At one of the extremities of the camp, near an immense tent, in which the Scottish officers were holding a kind of council, presided over by Lord Leven, their commander, a man attired as a cavalier lay sleeping on the turf, his right hand extended over his sword. "I said, sire, tha...
From the gentle farmlands of the Central Lowlands to wild Empty lands of Europe's last great wilderness in the country's Northwest, Scotland's abandoned castles stand as sullen witnesses to centuries of conflict and bloodshed, and the ghosts that wander their timeworn corridors and historic rooms...
Instead the "2" was dropped from the guard's ornamental cypher and it became the official state sword of the Life Guards. As the images will attest, the detailing on this replica is breath taking and the craftsmanship astounding. The steel guard with its ornamental cypher and brass studs ...
In the 18th century, the Laird of Clan Grant summoned clan members, tasking them to bring 'also with gun, sword, pistill and dirk'. This indicates that whatever event they were to attend would involve testing their skill with weapons. ...
One of the four Gaelic treasures was the Stone of Fal that screamed when the correct person stood on it. The Gaelic Stone of Fal treasure has reverberated through all folklore and probably influenced the Sword in the Stone and the Holy Grail, which was originally a stone under the cross du...
“The club does not seem to have survived the 1883–84 season; the A.A.C. was knocked out of the Cup in the first round by Whitehill, a protest against the state of the pitch being unanimously dismissed.It also did not enter the North-Eastern Cup, which the club had entered for th...
He accepts he made misjudgements and falls on his sword. Chances of this: 5%-to-HellFreezesOver. He is a golden boy whom fate has yet to teach fallibility. While any forecast is fraught with imponderables, the smart money should go on the hung vote when everyone shows up, votes as whi...
We are told that the fighters could carry only bow, axe, knife and sword, and that armour and shields were prohibited. The bows would have been used first, with probably only a small number of arrows allowed on each side before the warriors closed in. One account holds that the bows we...