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- Bertram_de_Shotts abstract "Bertram de Shotts is known locally as a legendary Giant that roamed the then village of Shotts, Scotland in the 15th Century. Shotts was then a dreary moorland place on the Great Road of the Shire. The road was an important route for tradesman carrying their wares around Scotland. Bertram de Shotts habitually savaged packmen and peddlers for treasure carried along the Great Road. Such was the menace of Bertram de Shotts, King James IV of Scotland ordered his death. Bertram de Shotts was probably in fact seven or eight feet high, yet nonetheless, his presence merited Giant status.A gripping tale is told how a young man, namely Willielmo De Muirhead, 1st Laird of Muirhead, killed the Giant. With cunning patience he ambushed Bertram de Shotts, immobilising him by slicing both his hamstrings as he lay down to drink at Kate's Well in the then known Sallysburgh now Salsburgh. Disorientated, Bertram de Shotts was then decapitated in an unpleasant death. A proud, and now wealthy, De Muirhead then carried the blooded head to the King and was rewarded with a 'Hawk's Flight' of land. This land subsequently became Muirhead's Lauchope estate.A relic of Bertram’s exploits is still to be seen in one of his hide-outs, Law’s Castle, known to old residents as the Giant’s Cup and Saucer. Huge stones they are, standing sentinel in a desolate moorland bowl, in an unutterable silence, brooding and age old.Despite Bertram de Shotts being a savage thief, the village Shotts is said, with much probability, to have derived its name from the legendary Giant.Bertram is believed to have lived from around 1467 to 1505.".
- Bertram_de_Shotts birthPlace Salsburgh.
- Bertram_de_Shotts deathPlace Salsburgh.
- Bertram_de_Shotts wikiPageID "7138258".
- Bertram_de_Shotts wikiPageRevisionID "604543583".
- Bertram_de_Shotts hasPhotoCollection Bertram_de_Shotts.
- Bertram_de_Shotts name "Shotts, Bertram de".
- Bertram_de_Shotts placeOfBirth "formerly Sallysburgh".
- Bertram_de_Shotts placeOfDeath "formerly Sallysburgh".
- Bertram_de_Shotts shortDescription "Scottish highwayman".
- Bertram_de_Shotts description "Scottish highwayman".
- Bertram_de_Shotts description "Scottish highwayman".
- Bertram_de_Shotts subject Category:Highwaymen.
- Bertram_de_Shotts subject Category:History_of_Scotland.
- Bertram_de_Shotts subject Category:People_in_Scottish_history.
- Bertram_de_Shotts subject Category:Scottish_people.
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- Bertram_de_Shotts comment "Bertram de Shotts is known locally as a legendary Giant that roamed the then village of Shotts, Scotland in the 15th Century. Shotts was then a dreary moorland place on the Great Road of the Shire. The road was an important route for tradesman carrying their wares around Scotland. Bertram de Shotts habitually savaged packmen and peddlers for treasure carried along the Great Road. Such was the menace of Bertram de Shotts, King James IV of Scotland ordered his death.".
- Bertram_de_Shotts label "Bertram de Shotts".
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- Bertram_de_Shotts givenName "Bertram de".
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- Bertram_de_Shotts name "Bertram de Shotts".
- Bertram_de_Shotts name "Shotts, Bertram de".
- Bertram_de_Shotts surname "Shotts".