #kings #covenanters #jacobites #history #castles #video