The map depicts the fighting strength of Scotland's clans across the Highland fault line. Picture: NLS As the only part of Britain which still maintained private armies, in the form of clan levies ...

HOW ACCURATE IS THE MAP? THE National’s history columnist Hamish MacPherson said: “The clan system served Scotland well for several hundred years, especially in the Highlands and Islands where ...

Archaeologists excavating the scene of the most infamous clan massacre in Scottish history ... the head of archaeology for the National Trust for Scotland (NTS), said the excavations had uncovered ...