The Douglas’ Last Journey
Written by Gwen Sinclair With this year being Royal Dundonald Castle’s 650th anniversary, we’ve been exploring it’s Hall of Fame, and today we’re looking at the life of Sir James …
Genealogy Surprises!
Written by Gwen Sinclair with John and Liz Kirby “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” Marcus Garvey It …
Dundonald Castle Mysteries Part 3: The Well
Written by Gwen Sinclair Geologists have come from far and wide over centuries to study Scotland’s ancient volcanic systems and range of rock sequences across its diversity of landscapes which …
EUPHEMIA DE ROSS – The First Stewart Queen
Written by Gwen Sinclair and Barbie Short In our series looking into the lives of the people who lived at Dundonald Castle, it’s time to find out more about the …
Who was Donald?
Written by Gwen Sinclair Dundonald contains one of the most prominent medieval sites in Ayrshire – and today we are looking into the origins of its name – which comes …
The Smugglers Trail
Written by Gwen Sinclair Five and twenty ponies, Trotting through the dark — Brandy for the Parson, ‘Baccy for the Clerk; Them that asks no questions isn’t told a lie …
Masons’ Marks Talk by Iain Ross Wallace MA
Notes from the on-line Talk on Mason’s Marks given by Iain Ross Wallace MA for Dundonald Castle on 10th June 2021 Written by Gwen Sinclair Ever since the fictitious murder …
Robert II and Medieval Fatherhood
Written by Gwen Sinclair Unlike Mother’s Day, which is a traditional Christian holiday, known as Mothering Sunday – the origins of which we looked into in our Mother’s Day vlog …
Walter Stewart the 3rd High Steward of Scotland
Written by Gwen Sinclair and David Taylor We’re moving forward in time to the first few years of the 13th century in this, the third in our series exploring the …
The Tower Houses of Scotland Talk Revisited
Written by Blythe Paterson Hello, there, my name is Blythe Paterson, and if you don’t know me, I am the Education Officer for Friends of Dundonald Castle (SCIO31541). I am …
