HOMECOMING SCOTLAND INFORMATION FACTS PART 4.
James the fourth died in Flodden Field date 1513.
founded in 1593 by George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal of Scotland Marischal College in Aberdeen is the second largest granite building in the world, the largest being the El Escorial in Spain.
Scotsman Sir John Macdonald was the first Prime Minister of Canada.
The bright speckles in the Aberdeen granite buildings everywhere is the mineral Mica.
18 letters make up the Gaelic alphabet.
Campbeltown was once known as Kinlochkilkerran.
The 92nd is better known outside the regiment as the Gordon Highlanders.
Loch Linnhe is the loch beneath Ben Nevis.
Alloway is the birthplace of Robert Burns where you will also find the Land O'Burns Centre.
Prince Charles is also the Earl Of Carrick.
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