The Journal of The Scots Heritage Society 

Published August 2001.

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REGULARS

4    Editorial

6    Letters

8    Letter from Scotland - Jenni Calder, Head, Museum of Scotland International, National Museums of Scotland. 

82 SCOTS Clans – Campbell.  Tribute to the late Duke of Argyll.

84 SCOTS Crafts - Orkney Chairs

88 SCOTS Gardens - The Great Garden of Pitmedden

92 SCOTS Dogs – Border Terriers

94 SCOTS Gaelic

98 SCOTS Fare

102 SCOTS Music - Iain Fraser

106 SCOTS Books

109 SCOTS Multimedia

DIRECTORY

110 Caledonian Calendar

112 Clans and Societies

118 SCOTS Business Directory

FEATURES

10 Edinburgh Military Tattoo

For 50 years the Tattoo’s unique blend of music, ceremony and theatre has been delighting capacity crowds and television audiences throughout the world. In Edinburgh, the Tattoo’s Chief Executive and Artistic Director, Brigadier Melville Stewart Jameson, CBE, spoke with Angus Urquhart.

16 Celebrating Scotland’s Islands

Iain Gunn meets Sue Anderson, one of Scotland’s leading professional landscape photographers who specialises in capturing the wild beauty of Argyll and the Scottish Islands.

22  Mary, Queen of Scots

In the first of a series of articles, Heather MacIlwraith traces the turbulent life and times of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots.

30 Scotland’s Heraldic Heritage

In this, their third article on the science of heraldry, Charles Burnett and Mark Dennis explain the components of an achievement.

38 Skara Brae

SCOTS Editor, Susan Cromarty, begins a series of articles on Scotland’s magnificent World Heritage Sites with a detailed look at Skara Brae, the Neolithic village on Orkney, the best-preserved pre-historic site in Northern Europe.

46 Border Country

Sir David and Lady Steel continue our journey through the Scottish Borders with a visit to lovely Lauderdale.

52 Bannockburn

Colonel Cameron Taylor concludes his series on the Battle of Bannockburn by describing the main battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce routed the overwhelmingly superior English forces under King Edward I.

58 Focus on Scotland - Wester Ross

Landscape photographer, Malcolm MacGregor, takes us on an unforgettable journey through the breathtaking beauty of the wild North West Highlands.

64 The Honours of Scotland

Continuing the story of the Honours of Scotland, Charles Burnett and Nicholas Tabraham explain the significance of the lavish gold and silver Papal gifts.

70 The Scend of the Sea

At his home on the shores of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, the renowned Scots-American  painter, William Gilkerson, speaks with Bruce Stannard about the work in watercolour, drawing and scrimshaw which have earned him a reputation as one of North America’s pre-eminent marine artists.

78  The Bagpipes

Piper and historian Hugh Cheape continues his series on the history of the bagpipes with a look at the pipes in Renaissance Europe.