Hey bud, just watched the video. Was at Ft. William when I was there in Sept.. I got to see the Glencoe and spent the night at Ft. William. And enjoyed it greatly. Thanks for the information on the area and hope to see more. Old Hickory, TN 🇺🇸 🏴
Hi Awesome video. Really appreciate the effort to make it. Polite question from someone of another country: Why has Fort William never had its name reverted to Inverlochy? Kind regards.
@@brucepaul1376 Hi Bruce! Thanks alot mate! Nice to get a positive comment for a change! 😅 That’s a great question. I believe it should be changed to Inverlochy. The fort’s name currently honors the man who ordered the Glencoe massacre in 1692. It should definitely be Fort Inverlochy instead of Fort William, though this would upset many unionists, much like this comment! 😅 I read recently that a local poll showed a majority in favor of renaming it Fort Inverlochy for the reasons I mentioned. 👍
@@scottishhistorywithnico Yes my wife & I were able to visit Fort William for one day last November 2023 & really appreciated the day. We are both retired from overseas & even I, a UK citizen, could not really understand the logic for still continuing with the name Fort William, who as you said the then King William was accountable for the infamous Glencoe massacre. The name should definitely revert to its original, but as you mentioned the unionists would strongly object to this, but it should be the people of Fort ‘William’ who should decide, not London! Thankyou for the time & effort in making this.
@@juanleahy2202 Hi Juan 🙋🏻♂️ The Local Council of Fort William do have the power to change the name of the town, if they so please. They might hold a vote in the future with regards to a name change, but there would have to be overwhelming support from the locals to change the name of such a well known scottish town. I hope it happens in the not too distant future though! Glad you enjoyed the video! 😁 Thanks for commenting! 👍 🇪🇸🏴
@@GermanaMirza I need to read a couple of books before making a video on that topic, but it’s on my project list. I’ll definitely create one in the future! 💯
A good video! If anyone would like to follow this subject up an excellent narrative history book is John Prebble's 'Glencoe', published some years ago but an excellent book. Colonel Hill was a real hero. Hill's office interior from the fort used to be in the museum in Fort William. Is it still there?
Thank You! 😃This video is based on events / sources from that book, so I should really have put it in the Video description, I'll do this for future videos where I use information from a specific book... It's a fantastic book! I'm heading to Glencoe In December to Film an episode on The 1692 Massacre 👍
@@scottishhistorywithnico Best of luck in Glencoe. In the early 1970s after reading Prebble's book myself and two pals spent time trying to locate the site of McIain's summer house. Believe its now been excavated but we had no luck. We did explore the corrie of the capture though. Be careful in December. During winter following our search one of my pals was killed ice climbing on Buachaille etive mor. Not many tourists in Glencoe in those days! I'll look out for your video.
@@alalder1533 I believe McIans summer house did get excavated, along with a house in achtriochtan. Sorry to hear about your friend, that’s saddening to hear. I do not plan to climb any of the hills there tbh, mostly will be exploring the valley for filming / drone work. I have a friend helping me film so I’ll try to include as many stories from the massacre as possible, as there’s so much details to tell 👍
Good video only slightly marred by video selection at 8:49 where the uniforms worn by the redcoats shown are about 100 years later (to try to put it into a modern perspective, like portraying WW1 British soldiers wearing the same uniforms of the British Army in the 2nd Gulf War).
@@DH.2016 You are the first observant of this, congrats 😅 It was just to provide some visual aids, the footage was the closest to that period that I could find, it would actually be Roundheads from the New Model Army at that point, but there is also accounts of the Soldiers during the Cromwell time period noted to have worn Red Coats during the Fort Inverlochy period. The soldiers shown on the footage in the video would be closer to Fort Williams construction/ time period, albeit the uniforms shown in the video are more from the 1750s, it would be a little different at the end of 17th / beginning of 18th century’s. It’s very difficult to find the exact footage for these time periods though , so can only use what Is available 👍
@@scottishhistorywithnico But no prize, then (only joking)? You could try some of the re-enactors sites for future videos when storytelling in other eras (e.g., The Sealed Knot and English Civil War Society for 17th Century stuff etc. - no doubt there will be other sites - e.g., medieval - where people are passionate about other eras). The New Model Army wore red coats but throughout the 'English' (aka British or War of 3 Kingdoms) Civil War individual regiments on each side wore blue, red, white and other colours depending on who raised and equipped the regiment. Scottish Covenanter regiments tended to wear 'hodden grey' with blue bonnets. Red coloured coats tended to be more ubiquitous in the British Isles in the late 17th century because they were cheap and eventually becoming the standard coat colour for the Scottish, English and later (1707+) British Armies. 🤓
@@stephenargent4010 The Kingdom of England included Wales following the Laws in Wales Acts of 1535 and 1542, which effectively integrated Wales into the English legal and administrative system. As a result, Wales did not exist as a separate political entity during the period, but rather as part of England. This integration is a key reason why the term “Four Kingdoms” is not used; Wales was not considered a separate kingdom but part of the Kingdom of England, hence why the Civil War was also known as “The War of The Three Kingdoms” 👍
@@stephenargent4010 Not entirely sure what you mean mate? This video is focused on a Fort built in Scotland that changed scotland forever in the 1650s, I only mentioned the War of Three Kingdoms to give some context to the political landscape during that period, this isn’t a video focused on the Civil War.
@@scottishhistorywithnico but speaking to a 31C audience as mentioned above,… don’t worry it’s a minor point. I have visited the site many times and enjoyed the show
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There is wooden panelled room in the West Highland museum from the old fort.The old entrance gate to Fort William is in the local cemetery.
@racheltaylor6578 I wish I found that out when I filmed there lol Thanks for sharing 👍 I’ll check it out next time I’m there
Hey bud, just watched the video. Was at Ft. William when I was there in Sept.. I got to see the Glencoe and spent the night at Ft. William. And enjoyed it greatly. Thanks for the information on the area and hope to see more. Old Hickory, TN 🇺🇸 🏴
@@daledavidson7266 Hey Dale 👋
Glencoe is a beautiful place in Scotland, one of my favourite locations, glad you enjoyed it 👍🙂🏴
Hi
Awesome video. Really appreciate the effort to make it.
Polite question from someone of another country: Why has Fort William never had its name reverted to Inverlochy?
Kind regards.
@@brucepaul1376 Hi Bruce! Thanks alot mate! Nice to get a positive comment for a change! 😅
That’s a great question. I believe it should be changed to Inverlochy. The fort’s name currently honors the man who ordered the Glencoe massacre in 1692. It should definitely be Fort Inverlochy instead of Fort William, though this would upset many unionists, much like this comment! 😅
I read recently that a local poll showed a majority in favor of renaming it Fort Inverlochy for the reasons I mentioned. 👍
@@scottishhistorywithnico Yes my wife & I were able to visit Fort William for one day last November 2023 & really appreciated the day. We are both retired from overseas & even I, a UK citizen, could not really understand the logic for still continuing with the name Fort William, who as you said the then King William was accountable for the infamous Glencoe massacre. The name should definitely revert to its original, but as you mentioned the unionists would strongly object to this, but it should be the people of Fort ‘William’ who should decide, not London!
Thankyou for the time & effort in making this.
@@juanleahy2202 Hi Juan 🙋🏻♂️
The Local Council of Fort William do have the power to change the name of the town, if they so please. They might hold a vote in the future with regards to a name change, but there would have to be overwhelming support from the locals to change the name of such a well known scottish town. I hope it happens in the not too distant future though! Glad you enjoyed the video! 😁
Thanks for commenting! 👍 🇪🇸🏴
These are great Nico. So well done!
@@seanruddy Cheers buddy, appreciate that 👍🙂
Smashin video thanks. More nuanced analysis of government/clan relations in the mid to late 17th century.
@@josephobrien5532 Thanks alot 👍🙂
Brilliant video, babe. Well done! 👏🏽💙
@@krhutcheon ❤️
Good to see my home town , you were lucky with the weather
Yes it was!
Bha sin glè inntinneach! Tapadh leat 🤩
@@brucewilson4350 Se do bheatha! 😃
Yes, the Highland clearances would indeed be an interesting topic for a video - as somebody suggested the other day. :)
@@GermanaMirza I need to read a couple of books before making a video on that topic, but it’s on my project list. I’ll definitely create one in the future! 💯
Nice video .
@@neilmcintyre3877 Thanks! 👍
A good video! If anyone would like to follow this subject up an excellent narrative history book is John Prebble's 'Glencoe', published some years ago but an excellent book. Colonel Hill was a real hero. Hill's office interior from the fort used to be in the museum in Fort William. Is it still there?
Thank You! 😃This video is based on events / sources from that book, so I should really have put it in the Video description, I'll do this for future videos where I use information from a specific book... It's a fantastic book!
I'm heading to Glencoe In December to Film an episode on The 1692 Massacre 👍
@@scottishhistorywithnico Best of luck in Glencoe. In the early 1970s after reading Prebble's book myself and two pals spent time trying to locate the site of McIain's summer house. Believe its now been excavated but we had no luck. We did explore the corrie of the capture though. Be careful in December. During winter following our search one of my pals was killed ice climbing on Buachaille etive mor. Not many tourists in Glencoe in those days! I'll look out for your video.
@@alalder1533 I believe McIans summer house did get excavated, along with a house in achtriochtan. Sorry to hear about your friend, that’s saddening to hear. I do not plan to climb any of the hills there tbh, mostly will be exploring the valley for filming / drone work.
I have a friend helping me film so I’ll try to include as many stories from the massacre as possible, as there’s so much details to tell 👍
Good video only slightly marred by video selection at 8:49 where the uniforms worn by the redcoats shown are about 100 years later (to try to put it into a modern perspective, like portraying WW1 British soldiers wearing the same uniforms of the British Army in the 2nd Gulf War).
@@DH.2016 You are the first observant of this, congrats 😅 It was just to provide some visual aids, the footage was the closest to that period that I could find, it would actually be Roundheads from the New Model Army at that point, but there is also accounts of the Soldiers during the Cromwell time period noted to have worn Red Coats during the Fort Inverlochy period. The soldiers shown on the footage in the video would be closer to Fort Williams construction/ time period, albeit the uniforms shown in the video are more from the 1750s, it would be a little different at the end of 17th / beginning of 18th century’s. It’s very difficult to find the exact footage for these time periods though , so can only use what Is available 👍
@@scottishhistorywithnico But no prize, then (only joking)? You could try some of the re-enactors sites for future videos when storytelling in other eras (e.g., The Sealed Knot and English Civil War Society for 17th Century stuff etc. - no doubt there will be other sites - e.g., medieval - where people are passionate about other eras). The New Model Army wore red coats but throughout the 'English' (aka British or War of 3 Kingdoms) Civil War individual regiments on each side wore blue, red, white and other colours depending on who raised and equipped the regiment. Scottish Covenanter regiments tended to wear 'hodden grey' with blue bonnets. Red coloured coats tended to be more ubiquitous in the British Isles in the late 17th century because they were cheap and eventually becoming the standard coat colour for the Scottish, English and later (1707+) British Armies. 🤓
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@@user-bx8dp2cc4i Your Welcome 🙌🏻🙂
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Cheers!
England Scotland and Ireland……what about Wales?
@@stephenargent4010 The Kingdom of England included Wales following the Laws in Wales Acts of 1535 and 1542, which effectively integrated Wales into the English legal and administrative system. As a result, Wales did not exist as a separate political entity during the period, but rather as part of England. This integration is a key reason why the term “Four Kingdoms” is not used; Wales was not considered a separate kingdom but part of the Kingdom of England, hence why the Civil War was also known as “The War of The Three Kingdoms” 👍
@@scottishhistorywithnico yes I am aware of that but you are addressing a 21C audience where this needs to be acknowledged
@@stephenargent4010 Not entirely sure what you mean mate? This video is focused on a Fort built in Scotland that changed scotland forever in the 1650s, I only mentioned the War of Three Kingdoms to give some context to the political landscape during that period, this isn’t a video focused on the Civil War.
@@scottishhistorywithnico but speaking to a 31C audience as mentioned above,… don’t worry it’s a minor point. I have visited the site many times and enjoyed the show