A Fantastic Day of Living Scottish History at Duncarron Medieval Village
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- Duncarron is an incredible place to experience living Scottish history and I spent the day there to let you see it and break down Scotland's story in a day out.
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Scotland History Tours is here for people who want to learn about Scottish history and get ideas for Scottish history tours. I try to make videos which tell you tales from Scotland's past and give you information about key dates in Scottish history and historical places to visit in Scotland. Not all videos are tales from Scotland's history, some of them are about men from Scotland's past or women from Scotland's past. Basically the people who made Scotland. From April 2020 onward I've tried to give ideas for historic days out in Scotland. Essentially these are days out in Scotland for adults who are interested in historical places to visit in Scotland.
As a Scottish history tour guide people ask: Help me plan a Scottish holiday, or help me plan a Scottish vacation if your from the US. So I've tried to give a bit of history, but some places of interest in Scotland as well.
It's never about the Tale, but about the telling. Doing our wee Nation proud mate.
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Here here Cheers
Yes.
Amazing Interesting History for Scotland. Thankyou.
Glad you enjoyed it
He's like the coolest history teacher ever.
They've done a lot of work on that place in recent years. A hell of a lot of effort applied.
They have indeed
That was a tremendous romp through history. Really enjoyable.
I'm now going to exit through the gift shop...
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I hadn't fully realised why "forging" was so called! Every one of your videos teaches me something new. Thank you.
Delighted
Personal comment of Laura Botten: Our high school in Northern BC Canada holds a Trebuchet contest each year with the woodwork classes. You can always tell the day as you see trebuchets in the backs of trucks all over town.
Another great example of the value of Living History.
Just got back from a brief stay in Fort William and Skye, visiting some of your recommended sites too, Glen Coe is incredible. . Have to say the Scots I met were so friendly , helpful and a good laugh too .
Fantastic!
Clicked on this immediately because of Bruce's cheeky smile in the thumbnail. Was cheered up by the amusing commentary. Great day out.
Thanks
Great video. And thanks for providing the etymological history of the word “forgery”.
Not stop laughing all the way through. Your a legend.
I just realized my Buddy Ken who works at our Yamaha Shop here in Texas is the spitting likeness of King James. You know that King James as in Jamestown.
Indeed
I went here on Halloween last year, it was crazy. I was hiding behind the Knight's Templar as they fought away zombies that were invading the village. Amazing experience, best Halloween event I ever attended. I went inside a hut and there were witches who had a Xenomorph from the movie Alien caged up in their prison, so I got the heck out of there 😂
There were so many zombies, soldiers, and knights, it felt like the actors outnumbered the actual visitors.
Genuinely feels like you're in a movie.
thats insainly awesome about the guard also fan of yours! great story brother carry on
Looks like a great day day out. I'll put it on my to do list if I visit Scotland.
I love Interactive Historical re-enactments they are a great way especially for younger folk to get the feel of what it was like in the past that can turn into a love of History
I can't believe how knowledgeable you are. If you're not a history teacher, you should be.
Don't overestimate the abilities of a bawbag wi a smartphone and a tripod 😜
Oor Bruce never ticked history class that’s for sure! 😎
One of the disadvantage of living in Florida besides having the orange plague living here.
Is that all the carnivals and the circuses and the medieval fairs they always come here during winter.
I would like just once that they come during spring.
Really enjoyed seeing the period clothing and weapons. Very self contained by design the settlement. Very interesting.
10:19; Nice to finally hear someone get that quote right...
It's so awesome to learn about where my family came from. It's my dream to visit one day.
GREAT STUFF BRUCE LET ME TELL YOU A STORY , MY FOURTH GREAT GRANDMOTHER CATHERINE MCVEY WAS BORN IN 1774 , TWO YEARS BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION , IN BO'NESS WEST LOTHIAN , IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1791 AND WAS MARRIED SOON AFTER ARRIVING AT 16 YEARS OLD IN NORTH CAROLINA AND STAYED MARRIED FOR 57 YEARS AND WAS A QUAKER AND LIVED IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AND LIVED TO 78 YEARS OLD AND IS BURRIED THERE , ODDLY ENOUGH I'M FROM ILLINOIS AND DIDN'T START MY ANCESTRY RESEARCH TILL A YEAR AGO , ALWAYS KNEW ABOUT OUR SCOTISH ROOTS BUT NEVER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED WHAT I HAD FOUND BROTHER AMAZING HISTORY AND TRACED BACK TO MY TENTH GREAT GRANDFATHER ANDROW MCBAYTH 1550-1608 AND IS BURRIED IN CALDHAME LESLIE IN FIFE , AND YOUR CHANNEL GIVES ME MORE PIECES AND HISTORY OF WHERE OUR HISTORY STARTED TAKE CARE FOLK
Looks like a fun time
Great stuff big man. Thank you.
I loved it!
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Not since the Abbott & Costello "Who's on First" has anything been so clear. Yes, the curry for cricket a heluva deal. 🤔
I understood it. Of course having a history helps.
One of my mother's best friends was a Macdoon, her kilt was a silk sari.
Keep up the amazing work brother. I am a member of a reenactment here in Ireland, however we haven't did a show in years. Doing early Viking period and early medieval Ireland, we even did a battle reenactment with Scottish groups in Lanark around 2010. Would be hilarious if we actually met and talked but didn't even know it.
When I come. You will have to be my tour guide.
Cheers my left ear really enjoyed this video :)
Thanks for the shout oot Bruce!!
Patrick is awesome.
Indeed he is
My left ear loved that.
That's your best one
@@ScotlandHistoryTours It's one of the best ones! ;)
Ever done a video on Ravenscraig Castle in Kirkcaldy?
This place looks very similar to the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore, takes a whole day to go round the massive open air museum and the 17th century village was used in season 1 of outlander
“The spent 4 years fighting each other and the next 150 years arguing what they where fighting about” that is to true lol
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Great video I enjoyed it. Yes I'm daff on william wallace And thank you so much for putting me in the video. bro 🏴 keep up with the good work 🏴
A great way to teach history.
I agree
Thanks for leaving my picture in Bruce great videos, mate.
You have a lovely accent. You sound like Neil Oliver. I could quite happily listen to you read the phone book 😂 but you're content is much more interesting I'm a new subscriber and I'm loving it.
A minute and a half into the video, the audio switches from stereo to mono but is still presented as stereo and can be heard only in one ear. PLEASE convert those sections of stereo with only one channel to mono, presenting the same audio in both stereo tracks, so the story can be heard with both ears.
Love it
Yay, time for a story.
😂You know it's true
When we head across the pond, we're going to have to go to that village. Because of the laws I've in your part of the world, I'll be able to bring my armor but my swords and daggers will probably have to stay home.
Amazing. Thanks.
I'd buy you some coffees for a video on the lowland clearances. Tom Devine talks about it in his "Scottish Clearances" book, covering lowland and highland clearances.
Thanks again pal! Moran taing!
That's not the way it works Danny
Wow that was quite a march through history. De Graham is buried in Falkirk old parish church.
Check this oot Dom. th-cam.com/video/K3DLRgZn1Ks/w-d-xo.html And thanks for the coffee. Hope you're good
@@ScotlandHistoryTours nice video that Bruce.
I’m definitely taking a visit there !
I thought of something I’d like you to do a video on. The supposed fight before Bannockburn (Bruce v de Bohun)! Love all your vids btw.
There are still places in Scotland that live in the past all year round, like Larkhall, they live 1690 every year!
Right enough
Well that’s a day trip sorted for the summer holidays. 👍🏻
Another place to visit when I come over in 2023!
OK, so if I understood this correctly World War I and II took place in Medieval Scotland. Basically everyone in Europe is descended from the Vikings in various stages and if your name is James you may become a king. So Duncarron is just part of the West World franchise.
Vikings, Celts and Egyptians, aye.
I've never even heard of this place...
Was nice chatting with you in Oban.
All the best.
Hey Man. Took me a while to get here, but aye good to chat. Catching up on comments from long past. hope you're well
Great video if you asked if we the viewers have seen a trebuchet and yes I have seen one many times while taking part in 3 different medieval renaissance festivals during the summer here in Ontario Canada
Nice vid Bruce ,very advanced them romans the mosin nagant was a tad ott. Love the work , I find it really interesting and always look forward to viewing them keep well,slan abhaile ,
The Piper at the Alamo
The now famous piper at the Alamo, John McGregor, was born in Scotland and travelled to Texas to fight in the Texas Revolution.
It would be of great interest to know who exactly John MacGregor was. Born in Scotland with that name he was almost certainly of the MacGregor pipers of the Clann an Sgeulaiche of Drumcharry, 10 miles from Aberfeldy in Perthshire.
John may well have been a grandson of the John I who was piper to Prince Charles Edward. John I had four sons (two of them called John) and eight grandsons, at least two of who were called John.
John McGregor was living in Nacogdoches when he enlisted to fight for Texas Freedom and Independence. John entered into service in late 1835 and participated in the Battle of Béxar.
Afterward served and fought as a Second Sergeant in the now famous, “Capt. William R. Carey's Artillery Company”, a unit nicknamed, “The Invincibles”, in the Alamo fortress.
During the Texas War of Independence, several young Scots fought and died in the Alamo fort. John MacGregor is the most well known of these heroic Celts. In her song, “The Piper at the Alamo”, Isla St Clair describes John as “Defiant and Tall”.
When there was lull in the fighting during the siege, MacGregor often played his bagpipes to cheer up his fellow troops. The Mexican troops had never heard a bagpipe but instinctively knew what was happening.
MacGregor, a friend of David Crockett, also participated and initiated musical duels with the renowned naturalist, who played the fiddle. These shows were termed "contests to determine who could create the loudest noise" by others.
It is sad Texas History Scholars have never acknowledged McGregor's importance at that battle. What these scholars see as charming humor on his side was actually a dead serious responsibility, which John saw through - " to the deid."
What a different narrative it would have been if they'd known that playing the pipes in a fight is intimately connected to Scottish heritage since the piper was to Ancient warfare what the drummer and bugler were to subsequent battles - and further.
The piper is the Clan's heart and soul, the guardian of their unified spirit and the recorder of their actions, triumphs, and misfortunes. His music, his sound, had unique importance, a special meaning for his people. During battle, a Scottish Piper could mobilize men and ignite their spirits like no other.
Furthermore, pipers went into battle ready to die, and the enemy is aware of his importance to the military strategies and enthusiasm of his Clansmen and was more than happy to accept. Even Mexican troops who had never heard a bagpipe intuitively understood that this man, McGregor, must not be permitted to live.
According to some accounts, the Mexican Army could hear a bagpipe coming from inside the fort during the final attack. John was last seen fighting valiantly at his post, hand-to-hand, when the Alamo fell; his pipes close by.
John McGregor was a true patriot of our Texas Revolution.
John McGregor continued the dignity of his forefathers and entered the ranks of legends on March 6, 1836 - in the celebrated legacy of Scottish pipers.
This post is dedicated to all of John’s descendants, living today in Texas and around the world that continue to carry the torch of Liberty handed down to them by John McGregor a.k.a., the Piper at the Alamo, to the benefit of Texas.
Thank you John McGregor for your service, your great deeds of bravery, and your heroic devotion to our great Republic - Texas!
The Piper at the Alamo
Song: th-cam.com/video/X6mpo0v1RlU/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1
As sung by Isla St. Clair on "When the Pipers Play" (1998)
Chorus: He came down to Texas from the Scottish shore,
Came down to fight in the Mexican war.
McGregor was the piper at the Alamo,
The piper at the Alamo.
His name was John McGregor, defiant and tall.
He played through the siege, thirteen days in all.
He played through the madness of the bloody fight.
He played through the sadness on the final night.
He piped for the defenders as the sun did rise,
With hope and glory shining his eyes,
And though the line was broken, he played so well,
He played for Texas as the eagle fell.
Now the guns are silent; no bugle calls.
The ghost of McGregor haunts the mission walls.
If you listen carefully, on a winter's day,
You can feel his spirit; you can hear him play.
Sources:
• bagpipe.news, The Piper at the Alamo
• McGregor, John, the alamo.org
• The pipes of War, blog, Remember the (piper at the) Alamo! By Ian S. Williams
• The Scotsman, scotsman.com, How Scottish piper stole the show at the Alamo
• Bill Groneman, “McGregor, John,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed July 01, 2021, www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/mcgregor-john.
I really enjoy your videos they are informative and fun👍Ps I thought I saw you in Oban earlier this week and wanted to thank you for your videos. Wasn’t sure it was you though.
I was indeed in Oban doing a couple of days filming at Kilmartin Glen
7:25 Almost gave me a heart attack
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That was a great chat with loads of bits thrown in for fun and interest.Id love to ask a few questions about Scottish history on different characters.Is it possible? ( I'm clueless on etiquette on line and I really enjoy these videos and don't want to drop a bollock through ignorance)
Please keep giving us interesting and informative and funny videos.
I try to respond to questions as much as possible, though it's getting more and more difficult to keep up.
It was a British company, The East India Company, that colonised India. The British government took over later. As part of the agreement for self government The future India decided to divide itself into three parts. On achieving self government factions within India fell to fighting each other and were surprised when the British troops still on Indian soil refused to come out of their barracks to become the meat in the sandwich.
Down in Essex, we have Stansted Mountfitchet Castle (yes, just a short distance from the airport). It's the only timber stockaded castle in England and well worth the visit. Only the stockade is in a worst state than your Scottish version.
Ciamar a tha Thu ? Tapdh leat bredda; you are one of my heros. Hopefuly oneday I can take the tour in Alba but for now Thanks so muchfor the truths and rights! Respect!
Bha aon de mo Sheanair bho na h-oighrean a-muigh. Mar Albannach Ioma-ghnèitheach tha mi a ’cur luach ort gun toir thu guth dhuinn.
I've never been able to find a lot of written info about the Gallwegian Civil War, which is a shame, because it seems like a pivotal moment in Scottish history. Not just in that it was when Galloway became cemented as part of Scotland, which came in handy during the wars against England, as a large portion of the battles were fought there. But it was also the era when the concept of the rule of law, rather than the rule of kings seemed to take the prominent place in Scottish culture and philosophy that it still holds today. The man leading the pro-Scottish Gallwegians would give up his title as a petty king, demoting all the future rulers of the country turned region into only Lords. He also was elevelated to Constable of Scotland. A title which would also be possessed by his son, who would go on to be present at the signing of the Magna Carta.
We got curry and they got cricket. Considering how fanatical they are about cricket I think it should be seen as a score draw. Yes. I know. Mixed metaphors. And just to show how much we appreciate them we now sell them the Balti curry produced in Birmingham in the UK.
Me " It is as true as the sky is blue. "
Scottsman " Oi it is grey innit!" stabbed with a sword.
Everyone else " Where the hell you get a sword?"
Looks good. Do they do the camps in the middle of winter? Just to make it realistic.
Brrrruuuuuce!✊
I would love to come back to Scotland but I am disabled now, can you recommend places that have good access and great history? Love the videos, thanks for telling a great tale with every one
Most of the main visitor attractions are working hard at the access thing, some within limitations of older buildings
Nice video mate! But... I don't run a tattoo shop... 🤣 Just a leatherworker buddy 😉
Yeah, first comment!! Love this channel!
Lol!!!!
What ad like tae know is the actual bejesus has disliked this video??? How? On what grounds?.... I demand a recount!!!
😂 I sometimes get the impression there's a few guys that don't like me and wait for my vids to come out just so that they can dislike them
Just went to check out the dvd on the site you mention but they aren't coming up properly. Just a heads up. Cheers fir the vid. Thinking about going here for Halloween 🎃 😁
Hmmm, I just went there and I can see them.... below the T-shirts, right?
@@ScotlandHistoryTours yep working now..all good in the hood. It was probably just my phone being an arse 😁
Sometimr can you discuss Constantine II and the minor disagreement with Athelstan?
Probably should
Loved this video. Your work is always great! This video had me laughing a bit more than most. The way you described the American Civil War is so correct!!! It's one of those topics you don't bring up unless your dressed for combat and there is a first aid kit nearby.
The tax dodgers though, I mean,really they were not exactly fair taxes. No taxes without representation. Funny thing is we threw off the tyrany of the British tax and became enslaved to our own tax system without representation. My ancestors would be stiring up a whole new revolution if they could see how things turned out.
Anyway, I love history and the way you tell it and if we in the states are to understand our own stories we need to understand the stories of the UK. Thanks!
The taxes raised were less than the cost to Britain of protecting the colonies, so hardly unfair. As you said, the real question was the matter of representation. If the matter had been settled peacefully then world history would have been very different. Unfortunately, as a species, humans are more inclined towards fighting than to dialogue and compromise. Makes for better stories though!
@@johnfinister5011 I was being a bit sarcastic 🙂 it wasn't the amount of tax or even the idea of paying tax that was problematic. It was the lack of representation of course. My family fought on both sides of the revolution. Some of our family had already been living in the colonies for at least 100 years and felt they were under represented by parliament. The other half were new to the colonies just after Culloden trying to put their lives back in order. My ancestors fought in that war too and lost. I guess for them they just wanted a fresh start. One of my ancestors on my dads side was an indentured slave sent to the colonies in 1645 I think was the date as punishment for fighting on the wrong side of the English Civil War. So I guess the reasons for the rebellion are not easily defined. Mostly it was lack of representation but I think for many it was those close connections to events that had taken place between England, Scottland, and Ireland in those days.perhaps there were bitter feelings or they saw tell tale signs of history about to repeat itself once more? That is why I think understanding the history of England and the whole of the UK is vital to the understanding of our own beginnings here in the states. Im grateful for the fact that our family took the time to document their stories over the centuries because it certainly helps give me a different perspective of not just events but how people came to make the choices they did. And hopefully we learn the lessons offered and stop the crazy cycle.
I am new to the channel... what is the meaning of your sign off?
Looks like a fantastic day out. What was the Soviet reenactor there for?
Seperated from his unit...
There were a number of ww2 reenactors there, most were stuck in the woods so I'm guessing not many people noticed us there
@@andrewjohnston4127 Thanks for the clarification. Were many Scots in the Soviet army?
@@Swindondruid2 nah just reenactors 😁
Lot of well fed reenactors there. I bet the originals were a bit wormier.
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i have never been called a pictish pornstar before hahaha
The problem with The Scott's historical is that they are more likely to fight each other than an enemy
It's our history and experience of fighting each other that made us so good at fighting others. The Romans did not realise this fact to their own cost.
It might be interesting for you to understand what a loss of identity my family suffered.
I was told that we were Dutch. I thought that for half my life until my brother had his DNA done. NORTHERN SCOTTISH????? WHAT?!!!
I went to Military school with a McCutchen a proud Scott, and a good friend. I didn't know that I'm Scottish too!
So when I finally found that out. I found out what you already know. What Scotland? It's the UK. Its strange though. I'm attracted to Irish women, my friends are mostly Celts, and I always thought Scottish and Irish last names Mc, Mac, ect. were cool. I like hilly limestone terrain as well. We are who we are whether or not we know it.
Almost 40k
Ooh. My first new video since discovering the channel. Nice!
What does the words on your t-shirt mean?
It means "I hope you have a good day; bye now"
@@irenepaulton3392 ooh, thanks
He really does embody that, what a cheerful chap!
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What happened to the sound?
Only one ear, I know
Hold on laddie! The first written history of Scotland was made by Pytheas of Massalia, the Greek. Am I correct? Also, when the Romans advance into southern Britian for the first and second time, the locals had not become Romanized yet, had they? Colonised India? Doug
nice historic village but the wind turbines on the hill kind of kills it for me. kind of like having a vending machine next to the forge.
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@@ScotlandHistoryTours let me tell you a storeee. ok! good job. keep on keeping on
What is the name of the tattoo guy?
Actually that was my mistake. He was a leather guy it turns out
Antonine never built the wall his African general did.
loved the Red Army
Amused me too😊
We got curries & they got cricket 🤣🤣🤣
@8:13 an example of some very poor marching. ; )
If you launch a cat out of a trebuchet; will it still land on its feet?
Scottish lindybeige
Alba Gu Brath Bruce. Fiat Lux.
Awrite man
Nice video, but where were the women, doing their things...? #
I don't know. Lazy gits😂
LOLOL sassy with the race jokes, Bruce!
Wasn't Cricket an India invention ?
I'm sure😜
I prefer Robert the Bruce over outlaw king.
Another great example of his story lies, delusional nonsense, interspersed with common practices.