I am from Clan Johnston from Caskieben. From what I gather, we are a branch of the Annadale Johnstons. All Johnstons of Caskieben are descended from Stiven De Johnston, born around 1350. Someone made a genealogical chart that traces Stiven back to Siward, Earl of Northumbria, who was a Viking, born in Scandinavia sometime before 1015.
@ajrwilde14
2 жыл бұрын
awesome cinematography!
@buzzer1961
2 жыл бұрын
Superb video Mark, I've been missing your videos lately. I'd no idea that there were so many hogbacked stones in the Borders!
@roboutaboutintas5444
2 жыл бұрын
I did not know how beautiful and fascinating the Scottish borders are. So much history and culture. I hope i can explore one day. Thanks Mark, brilliant channel!
@Ccrawford112
2 жыл бұрын
Hi mark, your passion for my homeland the borders is unbelievable I'm a Crawford and I'm very interested in where I came from, but I love watching your videos keep up the good work!!!!😃😃😃
@johnburns3703
2 жыл бұрын
nice one Mark
@jlmbuddyjm
2 жыл бұрын
Another great video Mark, very interesting indeed 👍
@VileCAESARB
2 жыл бұрын
Only stumbled across you last few days, your passion comes through. Appreciate this bro.
@GoldieDawn
2 жыл бұрын
Loads of us Roma Gipsies/Aryan nomads as well. x :)
@Luggiefrank
Ай бұрын
Maxwell, descendants of Maccus. The name Maccus comes up earlier in the same area, as the slayer of Eric Bloodaxe, in what was described as a viking dispute, by Saxon historians.
@paulsworld7614
2 жыл бұрын
Great work Mark, a real pleasure to watch this video.
@almaxx9680
2 жыл бұрын
Loving your work mark👍❤️
@RickPop85
2 жыл бұрын
we have hog back stones at the top of the Clyde valley in Lanarkshire good chance they sailed up the Clyde I think 🤔
@zanzibarandgrill6484
2 жыл бұрын
Armstrong here. Pretty sure we owned a few vikings as house staff and gardeners way back when.
@horacedouglas4534
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you ❤️
@nigelfoggin4617
2 жыл бұрын
The tweed or should I say the Ber was a highway for Viking settlers....they were up as far as Peebles and in as far as hawick.,...but there was a definitive border..,... Galashiels,Lauderdale to elvington and elphinstone near tranent....all the land east of here was bernica,from the firth of forth to the Tyne.,......the mutiny stones at byrecleugh hill,was a commercial bloomery iron furnace with Roxburgh being the port.......we really need to talk mark ,you will realise my theories are fact....the borders is historically one of the most important places on earth ...the truth is hidden in between what we are told and myth and legend....it's hidden for a reason
@chunxxxxter
2 жыл бұрын
Mark, great stuff, Viking heritage myself Staveley originally was told they made staves in the Churches and Lund a real norse name on my nana's side. Anyway I drove past Clifton moor at Penrith today, The LAST battle between the Scots and the English on English soil! The Bonnie Prince was returning north, the rear guard of the Scots ambushed the English there, house to house fighting in the village and apparently 40 corpses of the battle were dragged into a corner of the graveyard and buried. It's on the old A6 south of Penrith.
@multymedia5320
2 жыл бұрын
very interesting - my own surname -Kerr - is of norse origin, meaning marsh dweller - also a name well associated with the borders. Id guess a lot of the borders familys would have a good deal of norse blood in them too
@adventurewithacamera
2 жыл бұрын
Close allies to the Armstrongs.
@irenejohnston6802
2 жыл бұрын
Ormskirk area of Lancashire Scandi/Dane influence. Bescar, Hoscar, Carr a marshy wooded area. Kjarr
@semprelazio8864
2 жыл бұрын
marsh dweller 🤭 wtf lol not very flattering 🐸
@multymedia5320
2 жыл бұрын
@@semprelazio8864 :D ha ha ha
@johnburns3703
Жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that the Vikings main trade was Human beings, Slavers. Dublin was their base. Hope I'm not getting mixed up with Game Of thrones? Could have been Morrisses book 'The Age Of Arthur'
@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340
2 жыл бұрын
Enjoying the video
@Karen-vd5eh
2 жыл бұрын
love this one!
@chriscoburn69
2 жыл бұрын
The Norse heritage looms large in the Borders. The Armstrong, Kerr, Nicolson families for a start. Even my own Cockburn/Coburn ancestors can claim a Scandinavian (Danish, one would guess, looking at their Eastern location) progenitor in the form of Kolbrand.
@GoldieDawn
2 жыл бұрын
Us Roma Border Gipsies/Aryan Steppe Nomads have left a massive impact, we're the original blue eyes, red and blonde hair gene carriers, we're why Edinburgh has the highest concentration of red hair gene carriers in the world. x :)
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