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Clan Cumming, also known as Clan Comyn, is a Scottish clan
Scottish clan

Scottish clans , give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Scottish clan chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which controls the heraldry and Coat of Arms....
 from the central Highlands
Scottish Highlands

The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
 that played a major role in the history of 13th century Scotland and in the Wars of Scottish Independence
Wars of Scottish Independence

The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries....
 where they were among the clans who defeated the English at the Battle of Roslin
Battle of Roslin

The Battle of Roslin was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, taking place on 24 February 1303 at Roslin, Scotland. A Scotland army led by John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch and Simon Fraser defeated the England....
 in 1303.

History
Origin of the name
The origin of the surname Comyn and Cumming (in relation to this clan) is disputed. It is thought that the name may be derived from the a Celtic personal name derived from the element cam (meaning "bent" or "crooked".






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Clan Cumming, also known as Clan Comyn, is a Scottish clan
Scottish clan

Scottish clans , give a sense of identity and shared descent to people in Scotland and to their relations throughout the world, with a formal structure of Scottish clan chiefs officially registered with the court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms which controls the heraldry and Coat of Arms....
 from the central Highlands
Scottish Highlands

The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
 that played a major role in the history of 13th century Scotland and in the Wars of Scottish Independence
Wars of Scottish Independence

The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries....
 where they were among the clans who defeated the English at the Battle of Roslin
Battle of Roslin

The Battle of Roslin was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, taking place on 24 February 1303 at Roslin, Scotland. A Scotland army led by John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch and Simon Fraser defeated the England....
 in 1303.

History


Origin of the name


The origin of the surname Comyn and Cumming (in relation to this clan) is disputed. It is thought that the name may be derived from the a Celtic personal name derived from the element cam (meaning "bent" or "crooked". These names were relatively frequent in Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, possibly due to the influx of Breton
Breton people

The Bretons are a distinct Celts ethnic group located in the region of Brittany in France. They trace much of their heritage to groups of Brythons who settled the area from south western Great Britain in the 4th to 6th centuries....
 immigrants following the Norman Conquest of England. Another theory is that the name is derived from a place name Comines near Lille
Lille

Lille is a city in northern France. It is the principal city of the Urban Community of Lille M?tropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.In reality, some evidence may be found by means of the techniques developed by Mrs B Platts, Scottish Hazard, Vol 1, 1985, Vol II, 1990 and A. Hardie-Stoffeln, The Rise of Flemish Families in Scotland (available on Google) based upon an analysis of heraldry, namely, the armorial bearings. The armorial bearings of John Comyn, assassinated by Robert Bruce in 1306 as based upon an official seal which exists in the collection of the Lord Lyon of Scotland, and currently used by the chief of the Cumming clan, appear to be derived from the arms of the Campdevene family who were Counts of St Pol in the 11 century. The county of St Pol included at that time the contemporary town of Comines within its boundaries. More particularly, the arms of John Comyn are identical with those used by Hugues Campdeveine, Seigneur de Beauval in the 12 century which was within the boundaries of the county of St Pol ( located now in the Somme, in France). This exact coincidence of the current arms of the head of the Cumming family based upon those used by the Competitor, John Comyn in the 13-14 century with those of the Hugues, Seigneur de Beauval, (3 clumps of golden barley on a background of blue azur) appear to constitute in both cases a differentiation of the original arms of the Campdevene (Champ d'avoine - field of barley, in contemporary French ) family, Counts of St Pol, namely, one clump of gold barley on a background of blue azur. (easily visible in Armorials and on documents available through a Google search - under the campdevene family - counts of St Pol: arms and Hugues, Seigneur de Beauval). More generally, this analysis of the armorial bearings of the current Clan Chief, the Competitor for the John Comyn, Hugues, Seigneur de Beauval and the Counts of St Pol corresponds with the more general hypothesis of Platts and Hardie-Stoffeln: that is, origins of some of the leading families in Scotland during the period following the Norman conquest in England were Flemish and not either Celtic or Norman. Finally, at present, there is no genetic evidence to sustain the claim that the original Comyns or Cumming family and their descendants were primarily Celtic.

In Scottish Gaelic, the name is rendered "Cuimeanach" or "Cuimein".

Origin of the clan


This clan is believed to descend from Robert of Comyn, a companion of William the Conqueror who accompanied him in his conquest of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. Shortly after his participation in the Battle of Hastings
Battle of Hastings

The Battle of Hastings was the decisive Normans victory in the Norman Conquest of England. It was fought between the Norman army of William I of England, and the English people army led by Harold Godwinson....
, Robert was made Earl of Northumberland
Earl of Northumberland

The title of Earl of Northumberland was created several times in the Peerages of Peerage of England and Peerage of Great Britain. Its most famous holders were the House of Percy , who were the most powerful noble family in Northern England for much of the Middle Ages....
, and, when David I
David I of Scotland

David I or Dabhidh Mac Maol Chaluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later List of monarchs of Scotland . The youngest son of Maol Chaluim Mac Donnchaidh and Saint Margaret of Scotland, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093....
 came to Scotland
Scotland

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 to claim his throne, Richard Comyn, the grandson of Robert, was among the Norman knights that followed him.

Richard Comyn quickly gained land and influence in Scotland
Scotland

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 through an advantageous marriage to the granddaughter of the former Scottish king Donald III, Hextilda of Tynedale. Richard's descendants continued the Comyns' rise to power through marriage, and, at the close of the thirteenth century, the Comyns were the most powerful clan in Scotland, members of which were holding (or had held) at one time thirteen Scottish earldoms, including those of Buchan
Earl of Buchan

The Mormaer or Earl of Buchan was originally the provincial ruler of the medieval province of Buchan. Buchan was the first Mormaerdom in the High Medieval Kingdom of the Scots to pass into the hands of a non-Scottish family in the male line....
, Menteith
Earl of Menteith

The Mormaer or Earl of Menteith was originally the ruler of the province of Menteith in the Middle Ages. The first mormaer is usually regarded as Gille Cr?st, Earl of Menteith, simply because he is the earliest on record....
, and Angus
Earl of Angus

The Mormaer or Earl of Angus was the ruler of the medieval Scottish province of Angus. The title, in the Peerage of Scotland, is currently held by the Duke of Hamilton....
, and several lordships, including the Lordship of Badenoch
Lord of Badenoch

The Lord of Badenoch was a magnate who ruled the lordship of Badenoch in the 13th century and early 14th century. The lordship may have been created out of the territory of the Meic Uilleim, after William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan, Justiciar of Scotia and Warden of Moray defeated Gille Escoib MacUilleim....
. The Lords of Badenoch
Lord of Badenoch

The Lord of Badenoch was a magnate who ruled the lordship of Badenoch in the 13th century and early 14th century. The lordship may have been created out of the territory of the Meic Uilleim, after William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan, Justiciar of Scotia and Warden of Moray defeated Gille Escoib MacUilleim....
 represented the chief line of the clan and ruled their vast lands from their impregnable island stronghold of Lochindorb Castle
Lochindorb

Lochindorb is a freshwater loch in the Strathspey, Scotland region of Scotland. This loch is home to the ruins of Lochindorb Castle, a former stronghold of the Clan Cumming....
.

John "the Black" Comyn


After the death of the last descendant of the royal line of David I
David I of Scotland

David I or Dabhidh Mac Maol Chaluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later List of monarchs of Scotland . The youngest son of Maol Chaluim Mac Donnchaidh and Saint Margaret of Scotland, David spent most of his childhood in Scotland, but was exiled to England temporarily in 1093....
, the clan chief John "the Black" Comyn was one of six competitors for the crown of Scotland
Scotland

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 due to his connection to King Donald III. A Comyn ally, John Balliol, was chosen as king, and Balliol's sister was soon married to the Black Comyn.

John "the Red" Comyn

The Wars of Scottish Independence

This marriage produced a son, John "the Red" Comyn, and, upon the exile of the Balliols by Edward I of England
Edward I of England

Edward I , popularly known as Longshanks, the English Justinian, and the Hammer of the Scots , was a House of Plantagenet King of England who achieved historical fame by conquering large parts of Wales and almost succeeding in doing the same to Scotland....
, the Red Comyn was left as the most powerful man in Scotland
Scotland

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 and the legitimate royal successor, having a double claim through the male and female lines.

During the Wars of Scottish Independence
Wars of Scottish Independence

The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries....
 John the Red acted as co-leader of the Scottish forces with his rival Robert the Bruce after the death of William Wallace
William Wallace

William Wallace was a Scotland knight and landowner who is known for leading a resistance during the Wars of Scottish Independence and regarded as a patriot and national hero....
 and achieved some notable successes against the English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, including at the Battle of Roslin
Battle of Roslin

The Battle of Roslin was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, taking place on 24 February 1303 at Roslin, Scotland. A Scotland army led by John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch and Simon Fraser defeated the England....
. However, Robert the Bruce, desiring to secure his claim to the throne, murdered the Red Comyn at a meeting at a church in Dumfries
Dumfries

Dumfries is a town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland and is situated close to the Solway Firth, near the mouth of the River Nith....
 in 1306. This led to a bitter civil war between the Bruce's faction and the Comyns and their allies that eventually resulted in the Comyns' power being completely broken at the Battle of Inverurie in 1308.

14th Century and clan conflicts


The taking of Castle Grant, 14th century; Originally a Comyn Clan stronghold, Clan Grant
Clan Grant

File:Clan member crest badge - Clan Grant.svgClan Grant is a Highland Scottish clan which inhabited land in Northern Scotland since 1316, although the clan is known to have existed farther back than that....
 traditions tell us that the castle was taken from the Comyns by a combined force of the Grants and MacGregors. The Grants and MacGregors stormed the castle and in the process slew the Comyn Chief - and kept the Chief's skull as a trophy of this victory. The skull of the Comyn was taken as a macabre trophy and was kept in Castle Grant and became an heirloom of the Clan. (In the late Lord Strathspey's book on the Clan, he mentions that the top of the cranium was hinged, and that he saw documents kept in it.) Clan tradition predicts grave things if the skull ever leaves the hands of the family - prophesying that the Clan would lose all of its lands in Strathspey.

15th and 16th centuries and clan conflicts


At the beginning of the fifteenth century, Clan Cumming had been reduced to simply another Highland clan, although the Cummings, as the name is now often spelled, continued to play a significant part in the history and culture of the Badenoch
Badenoch

Badenoch is a traditional district which today forms part of Badenoch and Strathspey, an area of Highland Council, in Scotland, bounded on the north by the Monadhliath Mountains, on the east by the Cairngorm Mountains and Braemar, on the south by Atholl and the Grampian Mountains , and on the west by Lochaber....
, Strathspey
Strathspey, Scotland

Strathspey is the area around the strath of the River Spey, Scotland, in both the Moray council area and the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area of Highland ....
, and Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland.In this present day Aberdeenshire does not include Aberdeen City which is a Council Area in its own right....
 regions of Scotland
Scotland

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.

In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Cummings carried on significant, and bloody, feuds with Clan Macpherson
Clan Macpherson

Clan Macpherson is a Highland Scottish clan from Badenoch, on the Spey River, Scotland. It is a leading member of the Chattan Confederation....
, Clan Shaw
Clan Shaw

Clan Shaw of Tordarroch is a Scottish clan. It is one of the member clans of the Chattan Confederation. The clan has no connection with the similarly named Clan Schaw....
, and Clan Brodie
Clan Brodie

Clan Brodie is a Scottish clan whose origins are uncertain. The first known Brodie Clan chief were the thegn of Brodie and Dyke in Morayshire....
 over lands in Nairnshire. In 1550 Alexander Brodie, chief of Clan Brodie and 100 others were denounced as rebels for attacking the Cummings of Altyre.

The Clan Cumming were victorious when they participated in the Battle of Glenlivet
Battle of Glenlivet

The Battle of Glenlivet was fought on the 3rd of October in 1594 near Allanreid and Morinsh in Scotland. This battle is often seen as a religious conflict, and was fought by the Catholic forces of the George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly who were victorious over the Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll and the Protestant forces of the Earl of Arg...
 in 1594 in support of the Earl of Huntly whose forces consisted of 2000 Highlanders from Clan Gordon
Clan Gordon

Clan Gordon, also known as the House of Gordon, is a traditional Scottish clan name and it is now a common forename. The chief of the Clan Gordon was the powerful Earl of Huntly, now also Marquess of Huntly....
, Clan Cumming, Clan Cameron
Clan Cameron

Clan Cameron is a West Highland Scottish clan, with one main branch Lochiel, and numerous cadet branches such as Erracht, Clunes, Glen Nevis, and Fassifern....
 and others. Their enemy was the Earl of Argyll whose forces consisted of 10000 Highlanders from Clan Campbell
Clan Campbell

Clan Campbell is historically one of the largest, most powerful and most successful of the Scottish Highlands Scottish clans....
, Clan Murray
Clan Murray

Clan Murray is a Highland Scottish clan. The Murrays were a great and powerful clan whose lands and cadet houses were scattered throughout Scotland....
 of Atholl, Clan Forbes
Clan Forbes

Clan Forbes is a Scottish Lowlands Scottish clan from Aberdeenshire, Scotland....
, the Chattan Confederation
Chattan Confederation

Clan Chattan or the Chattan Confederation is a confederation of 16 Scottish clans who joined for mutual defence or blood bonds and is closely linked with Clan Macpherson and Clan Mackintosh....
 of Clan MacKintosh
Clan MacKintosh

Clan Mackintosh is a Scottish clan from Inverness with strong Jacobitism ties. The Mackintoshes share a common history with the Chattan Confederation....
 and others. Huntly's forces were victorious.

During the late sixteenth and throughout the seventeenth century, members of the clan were known for their musical talents and served as the hereditary pipers and fiddlers to the Laird of Grant of Clan Grant
Clan Grant

File:Clan member crest badge - Clan Grant.svgClan Grant is a Highland Scottish clan which inhabited land in Northern Scotland since 1316, although the clan is known to have existed farther back than that....
.

Clan profile


  • Motto: Courage
  • Slogan: "An Cuimeanach! An Cuimeanach!"
  • Pipe Music: "Willie Cumming's Rant"
  • Proverb: "Chad's bhios maide anns a' choill cha bhi foill an Cuimeanach." ("So long as there is a stick in the wood, there will be no treachery in a Cumming.")
  • Animal Symbol: Lion
    Lion

    The lion is a member of the family Felidae and one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. With exceptionally large males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger....
  • Plant Badge: Cumin
    Cumin

    Cumin is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native from the east Mediterranean to East India....
     plant


Gaelic names

  • Cuimean (Surname)
  • Cuimeanach (Singular)
  • Na Cuimeanaich (Collective)
  • Na Cuimeanaich Clach na Cearc (Cummings of the Hen Stone)
  • Clann a'Ghaill (Children of the Lowlander)


Clan chiefs and seat


  • After the death of John "the Red" Comyn, the chiefship fell on the Cummings of Altyre, and it is retained by this family to the present.
  • The current Chief is Sir Alexander "Alastair" Penrose Gordon Cumming of Altyre, 7th Baronet of Altyre
    Gordon-Cumming Baronets

    The Cumming-Gordon, later Gordon-Cumming Baronetcy, of Altyre near Forres, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 27 May 1804 for Sir Alexander Cumming-Gordon, 1st Baronet, formerly Member of Parliament for Inverness Burghs ....
    , and of Gordonstoun
    Gordonstoun

    Gordonstoun is a Scotland co-educational independent school famed for having educated three generations of British royalty. Its remote location has made the school ideal for educating aristocratic families around the world....
    , Chief of the Name and Arms of Cumming.
  • The clan seat is at Altyre, Moray
    Moray

    Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
    .


Tartans


There are several tartan
Tartan

Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven cloth, now used in many other materials....
s associated with the surname Comyn/Cumming.

Arms


  • Three garbs Or (Comyn).
  • The Comyns of Buchan; gules three garbs Or.
  • The Comyns of Badenoch; azure three garbs Or.
  • The Comyns of Kilbride and, now, Ireland; Quarterly, 1st & 4th, azure three garbs Or; 2nd & 3rd gules a semilion with the Irish arp.
  • The Cummings of Altyre, Quarterly, 1st & 4th, three garbs Or (Cumming); 2nd & 3rd, Argent, three bends Sable, each charged with as many roses of the field (Penrose); overall, in an escutcheon Argent, is placed the Arms, Crest, Motto and Supporters of Gordon of Gordonston


Branches

  • Cumming of Altyre
  • Cumming of Culter
  • Cumming of Inverallochy
  • Cumming of Logie
  • Cumming of Regulas


Septs of Clan Cumming

  • Bad(d)enoch
  • Buchan
  • Boghan
  • Chaney(ay)
  • Chesney
  • Cheyne(y)
  • Coman
  • Common(s)
  • Comins
  • Comyn(s)
  • Cowman(s)
  • Cummin(s)
  • Cummings
  • Farquharson
  • MacCheine
  • MacCheyne(y)
  • MacChesnie
  • MacCummin(s)
  • MacCumming(s)
  • MacNiven(s)
  • MacSkimman(on)
  • Niven(son)
  • Nivison
  • Russell
  • Skimman(on)


Settlements

Several towns and settlements in Scotland
Scotland

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 are associated with Clan Cumming.
  • Cardow, Moray
    Moray

    Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  • Cummingstown, Moray
    Moray

    Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  • Cumminstown, Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  • Ellon
    Ellon, Aberdeenshire

    Ellon is a sizeable town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 16 miles north of Aberdeen, lying on the River Ythan which has one of the few undeveloped river Ythan Estuary on the Eastern coast of Scotland....
    , Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  • Kingussie
    Kingussie

    Kingussie is a small town and is head of Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland , Scotland, adjacent to the A9 road , although the old route of the A9 served as the town's main street....
    , Inverness
    Inverness

    Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  • Peterculter
    Peterculter

    Peterculter is a village on the western edge of Aberdeen, Scotland approximately eight miles inland from the Aberdeen city centre. The village is situated along the northern banks of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire in the vicinity of the confluences with Crynoch Burn and Leuchar Burn....
    , Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  • Rosehearty
    Rosehearty

    Rosehearty , Rizarty in the local dialect, is located on the Moray Firth coast, four miles west of the town Fraserburgh, in the historical county of Aberdeenshire in Scotland....
    , Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  • Turriff
    Turriff

    Turriff is a town and parish in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is approximately 166 feet above sea level.Turriff is known locally as Turra in the Doric dialect of Scots language....
    , Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...


Castles


Clan Cumming was one of the leading castle-building families of Scottish history and are associated with many castles in Scotland
Scotland

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, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 and Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
.
  • Albiz Tower, Albiz, Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
  • Balvenie Castle
    Balvenie Castle

    Balvenie Castle is a ruined castle near Dufftown in the Moray region of Scotland.Originally known as Mortlach, it was built in the 12th century by the Comyn Clan and extended in the 15th and 16th centuries....
    , Moray
    Moray

    Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  • Bedrule Castle, Roxburgh
    Roxburgh

    The destroyed royal burgh of Roxburgh was an important trading burgh in High Middle Ages to early modern period Kingdom of Scotland. In the Middle Ages it had at least as much importance as Edinburgh, Stirling, or Berwick-upon-Tweed, for a time acting as de facto capital ....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  • Blair Castle
    Blair Castle

    Blair Castle stands in its grounds near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire in Scotland. It is the home of the Murray family, who hold the title of Duke of Atholl, though the current Duke, John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, lives in South Africa....
    , Perth
    Perth, Scotland

    Perth is a town and former royal burgh in central Scotland. Sitting on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative headquarters of Perth and Kinross council area....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  • Cadzow Castle
    Cadzow Castle

    Cadzow Castle is a ruined castle, constructed between 1500 and 1550 on the site of an earlier Scottish royalty castle, 1 mile south-east of the centre of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland....
    , Lanark
    Lanark

    Lanark is a small town in the central belt of Scotland. Its population of 8,253 makes it the 100th largest settlement in Scotland.Lanark was the county town of the former county of Lanarkshire....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  • Castle Grant
    Castle Grant

    Castle Grant stands a mile north of Grantown-on-Spey and was the former seat of the Clan Grant chiefs of Strathspey in Moray....
    , Inverness
    Inverness

    Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Castle Roy, Inverness
    Inverness

    Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Comyn's Castle, Strathclyde
    Strathclyde

    Strathclyde is one of nine former Local government in Scotland Regions and districts of Scotland of Scotland created by the Local Government Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc Act 1994....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Dalswinton Castle, Dumfries
    Dumfries

    Dumfries is a town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland and is situated close to the Solway Firth, near the mouth of the River Nith....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Delgatie Castle
    Delgatie Castle

    Delgatie Castle is a Scottish castles near Turriff, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.A castle has stood on the site of Delgatie Castle since the year 1030 AD, although the earliest parts of the castle standing today were built between 1570 and 1579....
    , Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Drum Castle
    Drum Castle

    Drum Castle is a castle near Drumoak in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. For centuries it was the seat of the chief of Clan Irvine. The place-name Drum is derived from Scottish Gaelic druim, 'ridge'....
    , Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Dumphail Castle, Moray
    Moray

    Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Dundarg Castle
    Dundarg Castle

    Dundarg Castle is a ruined castle about north-northeast of New Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was one of the The Nine Castles of Knuckle....
    , Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Ellon Castle, Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Inchtalla Castel, Perth
    Perth, Scotland

    Perth is a town and former royal burgh in central Scotland. Sitting on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative headquarters of Perth and Kinross council area....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Inverallochy Castle, Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Inverlochy Castle
    Inverlochy Castle

    Inverlochy Castle is a ruined, 13th-century castle near Fort William, Highland, Scotland. The site of two battles, the castle remains largely unchanged since its construction....
    , Lochaber
    Lochaber

    Lochaber is one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former Local government of Scotland districts of the two-tier Highland Regions of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Kinedar Castle, Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Kirkintilloch Castle, Strathclyde
    Strathclyde

    Strathclyde is one of nine former Local government in Scotland Regions and districts of Scotland of Scotland created by the Local Government Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc Act 1994....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  • Lochindorb Castle, Inverness
    Inverness

    Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Loch-an-Eilein Castle, Inverness
    Inverness

    Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Machan Castle, Lanark
    Lanark

    Lanark is a small town in the central belt of Scotland. Its population of 8,253 makes it the 100th largest settlement in Scotland.Lanark was the county town of the former county of Lanarkshire....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Mains Castle
    Mains Castle

    Mains Castle is a 16th century castle in Dundee, Scotland. The castle consists of several buildings surrounding a courtyard, although several of the original western buildings no longer exist....
    , Dundee
    Dundee

    Dundee is the fourth-largest City status in the United Kingdom in Scotland and, fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Northallerton Castle, Northumberland
    Northumberland

    Northumberland is a Counties of England in the North East England of England. The non-metropolitan counties of England of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of Nort...
    , England
    England

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  • Pittulie Castle, Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Rait Castle, Nairn
    Nairn

    Nairn is a town and former burgh in the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Ruthven Barracks
    Ruthven Barracks

    Ruthven Barracks near Ruthven, Highland in Scotland are the smallest but best preserved of the four barracks built in 1719 after the 1715 Jacobitism rising, set on an old castle mound....
    , Inverness
    Inverness

    Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Slains Castle
    Slains Castle

    New Slains Castle is a ruined castle near Cruden Bay in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, overlooking the North Sea.The remains stand perched atop tall, sea-facing cliffs, constructed around an existing tower house built in 1597 by the Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll....
    , Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Swords Castle
    Swords Castle

    Swords Castle was built as the manorial residence of the Archbishop of Dublin around 1200 in Ireland or a little later in Swords, Dublin, just north of Dublin....
    , Dublin
    Dublin

    Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
    , Ireland
    Ireland

    Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
  • Urquhart Castle
    Urquhart Castle

    Urquhart Castle sits beside Loch Ness in Scotland along the A82 road, between Fort William, Highland and Inverness. It is close to the village of Drumnadrochit....
    , Inverness
    Inverness

    Inverness is a City status in the United Kingdom in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland Council areas of Scotland, and it is promoted as the capital of the Scottish Highlands....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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Religious sites

Clan Cumming is associated with several religious sites in Scotland
Scotland

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  • Altyre Kirk, Moray
    Moray

    Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Cumbernauld Chapel, Lanark
    Lanark

    Lanark is a small town in the central belt of Scotland. Its population of 8,253 makes it the 100th largest settlement in Scotland.Lanark was the county town of the former county of Lanarkshire....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Deer Abbey
    Deer Abbey

    Deer Abbey was a Cistercians monastery in Buchan, Scotland. It was founded by 1219 AD with the patronage William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan, who is also buried there....
    , Aberdeen
    Aberdeen

    Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Glasgow Cathedral
    Glasgow Cathedral

    The church commonly known as Glasgow Cathedral is the Church of Scotland Kirk#High Kirk of Glasgow otherwise known as St. Mungo's Cathedral....
    , Strathclyde
    Strathclyde

    Strathclyde is one of nine former Local government in Scotland Regions and districts of Scotland of Scotland created by the Local Government Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc Act 1994....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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  • Inchmahome Priory
    Inchmahome Priory

    Inchmahome Priory is situated on Inchmahome , the largest of three islands in the centre of Lake of Menteith, close to Aberfoyle, Scotland. The name "Inchmahome" comes from the Gaelic Innis MoCholmaig, meaning Island of St Colmaig....
    , Perth
    Perth, Scotland

    Perth is a town and former royal burgh in central Scotland. Sitting on the banks of the River Tay, it is the administrative headquarters of Perth and Kinross council area....
    , Scotland
    Scotland

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Allied clans

  • Clan Buchan
    Clan Buchan

    Clan Buchan is a Scottish clan from Aberdeenshire in Scotland....
  • Clan Gordon
    Clan Gordon

    Clan Gordon, also known as the House of Gordon, is a traditional Scottish clan name and it is now a common forename. The chief of the Clan Gordon was the powerful Earl of Huntly, now also Marquess of Huntly....
  • Clan Grant
    Clan Grant

    File:Clan member crest badge - Clan Grant.svgClan Grant is a Highland Scottish clan which inhabited land in Northern Scotland since 1316, although the clan is known to have existed farther back than that....
  • Clan Lamont
    Clan Lamont

    Clan Lamont is a Scottish Highlands Scottish clan. Clan Lamont claim descent from Lauman who lived in Cowal in 1238. Tradition gives this Lauman a descent from an Irish prince named Anrothan O'Neill....
  • Clan MacDougall
    Clan MacDougall

    Clan MacDougall is a Highland Scottish clan who were the descendants of Dubgall mac Somairle, son of Somerled, who ruled Lorne and the Isle of Mull in Argyll in the 13th and early 14th centuries....
  • Clan MacDowall
    Clan MacDowall

    Clan Macdowall is a Scottish clan. The clan claims to descend from the senior descendants in the male line of the princely house of Fergus of Galloway, first of the ancient Lords of Galloway....
  • Clan Macnab
    Clan MacNab

    Clan Macnab is a Highland Scottish clan....
  • Clan Macnaghten
    Clan MacNaghten

    Clan Macnaghten is a Scottish clan who claim descent from the Picts king, Nechtan....
  • Clan Sutherland
    Clan Sutherland

    Clan Sutherland is a Highland Scottish clan whose traditional territory is located in the region of Sutherland in northern highlands of Scotland and was one of the most powerful Scottish clans....


Rival clans

  • Clan Brodie
    Clan Brodie

    Clan Brodie is a Scottish clan whose origins are uncertain. The first known Brodie Clan chief were the thegn of Brodie and Dyke in Morayshire....
  • Clan Bruce
    Clan Bruce

    Clan Bruce is a Scottish clan from Kincardine in Scotland. It was a Royal House in the 14th century, producing two kings of Scotland....
  • Chattan Confederation
    Chattan Confederation

    Clan Chattan or the Chattan Confederation is a confederation of 16 Scottish clans who joined for mutual defence or blood bonds and is closely linked with Clan Macpherson and Clan Mackintosh....
  • Clan MacKintosh
    Clan MacKintosh

    Clan Mackintosh is a Scottish clan from Inverness with strong Jacobitism ties. The Mackintoshes share a common history with the Chattan Confederation....
  • Clan Macpherson
    Clan Macpherson

    Clan Macpherson is a Highland Scottish clan from Badenoch, on the Spey River, Scotland. It is a leading member of the Chattan Confederation....
  • Clan Shaw
    Clan Shaw

    Clan Shaw of Tordarroch is a Scottish clan. It is one of the member clans of the Chattan Confederation. The clan has no connection with the similarly named Clan Schaw....


See also

  • Battle of Dalry
    Battle of Dalry

    The Battle of Dalrigh, also known as the Battle of Dail Righ or Dalry was fought in the summer of 1306 between the army of Robert Bruce and the Macdougalls of Argyll, kinsmen of the murdered John III Comyn, and allies of the England....
  • Battle of Glenlivet
    Battle of Glenlivet

    The Battle of Glenlivet was fought on the 3rd of October in 1594 near Allanreid and Morinsh in Scotland. This battle is often seen as a religious conflict, and was fought by the Catholic forces of the George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly who were victorious over the Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll and the Protestant forces of the Earl of Arg...
  • Battle of Inverurie (1308)
  • Battle of the Pass of Brander
  • Battle of Roslin
    Battle of Roslin

    The Battle of Roslin was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence, taking place on 24 February 1303 at Roslin, Scotland. A Scotland army led by John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch and Simon Fraser defeated the England....
  • Comyn
    Comyn

    Comyn can refer to:* Clan Comyn, another name for Clan Cumming.* Dan Comyn, an Irish cricketer.* Newbold Comyn, a park in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire....
  • Cummings
    Cummings

    Cummings is a common English language last name of scotland origin. It may refer to the following people:* Abbott Lowell Cummings,American architectural historian and genealogist...
  • Buchan
    Buchan

    Buchan is one of the six committee areas and administrative areas of Aberdeenshire Council, Scotland. These areas were created by the council in 1996, when the Aberdeenshire Council areas of Scotland was created under the Local Government etc Act 1994....
  • Earl of Buchan
    Earl of Buchan

    The Mormaer or Earl of Buchan was originally the provincial ruler of the medieval province of Buchan. Buchan was the first Mormaerdom in the High Medieval Kingdom of the Scots to pass into the hands of a non-Scottish family in the male line....
  • John "the Black" Comyn
  • John "the Red" Comyn


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