I am a direct descendant of the red haired left handed Kerr clan who were certainly one of the most powerful and influential border reiver clans, we were very loyal to Mary Queen of Scots and gave her refuge from the English in one of our castles.
@@MarkNicol123 William Wallace is believed to have hidden himself below Dunfermline Palace, one of Scotland patron saints, lived in a cage at Dunfermline, St Andrews castles has the best mine and countermine in Europe, and was attacked by a wooden battleship, A Scottish king fell over cliffs at Burntisland, and an air to the throne was imprisoned at Falkland Palace, Falkland Hill was a hill Fort, and hill of Tarvit was a roman hill Fort? But not sure.
I have yet to see anyone connect in reasonable fashion as many of the little known details as Adam Ardrey has. In " Finding Arthur" he takes his reluctant discoveries and applies a barrister's reasoning skills . By under assuming the connections to small details found among the historic Scotish Kingdom of Dal Riada and conservatively seeking historic connections with Nennius' Battle List in lower Scotland and Northern England, Adam comes close to breathing life into the person of Arthur Mac Aedan, the man who would eventually be the real historic core of the composit identity, later to be propagated by the Welsh Bards as King Arthur. www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usreviews/books/duckwortharthur.html
great mark really enjoyed that what a magnificent site that looks will have to get it to the top of the to do list now just looks epic. thanks again for bringing another place to mine and other people's attention. Loved your fact on the facts too lol :)
Another great video Mark.You must go to see Blackchester Fort on the other side of the main valley.It is twice as spectacular as this one !!!Also the stone circle on the hill next to Addinstone.
very interesting take on the battle...well thought out...the names in the old survey maps give a lot of clues to the history of the land...have you ever thought of going to Yarrow...there was a great battle fought there as well...I have always thought Arthur fought there...take care...Michael
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4VDNzZXpdy4.html made this one a few years ago. The standing stone at Yarrow is extremely interesting. cheers for the comment!
This was an amazing travel in Borders History. Thank you for sharing... I have family in Carlisle , UK... not so far from this place... Greetings from Mid-Sweden !
Thank you! Didn't think many people in Sweden would be interested in Scottish Border history! Carlisle castle is central to a lot of Border history and features in a few of my films. Thanks again!!
yes the Dukes of Roxburgh are descended from the reviving family of Kerr (or Carre), might be a film on the cards this year. don't know if you live in Scotland but there is a very small village called Bowden, in a vault under the ancient church is a crypt for the Kerr family who went on to be the Dukes. You can't get in but you can look in the door and see the graves and inscriptions.
Outstanding!!! I look forward to this and will subscribe for this future installment! I'm an American by nationality, but I almost had an opportunity via my trade - military - to visit Lossiemouth; however, Iceland's where I ended up. Oh well, except that visiting Scotland would have been a kajillion times better and my favorite scotch is brewed very near there - Balvenie. Great work though, I really enjoy learning about my lineage before the migration, revolution thingy. Anyhow, cheers from Washington State USA!
James Kerr Greetings Kerr Clansman ! Have you watched 'The borderers' starring a young Michael Gambon which aired on UK television in the 60's ? You can find it on my play list 'My heritage' May God bless you and yours and give you great success !
Can you do a story on one of my ancestors. I am from the Armstrong but also the Sprole clan too. I got back to 1306 with a direct bloodline and Sprole's supposed to have been Robert the Bruce's money holder.
Kathy Armstrong not done anything on the Sprole Clan but done a couple of Armstrong films ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-brIkYv6NUeM.html
