Hi Larel:
What a splendid idea! To walk up the Wick River to the battle site. It is
not too hard but you'll do a little climbing. I'm sure Malcolm Caithness
has got it in the schedule.
Rory
-----Original Message-----
From: Spirit One Email <laurel@spiritone.com>
To: sinclair@jump.net <sinclair@jump.net>
Date: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: Ambush at Altimarlach
>
>Altimarlach only a mile up from Wick. I wonder whether we can take this
>stroll while we are there for the 2000th?
>Laurel
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rory Sinclair <rory.sinclair@accglobal.net>
>To: sinclair@jump.net <sinclair@jump.net>
>Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 9:25 PM
>Subject: Re: Ambush at Altimarlach
>
>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Donald Sinclair <dmsin@mpx.com.au>
>>To: sinclair@jump.net <sinclair@jump.net>
>>Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 7:50 PM
>>Subject: Re: Ambush at Altimarlach
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Thanks David
>>>Do you know the story behind the actual fight. eg:
>>>Why were the Sinclairs hungover.?
>>>Did they know the Campbells were in the area.? I take it these were
>>>Campbells from Argyll. So they were a long way from home, how did they
>>sneak
>>>up to Caithness?
>>>Where is Altimarlach in Caithness.?
>>>Slainte Mhor
>>>Donald Sinclair
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: David & Gloria Bouschor <haggis@skypoint.com>
>>>To: sinclair@jump.net <sinclair@jump.net>
>>>Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 3:01 AM
>>>Subject: Re: The Sinclair's March
>>>
>>>Hi Donald:
>>I see you are on this site quite a bit. I'm new but glad to talk to you
>any
>>old time.
>>Altimarlach is about 1 mile up river from Wick. I have been there twice.
>>There is a Celtic cross on the spot where the battle is reputed to have
>>taken place. There is no proof of the hung-over story but supposedly the
>>Campbells let a few baggage horses carrying whiskey get captured by the
>>Sinclairs the night before the battle. The Campbells did not sneak up to
>>Caithness, they simply marched up to take what Grey Fox Campbell believed
>>to be rightly his, ie the Earldom of Caithness bequeathed to him by George
>>6th Earl who had sold his birthright for cash. The people of Caithness
>>made life difficult for the Campbells and George Sinclair of Kiess
>>petitioned Parliament to recover the title for the Sinclairs. Within a 3
>>years he succeeded and became Earl of Caithness. Campbell of Glenorchy
was
>>made Earl of Breadalbane as compensation.
>>>>
>>>>Hi Donald,
>>>> The Carls was very derisive of the Sinclairs because the wore trews
>>>>when the were defeated by the Campbells at Altimarlach. The hungover
>>>>Sinclairs were ambushed as the crossed the River Wick. It is called
>>>thieves
>>>>Burn as the Campbells looted the dead bodies after they killed them.
The
>>>>tune is not usally played by Sinclair pipers.
>>>> Yours aye, David (a piper)
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Donald Sinclair <dmsin@mpx.com.au>
>>>>To: sinclair@jump.net <sinclair@jump.net>
>>>>Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 7:13 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: The Sinclair's March
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>A h-uile duine
>>>>>Juli there is a piping tune called "The Carles wi' the Breeks"
>>>>>It's a Campbell tune but it is suppose to be a direct reference to the
>>>>>Sinclairs.
>>>>>It was made around the time of the Sinclair / Campbell feud in the
>>>>>1670's.The story goes that the Campbells had never seen any men wearing
>>>>>trousers ( Breeks)
>>>>>before, and it gave them a bit of a laugh.
>>>>>
>>>>>"Spaidsearachd Mhic nan Cearda" My gaelic dictionary translates this as
>>>>"The
>>>>>Sinclairs Strut"!!
>>>>>
>>>>>Donald Sinclair
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: Juli <kalwa@cwix.com>
>>>>>To: sinclair@jump.net <sinclair@jump.net>
>>>>>Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 11:25 AM
>>>>>Subject: The Sinclair's March
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hello all -
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hoping someone can help me. Looked on our web page but did not see
any
>>>>>>reference to the pipe music for Clan Sinclair. Robert Bain's The
Clans
>>>>and
>>>>>>Tartans of Scotland lists the pipe music as "Spaidsearachd Mhic nan
>>>>>Cearda"
>>>>>>(The Sinclair's March.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Does anyone know the correct translation of the Gaelic? I have seen a
>>>>>>reference to the Mac-na-Cearda being an Ancient Argyll family possibly
>>>>>>relating to the McNockairds.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Does anyone have a recommendation for a CD with "The Sinclair's March"
>>on
>>>>>>it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks in advance -
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Juli Anderson
>>>>>>Princeton, NJ - but Forever Argyll
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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