History of Scotlands Birth in the Heart of Scotland

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

... buy me coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/ScottishBruce

[@daveybaby8389]

halò mr. Bro... tried to buy you a coffee but because the currency is in pounds and all i have is dollars p.s. why is your money so heavy?... i duno but i went ahead an clicked send and Lord have mercy my lil credit union went ignatz (crazy)... shux i heard cop an firetruck sirens which seemed to be heading that way. i thought nothing of it until i tried to pay some bills and they'd locked my card for fraud... lol anyway i got this end all figured out but i still owe ya a cup of coffee... but all i got is dollars... advice?

[@75YBA]

All the best Bruce! All tribes, all colours, all worlds, all times!

[@otistwalrus7959]

Hello.... My name is David Carnachan and I was born in Troon Scotland in 1954. My family moved to USA in 1959 where I have lived and raised a family. 4 wee ones and 9 grandchildren. I pass on stories to them all about our Scottish heritage. Your U-Tube videos' have given me so much history and presented in such a beautiful Scottish way that I pass them on to my family and others. Thank You!!!!!! Your awesome... I loved your video who can be Scottish and can blacks talk about Scotland. I say there are 2 kinds of people in this world.... Those who are Scottish and those who want to be Scottish... Just sayn... Keep up the great work... I'm watching.

[@raydriver7300]

I thoroughly enjoyed that, Bruce. You are such a fantastic story teller. You keep saying that you are not an academic nor a historian but you definitely have the words and the heart of Scotland travels with you. 🌞

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

You are kind

[@liampaterson3424]

I found a 4,000 year-old chert arrowhead in a field near Dunning. Very odd feeling knowing I was the first person to touch it since it was lost by its previous owner.

[@kerrydevlin]

Thanks so much for this video Bruce,it was utterly fascinating! I wish I had been taught this at school as it is I've been watching loads of your video's and only just learning now,at 42, exactly how amazing my own country is.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jumbodoug]

That's one of the great things about Bruce's videos. There's the bread and butter of Scottish history. Bannockburn, the Bruce, Wallace, etc. But he covers so much of the lesser known areas. We've all heard of the Glencoe massacre, and rightly so. But the tranent massacre should really be up there with Glencoe. But most of us had never heard of the tranent massacre, until Bruce told us. I'm 46 and I thought I had a reasonable understanding of our history, but I've learnt more from a few dozen videos than I'd got from history classes at school. And it's so interesting it makes you want to learn more, ask more questions, look at historical events in a new light.

[@henkez6960]

I'm a swede who happens to love scottish history (especially medieval). I've searched far and wide on KZbin for good channels on scottish history, and I never came up with much. Until I searched for "tour of the scottish highlands" and up came your video on King David I for some reason. I'm very, very glad it did though, your channel is great!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Great to have you on board Henkez. There are loads of videos and more each week and, who knows, maybe we'll tour the Highlands some time

[@henkez6960]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours That would be magnificent!

[@amandagraham4254]

I was told by my father that Grahams are Pictish. Coming from Gray home. Interesting to note, my great grandmother married a Graham she was a Macbeth. Yes, that one. I love your take on History. I enjoy books of course but having it layed out in a loving way from Scotland. Well, It sinks in a little deeper. Thank you 😊

[@cmaden78]

That is super cool❤😊

[@carolynboydtomasovic9039]

I have family in Abruthven and am a regular visitor. Beyond visiting the ruined church and old graveyard at the end of the village, I had no idea of it's historical signficance at one of Scotland's crossroads. Fascinating!

[@grsfhhytff]

33 years living in Scotland and I did not know that "Kil" signified "church" and "Dun" signified "fort". I'm from Dumbarton as well, haha. Your videos contain really great information. I subscribed a couple of weeks back and I've been lapping them up. Great work.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Dunbarton... Fort of the Britons

[@grsfhhytff]

Ancient Capital of Strathclyde

[@jamesarmstrong5424]

Brilliant! You have become my new favorite history source. As a descendant of a border family (Armstrong), I have recently immersed myself in Scottish history, culture and genealogy.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Aye, you'll be a reiver then

[@jamesarmstrong5424]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Aye, I think from Christie's Will! Invictus maneo!

[@kimberlyevans9637]

I once had a lad from Edinburgh stay with me while he went to school in the States. I LOVED the heck out of my international students! Just reminds me of him the way Scots pronounce words!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

What, properly?😜

[@AnthonyIlstonJones]

The word 'Aber' in Welsh means estuary, and is well represented in seaside towns such as Aberaeron and Aberystwith.

[@dazedandconfucioused992]

Morrison living in America here... I love this!

[@jimmyglasgow5047]

Henkez you have come to the right Place. ... Bruce i have just watch the Heart of Scotland ,another great peace of History

[@polytheneprentiss1534]

I really enjoy learning the etymology of the place names. 😊 Been watching “the Last Kingdom”, so it’s nice to connect the Viking/Danish raids in that show to the real history. BTW, whoever did the captions for this video did a great job! 👍🏻

[@junestewart5098]

Really interesting and intriguing look into our past, looking forward to your next adventure..

[@willmosse3684]

The place name thing was interesting (well, it was all interesting). I was under the impression that we did not know much about the Pictish language, so I would be keen to learn more about that element. Good work as ever!

[@magnusosmond1835]

I also Heard Kenneth became king of alba because his mother might have been a pictish princess. And love the videos

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Aye I've heard that as well

[@taniakaratau5654]

Love this!!! Thankyou!!💖🙏🥰

[@tylerwilson7257]

brilliant video, I thoroughly enjoy your content

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I thank you sir

[@fionatinker23]

Another great video, Bruce, thanks. Love the fork and spoon approach to understanding history!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I'm a fork and spook kind of guy

[@scottmurray5600]

FANTASTIC. I knew there was a reason I really loved Dunblane. I usually whoooosh past Blackford on my motorbike on ma way to Beauly, thinking.....I hope that's not the last place I can get soup and a hot chocolate. Tibbermore would be miles later, but their soup is guid....though the country set look strangely at ma bike boots. "They're never Dubarry's". The soaked 'look'(drowned rat) fooled them for a short time, but the steaming layers did not. No Barber?! It was leather salopettes and a wusnae wife swappin. I was just paying fur ma tomato and basil soup. I really LOVED this video and I'll make a fair number of wee stops to catch these soon enough. Keep these videos coming Bruce. Any of yer comedy vids?

[@richardglady3009]

Thank you for your videos about Scottish history.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad you like them!

[@paulrobbins6986]

Thanks!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Huge thanks Paul

[@glenbeveridge1867]

Your videos are epic.

[@jasonsmart4916]

Lovin yer content m8, being a fellow scot it's great tae have the likes o yersel who has a vast wealth of scottish history knowledge. Super interesting m8 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@christopherlyon4946]

Another brilliant video! Spaghetti bolognese is an excellent way of describing any countries history, but you always serve it hot and tasty! Now that I've subscribed I'm ready with my fork and spoon!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

And a napkin dinnae forget yer bib

[@shelleygibbons1065]

Excellent as always. Lol if I ever get to Scotland. I hope you have tour's!!!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I'll be waiting 😁

[@duncancallum]

You really do tell us a lot of very interesting stories about our Country Bruce , my ancestors lived in Auchterardar and our surname is Pitkeathly . PS i used to dislike my surname till i found out all about it love it now .Duncan Pitkeathly .

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Delighted to hear it

[@patrickmunro737]

damn this is a great video! i was born in Aberuthven and i didn't know any of this history.

[@234cheech]

great information

[@joanr3189]

“Little Dunkeld is mine, lassie” 🎶🎶

[@martynmurray8927]

Awesome fits perfectly in my brake time at work amazing i always wondered abut how we came up with are place names grate stuff bruce

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Spag bol in yer peice break

[@calumnz]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Hi Bruce, as a Scot hailing from St Andrews but now in Spain, I thoroughly enjoy your content and presentation style. I was.intrigued by your sweatshirt. What is the legend and rough English translation? Keep up the great work!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😂😂😂Aha, you see that's just my way to lure people into my shop where there are mugs, hoodies and T-shirts in various styles with the legend on. Just click through one of the objects at teespring.com/stores/scotland-history-tours and it will tell you. Don't worry you don't HAVE to buy something to get to the translation. If you do then use the code SHIP at the checkout to get $4 off shipping

[@elspethmaclachlan8824]

Brilliant as usual

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

You are too kind

[@jackdubz4247]

I travel the A9 every day from my home in Stirling to my work in Perth.

[@davidmbrown4251]

Beautifully described.

[@douglascanning2942]

Another great video

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@malcolmmcblain3954]

Will you continue your brilliant videos up to the modern age and the interesting times my homeland is living through at the moment? You could inspire many sir!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Well, it's a history tours channel rather than a modern studies and politics channel. THAT is a can of worms

[@cmaden78]

You sound exactly like my uncle except for the accent..talking about his beloved west Virginia, where my mom grew up. I just hug him ( or usedto) and tell them theyre always welcome to come stay in Florida where the smart ppl in the family moved, and go to the beach❤😂

[@delthafunky333]

Your videos are amazing min. Thank you

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thank you for watching

[@McItoshi]

It's hard to imagine what a different world it must have been all that time ago compared to what's just up the road a bit now .. Will have to look into this pattern with place names and find this long lost fort in Dunipace

[@jmartin0805]

Very nice

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I thank you

[@duncanbarriball3039]

AEY, WELL PRESENTED ,AND VERY INFORMATIVE, COUSIN. A 6 TH GEN KIWI BRUCE,..DUNCHANNE

[@johnwatt5921]

I am loving your videos I thought I knew Scottish history but you keep learning me new history so thanks very much big man

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Thanks for watching...and for dropping a line

[@patmlaftr959]

Worked on the a9 upgrade at blackford with rj McLeod in the 90s and kilsyth just down the road from me Great vids Bruce 👌

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Now that WAS a while back eh?

[@patmlaftr959]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours aye a few year ago noo Great place up roon aboot that area

[@graywolf4208]

'The guy was from Glasgow and they don't get oot much' oh so right you are Bruce :D Thank you for yet another informative and entertaining video. I've got a bottle of old, Polish moonshine my daddy makes back home. Will gladly share it once they allow us to travel to Scotland :)

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

That reminds me of a purchase we once made out of the back of a taxi at 6am after the dancing

[@graywolf4208]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours hope you've enjoyed it and it was worth the price ;)

[@StudeSteve62]

Auchterarder! In the 1970s there wasa marvelous collection of classic aircraft there, the Strathallan Collection, owned by Sir William Roberts...

[@dvl34]

Thanks for this new video. Very interesting. I follow this from France and try to understand despite the fact that the automatic youtube subtitles havr troubles with your fantastic accent. Thanks again. David

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Désolé David. Normalement c'est ma sœur qui fait les sous-titres, mais elle est allée a l'hôpital hier. Si tout va bien je ne pense pas qu'elle soit là trop longtemps. La prochaine fois ça devrait être mieux

[@dvl34]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Don't worry, it's fantastic indeed. This force me to adapt my french ears. I hope she will be better soon. Take care

[@deemurray6197]

Thanks once again, Bruce. Very interesting and informative. I have to admit to saying "hey!" at the poke at Glaswegians though. Cheeky!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😁😆🤣

[@GirsGaming]

Great, very well presented history. Just came across you from Reddit, subbed

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

That's interesting. I've never really done the Reddit thing. Where did it appear?

[@GirsGaming]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours someone posted a link to your channel on r/Scotland

[@Evanmonster1]

Good video. I just found your channel last night. On the topic of the Pictish place names, such as towns and cities that start with an "Aber", that could very well answer lots of questions right there. In a way that Scotland is not the only county in Britain that has an "Aber" in their place names. Wales also has cities and towns with an "Aber" in it as well. Such as Aberystwyth, Aberdaugleddau, Aberpennar, Abertawe, etc.. And also historians believe that the Picts spoke "old Welsh". So could the Picts have simply been a Breton/Brythonic people that as my friend Owen theorizes, were pushed from the area of Wales, to up to north eastern Scotland? I mean, there's a lot of links and evidence suggesting that they it's highly possible. Very interesting if you ask me. :)

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Whils there's some debate about the issue the assumption has been more that the landmass of Great Britain all spoke that P Celtic language and it was the Scots who migrated from Ireland who brought Q Celtic Gaelic. As I say there's still some debate

[@jbearmcdougall1646]

Hiya... lol... me here.. Loving it ....

[@TheQuietcount]

Learning about history has given me a new perspective of my homeland, The fact that De Bruc changed their name to the Bruce to sound more native is an example. As people call for less immigration I learn out greatest hero's are Norman French. It seems most of our history is fiction from Walter Scott that people took for history and people who know better did not correct this. I would like that o know more about 6th century Strathclyde and for out of St Mungo and St Mirin were the same person and also find out more about the King with the magic sword.

[@BigMrFirebird]

"Aber..." is also used for the same meaning in Wales. BTW, you'll find that the most ancient names tend to be those of the rivers.

[@murrayangus]

I really enjoy watching your videos. You talk about the many battles, lost and won, but it seems that after each battle life went on anyway. So what was the consequence of these victories and defeats?

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Now there's a question

[@stephenblues7182]

Scottish Tourist Board should be paying you a retainer mate , brilliant channel

[@stephaniemaloney4324]

Hiya! Bruce, do you have a video somewhere about St. Margaret? She is one of my favorite people in Scottish history (even tho she wasn't born there).

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Haven't got round to it yet

[@davidmacaart953]

It's my understanding that the last Pictish king and his successor died during the siege of Alt Clut (Dumbarton Rock) at the hands of the Vikings which left the vacuum to be filled later by Kenneth MacAlpine. As you say however, that period in history is like Spag Bol but I do love trying to unravel it. I have a slight advantage coming from the Wedderburns, or more specifically my own bloodline, the MacLagan Wedderburns which is one the the oldest recorded family histories in Scotland, recorded in 3 books so big they have a lock and key, my Uncle is currently in possession of one and the others are in Forfar and Blair Athol castle and trace the Wedderburns back to the 13th century. The MacLagan Wedderburns were a mixed bag of Jacobite's, Unionists, Warrior Priests and to more recent history, John Wedderburn, who unfortunately was a slaver and sugar plantation owner who owned most of Jamaica producing Wedderburn Jamaican Rum. He later earned some reprieve by freeing his slaves and repenting, as a consequence you will still find Jamaican's today who go by the name of Wedderburn. My most famous ancestor by far is my namesake David Hume as the Hume's shared land and later married into the Wedderburn's. Keep the video's coming Bruce i'm loving them. Yir doin' nay bad fir nay being an academic. As you can imagine coming from one of the oldest recorded families in Scotland I've been steeped in it since I was a wee bairn and learned to read.

[@cmick69]

Kenneth MacAlpin is my 34th great-grandfather.

[@joanr3189]

Fascinating lesson here.but pass me a fork and a spoon. !

[@jennymauger]

Primo🙏🏼🌹✝️👑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️‍🔥

[@kevintipton1051]

In Stirling, I heard the legend that Kenneth MacAlpin defeated the Picts at a battle located at the base of Dumyat, just below what is now the Hermitage Woods (now the university rugby pitches). I know naught of the veracity of this claim, but I like the story and I wanna believe it, so I will. There's even a standing stone in the middle of the pitches sometimes claimed to commemorate the battle (of course, that makes no sense given the age of the stone). Taken altogether it makes for a good story that I have told to many visitors.

[@kevintipton1051]

Oh, and I neglected to say that I really enjoy the videos. Certainly the best Scottish history vids that I've come across. Thanks and keep up the great work.

[@par576]

Now I am told that very few places in Dumfriesshire have gallic names. One of them is Dalbeattie. You can correct me but I am told it translates roughly as 'a valley liable to flooding'. The burn next to my house is Dalbait Burn. If you answer this I'll tell you more.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

There's a debate about the whole Celtic language thing and place names. that's way above my pay grade and more than I want to get in to. So the question is when the influence of Britons compared to Gael and the timings of when that would be through the centuries. I'll be honest I don't know the origins of Dalbeattie

[@par576]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours The first ordinance survey of this area was taken in 1841. At that time, as elsewhere, the locals were asked the name of the place. The spelling may have been literal. At that time on the map my neighbors farm was Crawthaite, it is now Crawthat. My house, formerly Dalbait, is Debate. The burn is still Dalbait. When I first arrived here many years ago I looked up the origin in Dumfries library which is where I came up with Dalbeattie. Most of the place names round here are Danish.

[@andrewmilligan3764]

fantanstic .Bruce any idea how the church moved from dunkeld to St Andrews and the reason for it .

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

There was a cult of Culdees there even then. Constantine II, who I mention, gave up the throne later and went into a monetary at St Andrews. I don’t have the exact details off the top of my head. By Malcolm Canmore certainly that transition had happened

[@caractacus22]

Kenneth MacAlpin, who founded the building firm?

[@annegraham1891]

Watched this with the sub titles, if that's correct for written commentary, it makes for "interesting" reading translating what your saying. 🤔😄

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Aye, sorry, my sister normally does the subtitles, but got rushed into hospital, so it's just the automated ones. Hopefully normal services will be resumed shortly

[@annegraham1891]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Hope your sisters ok. Don't normally have text on, must have been an accident, quite amusing though.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Aye, they come up with some dooseys

[@hotelsierra86]

No mention of the Normans. The Lindsays, Jardins,Cummins De Bruce’s etc Je nu seque qua?

[@bluenorsky5207]

The Welsh also use Aberystwyth,Abertawe etc. So are some Welsh Picts as well?

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

No, but they also speak a Brythonic language

[@bluenorsky5207]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours diolch

[@buidseach]

I thought Aber was Welsh, which shows Pictish was a Brythonic Tribe or they spoke a form of old Welsh :)

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Yes, some say that, though it's a hot debate as to exactly what the Pictish language was if I'm honest

[@rab-cnesbit4181]

Hullo there , I was kidnapped to England when I was 15 from kilmaurs , ma mammy died 6 years ago so I'm surrounded by the English now, I'm gonna send the link to your channel to my wife and grown up kid s , I miss the Scots pies , bridies, redcola, and the Scots fish suppers in the chip shops , they leave the skin on the fish here.i was told years ago that , poch mahone is Gaelic for kiss ma arse ,is that true😂

[@magnusosmond1835]

I thought after Kenneth died his brother ruled till he died in battle against vikings

[@billycaspersghost7528]

Strathbogie?

[@ChineseGordon1956]

Just found your you tube a few days ago, a cracking bit of history..... but you not done the best Scottish regiment yet, the Cameronians, they defended Dunkeld agaist an army of 5000 Jacobites and mullered them.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Aye, there's a memorial to them there. Definitely split the audience that one right enough😜

[@jennifermcinnes8309]

So...strath air-nine?

[@GodTierComments]

Don't forget Aberfeldy somewhere behind your head!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Aye, we couldnae get everyone in. It would just be a list then😄

[@elendil7]

Those damn Vikings!

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😆😅

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

Persistent Bastards aren't they?

[@Nastyswimmer]

Kenneth MacAlpin was (probably) a Dalriadan gael and certainly became king of the Picts, but there is no evidence that he was ever king of Dalriada nor that he united the Dalriadans and Picts to create Scotland. He is recorded only as King of the Picts and his four successors were also titled King of the Picts, which is a bit of a clue that Pictland and Dalriada were still separate entities

[@patriciayohn6136]

According to my Brother's Y-DNA we could be related to many Scottish Kings or non at all.

[@iggyfitzsimmons1168]

I’d like to hypothacize that Viking where in league with with macalpine. Why? Because the enemy of my enemy is my friend when fighting bernicia and Northumbria who was in league with chralmange. Hence why Vikings of Norway used the Celtic cross after conquering that territory. Also Pictland was multiple kingdoms, it appears macalpine jumped into a civil war between catholic picts backed up by Northumbria and picts loyal to Celtic church the picts killed macalpine a father apparently as coined by clan Mackinnon motto “remember the death of alpine. I reckon the Norse backed macalpine but it’s only a hypothesis in regards to picts being corrupted by Northumbria and even dal riata briefly being a Northumbrian client state. The picts May have killed the dal riatans because it was a Northumbrian client state and this may be what the Vikings were cleaving out of dal riata as well. These are just theories that can add up, the facts add up yet it remains hypothesis. Great work by the way, I’m Scottish mixed with Native American.

[@iggyfitzsimmons1168]

Also it appears the Norman tonsure was the Celtic tonsure

[@janetmackinnon3411]

Gripping!

[@glenbeveridge1867]

Would William Wallace have worn a Kilt?

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Definitely not. Wrong time and wrong part of the country

[@glenbeveridge1867]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Still a great story.

[@angelaross5277]

Where’s did our king go. 🧐 we ended up with tinmen . Our true knights in shining tinfoil. That stole Our knife from our table.hahaha. Wow what a mixed up Pot and bowl full of useless wast lol. And that’s being polite 👍🏼💙❤️

[@william.campbell.lothringen]

slàinte mhath

[@cmaden78]

Conflict and marriage are the same thing😂

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

🤣

[@glenbeveridge1867]

Where does having the DNA from the Basque Country fit in the the History of Scotland?

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

I say, I say. have no idea. Where does having the DNA from the Basque Country fit in the History of Scotland

[@glenbeveridge1867]

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Where they not some of the first to inhabit Scotland? My paternal DNA going back 45 generations from Scotland shows a 90% match and find it intriguing.

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

Apologies Glen, my response was facetious. Sometimes I get ravist folk saying : 'You can't be Scottish' I wasn't sure if that was the angle, so opted for a non serious response. Other than the origin myth about the Scots stopping in Spain on the way to Ireland I really don't know mate. There's just too much stuff for a fat Perth lad to keep on top of. Sorry

[@glenbeveridge1867]

​@@ScotlandHistoryTours Any path forward to your knowledge to research the Basque People who inhabited Scotland? I have traced my ancestry back to my 12th grandfather Lord Guilielm Belfrage of Pennington 1484-1530 BIRTH 1484 • Pennington DEATH 1530 • Scotland, United Kingdom 12th great-grandfather

[@gristlybillow7050]

No quite doxing yourself but Blackford isnae even a one horse town. Careful 😉🤣🤣

[@gristlybillow7050]

Oh, an I can see ma hoos fae there!!!

[@SnopDogIsACelt]

God bless bigman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ScotlandHistoryTours]

😘