Clan Mackenzie Society of Scotland & the UK

13/06/2026

Good luck Scotland. Alba gu Brath.

13/06/2026

If you're in the area of Castle Leod on the next scheduled open days, 25th to 28th of June 2026, pop along. It's worth a visit. Tulach Àrd.

The beautiful Castle Leod, home to the Seat of Clan Mackenzie and their Chief, the Earl of Cromartie 🛡️🏰

📍 Castle Leod, Easter Ross
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09/06/2026

A great article about Ardvreck Castle and its missing cannons.

03/06/2026

Redcastle. Photo from in front at our 2025 Gathering and an ariel view I saw recently on Facebook.

28/05/2026

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If you're in Edinburgh over the summer and want to see a collection of Siobhan Mackenzie designs then visit the Edinburgh Kimpton Hotel. We were gojng to be visiting Kenneth Mackenzie Harris tweed weavers during our Covid cancelled Gathering in 2020. A sad loss.

A Black Isle fashion designer, who has created outfits for Justin Bieber and Alan Cu***ng, has unveiled a new collection to celebrate 120 years of the oldest working Harris Tweed millhouse.
Read more in comments.

08/05/2026

Once again thanks to the Kirkmichael Trust for another fascinating Mackenzie article. That particular part of the Brahan Estate is beautiful.

19/04/2026

This is the wreath that Past President Sandy Mackenzie laid at the Culloden Cairn yesterday on behalf of Mackenzie

Thank you Sandy for representing the Clan.

Here is an explanation of the symbolism of the wreath

Red flowers for the Mackenzie men who died with him.
White rose for the Bonnie Prince.
Mackenzie tartan for the Clan
Thistles for Scotland
The circle as we're one.

19/04/2026

A short video from Culloden yesterday

17/04/2026

Tomorrow is the Memorial Service.

Here is a poem written by Anne Carola Edmond to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the battle of Culloden in 1946. She is a direct descendant of Flora MacDonald. Though it is fairly certain that no one of the name Graham was present at the battle, it is believed that she used the name as a metaphor for all the clansmen who fought on that day.

THE DEAD AT CULLODEN

Bravely we fought, as men will always do,
Now our green tombs are moistened by the dew
Our graves are nameless,. Only on the moor
Where rose the mighty shout 'Claymore, Claymore!'
And for our Prince we dared to fight and die
Grey stones upraise their silence to the sky.
One word on each is carved. It stands for all
Of that name who, obedient to the call
For King and Faith; and at their Chiefs first word,
Took from the thatch the long-secretef sword
And, caring not for politics, or aught
Save that his son, for whom their sites had fought,
We trusting to their oft-proved loyalty,
Rose as one man and vowed their fealty.
Read the proud names upon the weathered stones
Cameron's, Graham's, here repose our bones
Next to our kin we sleep, both rich and poor
United by our deaths upon this moor.
We ask no other fate. Men know our words
Who love the cause for which we were called forth

17/04/2026

Last Saturday, the 11th of April, there was a commemoration ceremony held to honour the fallen at the Battle of Little Ferry where Cromarties regiment, with many Mackenzies were present, were routed and many drowned in Loch Fleet or were captured. Cabarfeidh attended the ceremony as the present Earl of Cromartie.