Battle of Homildon Hill 1402
In the next chapter of the Scottish History series, we take a look at the Battle of Homildon Hill in 1402. During the time leading to the repudiation of the Truce…
The Battle of Alford
In the next chapter of the Scottish History series, we take a look at the Battle of Alford 1645. During the Summer of 1644 James Graham, Marquis of Montrose waged…
The Battle of Neville’s Cross
In the next chapter of the Scottish history series we take a look at the battle of Neville’s Cross 1346. After a decisive victory for the English King Edward III…
The Battle of Harlaw
In the next chapter of the Scottish history series we take a look at the battle of Harlaw (1411) which was fought between English backed Highlander forces under Donald of…
The Battle of Old Byland
In the next chapter of the Scottish history series we make a return to Robert the Bruce and the Scottish wars of independence, featuring one of the most significant Scottish…
The Easter Rising
In this weeks instalment of the Scottish History series we take a look at one of the most famous socialist and trade union leaders from Edinburgh who led the…
Four of Scotland’s Most Famous Military Figures
In this weeks instalment of the Scottish History series, instead of discussing a particular battle, I would like to give a little detail on some of Scotlands finest military figures.…
The Battle of Killiecrankie
On this weeks instalment of the Cooper Cottages Scottish History series, we’re going to take a look into the ‘Battle of Killiecrankie (1689)’, one of the first major Scottish victories…
The Battle of Flodden 1513 AD
On our next edition to the Scottish history series, we will be looking into the battle of Flodden in the year 1513. A battle which would turn out to be…
The Battle of Sheriffmuir
On this next chapter in our Scottish history series I want to travel forward in time from our times with Robert the Bruce and William Wallace to the year 1715,…