By sheer will and Scottish steel,our nation was forged. Through violence and bloodshed,it was restored. With courage of plenty in thee hearts of stout men,independence was ours....And so shall it be again. ALBA GU BRATH!!!!!!!!! By:Thomas Andrew,Of Clan Jolliffe.(East Palestine,Ohio)

I am not a descendant of Black Douglas but I have to respect the loyalty to not only country but family as well. I'm a Jameson and if correct we're from the Gunn clan.

These reivers were neither gallant heroes nor patriotic fighters. They were simply robbers and murderers. This video places them as Scots versus English, but they were not averse to robbing and murdering their own countrymen. and there were many blood feuds among the families on both sides of the border. When James the sixth of Scotland also became James the First of England, he sorted them out by hanging 49 of the main miscreants and deporting many more to Ireland.

Love your videos x

Guy in beginning talkin, looks like Charlie Burchill from the Simple Minds.

I have a question i cant find an answer too, but rather not hear someones wild guess or theory but more a fact. After the battle of falkirk it was said that Wallace went to France to try and seek the french support. How would wallace of travelled there? he surely would of had to of been the most wanted man in england. surely the most direct or even known route would have been on the south coast of england by boat. pretty interesting.

The Ettricks? Im a McLennan Scott married to an ancestor of the Earls of Ettrick.....quietly proud of my Scottish ancestry.

A few points of correction: 1: It is pronounced Keltik not seltik. seltik is the name of a football club. The name of the culture (yes it is a culture, it is not a race or a tribe or a people) is always pronounced as Keltik. 2: There is little to no evidence that pagans used holy wells ritualistically. In fact that idea seems to stem from the Victorian era and based on assumption. 3: Not every well is ancient. Wells are formed and dry up even up to this day and always will. 4: Often in your vids you make as if Christians took over things and forced their way in as if they were some sort of invaders. Failing to mention that people converted to Christianity voluntarily and the Scottish people themselves were the ones that build Churches, Sketes, monastaries, and any holy site. 5: Druidism was never a thing in Scotland. 6: Druids were simply the ruling class... in other word they were what we today call aristocrats/nobility 7: There is virtually no evidence whatsoever what the Druids exact religion was, let alone how they practised it. Everything modern day people perceive to be "druid"and "druidism" is nothing more than simply neo-druidism, fantasy/LARPing. Which is 100% made up and stemming from the 20th century and largely based on Victorian era fantasy novels. For instance most people nowadays connect Stonehenge with druids..... while stonehenge predates druidism by thousands of years.

At 15 minutes the content creator talks about the Turnbull family have received no lordships or titles. My last name is a derivative of Turnbull and here is what I know. Being border raiders it was in the interest of both Scottish leadership and English leadership to break up and exile as many of the border lowland clans as possible. The other clans, Armstrong, Graham, were stronger clans with leadership that paid attention to politics. Not so with the Trumbull clan. "The Turnbulls were to become one of the most turbulent of the Borders families.[1] A Scottish nobleman, sent to see if the Turnbulls would back their claim to the throne, reported back that they had no care at all for politicians but always yearned for a fight.[citation needed]". I took the last quote from the Wikipedia article on Clan Trumbull. Some of this clan was forcefully sent to northern Ireland for colonization under English rule, perhaps by James VI between the years of 1600 & 1620. Upon arrival in Ulster the surname was morphed to Trimble and a good percentage of them settled in Armagh County, west of Belfast. Four brothers named Trimble were exiled from Northern Ireland to the Virginia colony in the 1700s. These brothers spawned large families and settled in Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, and Indiana. Trimble County Kentucky is named after the Judge Robert Trimble who was a US Supreme Court judge. Also, Nobel Peace Prize recipient David Trimble is one of the descendents of William Turnebull, descended from the exiled border raider clan Turnbull.

I find the history of Bruce and his knights utterly fascinating! I need more!

Search "Yetholm Gypsies"...follow the crumbs...😉

SHAME about the audio...live and learn. What many don't know, is that William Turnbull and his clan were Itinerant GYPSY-HIGHWAYMEN- They were murderers, horsethieves. William "outwithsword" Turnbulls family intermarried with my own 4th Gr. Grandfather, Charlie- "King if the Gipsies" Graham. Both men had much info written about them as well. Both my 4th and 3rd GGrandfathers Graham were hung at gallows in Edinburgh in the 1800s for horse theft. Charlie's countenance was documented as to be that of a "Robin Hood" figure...Never stealing from the poor, but assisting them. Turnbull, on the other hand was brutal. Of course! BOTH families held power, lands and had $ and titles in the 1600s and 1700s - Not all were Gypsies! While my maternal Grahams were Gypsies and Border Rievers, my Fathers' side married into the Leslie clan in the late 1800s, and in tracing that ancestor...Find that the Leslies married into the Graham-Stewart families while serving Charles 1st and 2nd.

Very cool. Thank you. ❤

i saw a big black pather looking cat down the black path in gala heading towards tweed bank years ago

there venomous snakes in Scotland adders that live on the hills amongst the heather ...theres slow worms too but not sure if there venomous

used to live in westlinton a couple mile away from carlops went to a party they had in carlops they build a big bonfire to honer the witch days where people from Penicuik westlinton peebles ect all come to it

been to the abbey a few times picked apples from the trees in the grounds went on a ghost hunt there two never seen any tho

My Dad was named Douglas after the Douglas Tower, when he was born in 1920. 💙

typical borders story. town gossip getting the people into bother ha ha

I plan on visiting in sept 25. Need to see where my ancestors started . Bedrule ! Unfortunately, im the last twig on my branch of the family tree.

Beul teinne /the mouth of the fire. Samhain/ the end of the fire. Chi mi geamraidh Nis Dorcha an Oidhe ach an solas a rithist 😅 ann an Earraich

this video is awesome

Howdy family!

Only When H.B.O do the Reivers, the Scottish tourist board will run to do the Graveyard Up

i had no idea this sort of thing happened in peebles

id like to do some metal detection up by Roxburgh castle

my favourite scottish warrior the black Douglas the most badass guy iv ever learned about

What do you call two Armstrongs out on a date? A RAID!! INVICTUS MANEO!!! My maternal grandmother was Jeannette Armstrong Gard

A very informative pitch, good share Mark!

Cut that overlay music mate

My Great Grandparents were from the Scottish Borders. Clan Scott! They grew up in Yarrow Feus Catslack Knowle.

A great man

My family’s name is Turnbow. Does this come from Turnbull?

I like this guys intensity. His facial expressions keep me locked in on the info.

WHAT IS MY NAME!!!!

As a turnbull i am so proud of our history

I’m still in the beginning of this video but found out last night I may be half Turnbull. With my mother’s name of Trimble, I was always believed to be part Irish, but I read last night that some of the Turnbulls that came to America were changed to Trimble. I’m still investigating that lead though.

3:00 I feel it. Perfectly conveyed.

If i got to come to Alba, this an the Highlands is what i wanna see. Not the cities. Outlander doesnt bring me here. My blood does. My ethnicity is Scot!

I am a Turnbull living in New Zealand, sadly I am the last of my line. There are however, still many other Turnbulls in New Zealand

Redcap Sly

Thanks for this 👍

Reviver blood runs strong though my veins ~ 👍

I'm guessing one reason why the Scottish borders had a lot more iron-age hill-forts than Dorset is because..........well, because there are a lot more hills, ya know!🙃

Ahhhh the blue bonnetsss Are over the borderrrrr

Apparently I am from the Red Douglas line ?

Kinda reminds me of na tobraichean slainte nan Eileanan iar agus Erinn the health wells of the hebrides and Ireland 🇮🇪 Gle innteach

good video, didn't know about these airfields. came across due to 2 Army Air Corps Apache hello s flying around the area today

Great stuff.good people are telling this story now.Little know bit of history,am from newcastle and i dont think i knew the real importance of the reivers until i was about 50.Once you know the names you can see their importance not only in the areas history,but world history

I am a proud Turnbull, thank you so much for taking the time to make this film, like many Turnbulls I yearn for this place, you've described me and my homeland perfectly, god bless ❤🦬