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The Scots of New Zealand

Broun
Cameron
MacLennan
MacLeod
New Zealand
Scottish Diaspora
Smith
Taylor

I recently ran a stall at The MacLennan Gathering in Inverness, around a quarter of those attending had travelled from New Zealand and proudly claimed Scottish ancestry. New Zealand is place that couldn’t be further away from Scotland on the map but it’s inhabitants make up a good percentage of The Scottish Diaspora. So inspired by the […]

23 Jun

Fyvie Castle and the ghostly trumpeter

By Amanda Moffet

Lammie
Smith

Fyvie Castle, near Turiff in Aberdeenshire, is haunted by the ghost of a phantom trumpeter who first made his appearance there in the 18th century. The trumpeter was a man called Andrew Lammie and he fell in love with Agnes Smith, the local miller’s daughter. Agnes’ parents did not approve of Andrew Lammie. Learning that […]