{"id":1448,"date":"2009-10-26T18:39:07","date_gmt":"2009-10-26T16:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/bletherskite\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2009-10-26T18:39:07","modified_gmt":"2009-10-26T16:39:07","slug":"the-burning-hill-of-the-mackenzies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/?p=1448","title":{"rendered":"The Burning Hill of The MacKenzies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39526\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/dun-aird112.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39526\" alt=\"Aird Hill\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/dun-aird112.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aird Hill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39527\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/crest_mackenzie112.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39527\" alt=\"MacKenzie Crest\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/crest_mackenzie112.gif\" width=\"412\" height=\"407\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MacKenzie Crest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ard Hill is a wooded promontory on Lochalsh, south of Reraig.\u00a0 It is enshrined in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/scottish-clans\/clan-mackenzie\/\">MacKenzie Clan <\/a>Law.<\/p>\n<p>When the Clan needed to communicate with all it&#8217;s Clan members, usually to rally them in times of trouble, a barrel of tar would be set alight at the top of the hill.\u00a0 This image of the burning mount became the Seaforths&#8217; badge and &#8216;Tulloch Ard&#8217; (the High Hillock) was the Clan MacKenzie&#8217;s war cry and slogan.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"300\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"intl_lang=en-us&amp;photo_secret=04ce0c6969&amp;photo_id=4047156522&amp;flickr_show_info_box=true\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/video\/stewart.swf?v=71377\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Ard Hill is a wooded promontory on Lochalsh, south of Reraig.\u00a0 It is enshrined in MacKenzie Clan Law. 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