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Largest Tartan Exhibition

roderickjrtulloch@yahoo.co.uk (Roddy Tulloch) — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 20:20:08 GMT

Largest Tartan Exhibition

The largest exhibition about Tartan ever curated is about being held at the V&A Dundee. Starting on Saturday 1st April 2023 it runs for 10 months.

Falkirk Muir 1746 Trust is pleased to lend our support to the V&A by lending several items from our collection.

One such item it is our 'Harlequin' portrait which depicts Prince Charles Edward Stuart wearing a tartan suit.

The portrait is attributed to artist James Worsdale (London 1692 -1767 London) and was probably painted in the 1750s.

It is clear from the fanciful depictions of tartan that the artist had not actually seen anybody wearing tartan. The resulting portrait of the Prince maskes look more like a Harlequin rather than a Highlander.

Even though Charles' suit of clothes will look unfamiliar to most Scots, there is no mistaking the Scottish basket hilted broadsword, dirk, targe, Scottish pistol and blue bonnet with a white cockade. There is even a depiction of a Scottish castle in the background.

There is a note on the back of the frame to say that it originally hung at The Abbey at Fort Augustus. Fort Augustus was the last Highland fort razed by the Jacobite army before their defeat at Culloden.

In order to make the portrait look it's best the portrait has been away getting cleaned and conserved. It has had the old yellowed varnish and previous paint repairs removed. Any missing paint has been touched in and a new coat of varnish applied.

The frame, that is contemporary with the portrait, has also been cleaned and partially reguilded. The style of frame is known as a 'Kent' frame.

Video Detailing The Battle

roderickjrtulloch@yahoo.co.uk (Roddy Tulloch) — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 21:12:52 GMT

Battle of Falkirk Muir (1746) YouTube Video

We are pleased to shared a wonderful video detailing The Battle of Falkirk Muir created by Deborah Dennison.

For a few minutes, go back to the '45 and find out what happened in the dramatic story of the events which led to the battle, the battle itself, and the men who participated in it.

The video also explains more about the new museum and the rare and fascinating artefacts that visitors will be able to see.

Find our exciting video here !

Happy 261st Birthday Rabbie

roderickjrtulloch@yahoo.co.uk (Roddy Tulloch) — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:30:31 GMT

Happy 261st Birthday Rabbie

After the Battle of Culloden, which marked the end of the last Jacobite rising, the traditional clan system was almost completely dismantled. This was a result of the actions of the British Army, commanded by the Duke of Cumberland, and legislation passed by the British Government in London.

Despite this bloodletting Scotland became a centre for the Arts and Science. Many of the worlds leading doctors, architects, economists, writers, philosophers and poets lived in Scotland in the second half of the 18th century.

One such individual was Rabbie Burns (Alloway 1759 - 1796 Dumfries) who has become Scotland's national bard. As three of the Jacobite risings, the '45, 1719 and the '15, were still within living memory when Rabbie was born it was perhaps inevitable that these events would influence his poetry. Rabbies' poem 'Ye Jacobites by name' testifies to this.

The finely bound book (displayed in the images below) of Burns' 'Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect' is a first Edinburgh edition which was printed in 1787.

The images show the poem 'to a Haggis' which will be told the world over tonight.

Battle of Falkirk Muir 275th Anniversary

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 17:20:04 GMT

Happy 261st Birthday Rabbie

At 3.30pm on a cold and very wet Friday afternoon 275 years ago the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and those of the British Army under the command of General Hawley met in combat over the rolling fields of South Bantaskine.

After 90 minutes of brutal hand to hand fighting it is estimated that approximately 400 British soldiers and 100 Jacobite were left dead on the battle field.

This wreath is our way to show these fallen the respect that all these men deserve.

Big Jacobite Afternoon Lecture

roderickjrtulloch@yahoo.co.uk (Roddy Tulloch) — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 21:15:19 GMT

We are delighted to be taking part in the Big Jacobite Afternoon Lecture hosted by Bannockburn House.

J oin us from 12-2pm to hear from 6 speakers who are all giving short talks on a range of subject matters relating to the Jacobite movement.

Facebook Official!

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 22:03:38 GMT

We are excited to say we are now officially on Facebook.

Click here to like and follow our updates!

Trust is Commissioning a Video

roderickjrtulloch@yahoo.co.uk (Roddy Tulloch) — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:39:32 GMT

The Trust has now commissioned a promotional video which will explain not only our project but also the history of Falkirk Muir. Once this video is ready it will be published on our website.

Trust Commissioned Painting

roderickjrtulloch@yahoo.co.uk (Roddy Tulloch) — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 22:22:27 GMT

The Trust has commissioned Chris Collingwood to create a unique painting that will depict a scene from the Battle of Falkirk Muir that we will be able to use for our publicity and fundraising drives.

The painting will be large measuring 32'' x 46'' and it should be completed in the spring of next year.

It will replace the much used David Morier's painting of 'an incident in the rebellion of 1745' that is currently shown on our Battle web site.

Chris has specialised on this type of painting since the 1980s indeed one of his paintings was used in 1985 for a jigsaw depicting the Battle of Falkirk Muir.

The link below will take you to his web site which will show you the type of painting he currently has for sale.

www.collingwoodhistoricart.com

Virtual Museum is Underway

roderickjrtulloch@yahoo.co.uk (Roddy Tulloch) — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:53:26 GMT

Our virtual museum is well underway!

We now have 14 items available to view and learn about in our virtual museum .

More items are added weekly and you can s ign up to get alerts when we add more items.

Funding Prospectus

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:49:13 GMT

Published Funding Prospectus

We are delighted to announce that our funding prospectus has now been published. This provides detail about the project and impressions of what the building will look like.

This document can be accessed by click here .

If anybody would like to provide feedback, get involved or to ask any questions please contact us via email@falkirkmuir1746.scot .

We are very sad to announce the passing of our Trustee Mr David Wood

Fri, 08 May 2020 20:43:01 GMT

We are very sad to announce the passing of our Trustee Mr David Wood

I am are truly sad to have to announce that I received the awful news that Mr David Wood has passed away.

I know that David was passionate about Jacobite history and excited about being involved in this project.

Our thoughts and condolences at this time go out to his friends and relatives.

Roddy Tulloch

Trustee

Battle of Falkirk Muir Commemoration

Sun, 19 Jan 2020 21:01:53 GMT

Battle of Falkirk Muir Commemoration

The annual battle commemoration took place on Saturday 18th January 2020 at the memorial located at Bantaskine Park.

Alison and Roddy Tulloch attended the commemoration and it was encouraging to see the event being well attended.

Battle of Falkirk Muir will be remembered

roderickjrtulloch@yahoo.co.uk (Roddy Tulloch) — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:55:06 GMT

A memorial service typically attended by history fans in period costume will mark the 1746 Battle of Falkirk at the Battlefield Monument tomorrow (Saturday) at 2pm.

Check out the Falkirk Herald's article about the memorial tomorrow here .

We have gained charity status!

Sat, 16 Nov 2019 20:21:04 GMT

We have gained charity status!

After submitting our application, we are pleased to announce that we now have charity status.

This means we are now a register charity under OSCR (Scottish Charity Register).

Details of our registration can be found here .

We are at Archaeology Scotland's Scottish Living History Festival

Sat, 31 Aug 2019 19:20:23 GMT

We are at Archaeology Scotland's Scottish Living History Festival

As part of Archaeology Scotland’s 75th-anniversary celebrations, they planned a special, family orientated event for the public to enjoy – the Scottish Living History Festival!

Alison and Roddy Tulloch attended the festival held at Callendar House to showcase plans for the museums and talk to members of the public.

They spoke to a number of interested parties and it was great seeing so many people getting involved in history.

Falkirk Council Agree Land Sale

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 19:22:03 GMT

Falkirk Council Agree Land Sale

We are delighted to announce that the sale of Bantaskine Park was agreed by Members of Falkirk Council’s Executive Committee.

This decision means that we can now apply for planning permission as well as generate funding due to now having a home for the centre.

Trust Support Perth Museum

Sun, 30 Jun 2019 19:22:47 GMT

Trust Support Perth Museum

A major exhibition at Perth Museums & Art Gallery explores the Jacobites in Perthshire, focusing on the great clans and families of the region around the time of the Battle of Killiecrankie of 1689.

Jacobites Clans highlights the role the Jacobites in the Perthshire area played in Scottish history, and has been developed by working with external partners including Blair Castle and Archive, the Library of Innerpeffray, National Galleries Scotland and a number of private collections to secure new loans for objects, some of which have never been on public display.

We were invited to attend on the opening night as several of the key items within our collection were given on loan to the exhibition.

LEADER Funding Secured

Sun, 02 Dec 2018 20:23:21 GMT

LEADER Funding Secured

LEADER is a European Union Community Initiative which aims to promote economic and community development in rural areas. LEADER uses a bottom-up, partnership-based approach to rural development which will improve the quality of life and help make rural communities more sustainable.

More information regarding LEADER can be found here .

The trust submitted an application for LEADER funding in early 2019 to support with feasibility studies. We are delighted to say that we have been successful with our application and are now starting work on commissioning these studies.