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This morning, I went into central Glasgow to view a couple of Pipe Bands in action in context of the World Pipe Band Championship 2010 which runs from August 9th-15th and entails 8000 pipers and drummers from 16 nations. The Grand Finale is on Glasgow Green, Saturday, August 14th.

Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band

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This evening, I am posting a collection of images taken during my recent trip to Cawdor Castle which is located in the north of Scotland, near Inverness. At this time of the year, gardens all around Scotland particularly lush and colourful and a delight to visit.

Scottish Thistle at Cawdor

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Corgaff Castle

This evening, my theme is Corgaff Castle which sits isolated on the hills at Strathdon on the northern edge of the Cairngorm Mountains. This castle has an illustrious history:

  • Tower built in 16th century.
  • In November 1571 besieged by Adam Gordon of Auchindoon. Castle was burned together with defender, Margaret Forbes and twenty seven occupants.
  • Used as a mustering point by the royalist Marquis of Montrose in 1645.
  • Torched by the Jacobites in 1689.
  • Mustering point in 1715 for clansmen supporters of the Earl of Mar.
  • Torched by Hanoverians in 1715.
  • Used as an ammunition store 1745-6 by Jacobite army but seized by 400 redcoats.
  • Post Culloden (1746) the castle was used as a garrison for 50 Hanoverian soldiers.
  • In 1820s and 1830s used by Government forces as a base to clamp down on illegal whisky distilling.

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