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Save The Argylls Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. London MS Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, former wife of the Chief of the Clan Campbell, arriving at The Scotch House in Brompton Road, S.W.1 in part of the nation-wi
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Isle Of Lewis Chessmen - 900 Year Old Gaming Pieces

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Showcasing the Lewis chessmen, dated to 12th century. One motivation for uploading this is the many replica sets advertised for sale as 'authentic' and 'premium' etc, when they are in fact anything but.
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The Romans In The Scottish Borders

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A man investigates the earthworks on top of Woden Law near Jedburgh and also looks at the Roman road Dere Streeet and Pennymuir Roman camps.
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Highlands - Episode 1

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John Michie begins his cross country journey at a reconstructed 17th century township in the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore in the Cairngorms and visits Castle Urquhart on the banks of Scotland's most famous loch, Loch Ness, to discover what life was
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Border Reivers | Stuff That I Find Interesting

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https://www.patreon.com/Jabzy https://twitter.com/JabzyJoe Music - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjMZjGhrFq_4llVS_x2XJ_w
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St Andrew - Scotland's Patron Saint

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History of St Andrew and his relationship with Scotland.
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Knights Templar In The Scottish Borders

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A man investigates the Knights Templars in the Scottish Borders with some dramatic results.
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Border Reivers

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SAVE THE ARGYLLS - NO SOUND

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Scotch House, Knightsbridge. Duchess of Argyll arrives to collect signatures to save the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Duchess Presented with bouquet - Queen Mothers piper - Pipe Major Bob Hill plays. Duchess collecting signatures. People queueing. Y
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Scotland: Rome's Final Frontier (BBC)

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Were the ancient Scottish tribes too much for the Roman Empire? Or was Scotland simply not worth conquering? Archaeologist Dr Fraser Hunter looks back on three centuries of contact and conflict with the Roman invaders. The first Tay Bridge, the first depi
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The Reivers - Making Of The Borders Alistair Moffat

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The entire 6 part series as seen on ITV Border. From the early fourteenth century to the end of the sixteenth, the Anglo-Scottish borderlands witnessed one of the most intense periods of warfare and disorder ever seen in modern Europe. As a consequence of
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The Border Reivers

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A short extract from Jim Webb's documentary - 'Born Fighting - How the Scots-Irish Shaped America' about the culture of the Reivers of the borderlands between Scotland & England, many of whom were exiled to Ulster in King James' Plantation. Please visit:
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