Clansman 

4 creative works found

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  Clansman
  by AngelaBarnett

  My good friend and Celt Ossian kindly let me take some photographs of him wearing a traditional plaid. We lived on the Isle of Mull together for nearly 5 years. The castle in the background is Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull, Scotland, where Ossian worked for a time . I decided to upload this image today in honour of being awarded Image of the Week by the group ‘The Scots are Coming’ .

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  The Clansman takes a leisurely ride home
  by cheyenne1

  The MV Clansman sails back into Oban in the middle of the night. This shot was taken with a long exposure, the lines across the image are the lights of the ship as it passes through the shot

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  Jacobite Relief
  by Mark Wilson

  A kilted Scotsman takes full advantage of the ease in which he can relieve himself whilst wearing his national dress. This model was on display at the Glenfinnan Visitor Centre and was, honestly, taken in all innocence. It was only when I viewed the full picture full size that I realised exactly what he was doing. The Glenfinnan Monument situated here at the head of Loch Shiel was erected in 1815 to mark the place where Prince Charles Edward Stuart (“Bonnie Prince Charlie”) raised his standard, at the beginning of the 1745 Jacobite Rising, which is displayed in the model. Prince Charles initially landed from France on Eriskay in the Western Isles. He then travelled to the mainland in a small rowing boat, coming ashore at Loch nan Uamh, just west of Glenfinnan. Here he was met a small number of MacDonalds. He waited at Glenfinnan for a number of days as more MacDonalds, Camerons and Macdonnells arrived. When he judged he had enough support, he climbed the hill and raised his royal standard, on Monday 19 August 1745, and claimed the Scottish and the English thrones in the name of his father James Stuart (‘the Old Pretender’); brandy was distributed in celebration. So began the rebellion that was to end in failure eight months later at the Battle of Culloden (16 April 1746). After Culloden, in his flight to evade government troops, Charles came to the same area again. After being hidden by loyal supporters he boarded a French frigate at the shores of Loch nan Uamh, close to where he had landed and raised his standard. Today The Prince’s Cairn marks the spot from which he departed.

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  Last of the Free
  by jacobite1337

  View up from the clan graves at Culloden, near Inverness. Here the hopes of restoring a Stuart king to the throne were crushed, and the highland way of life was slaughtered. Though widely unknown, this battle has arguably determined the fate of the western world. The feeling you get here is so beautiful, and eerie. A place where brave men stood barefoot, mid-calf deep in bog, sleet in their eyes and wind to their chests, sword in hand with a broken heart. Taken by Kaleb. (Grave marker reads ‘Clan MacGillivray’)