The Edinburgh tabot
Published June 18, 2024 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a CommentWhat: A tabot, returned by St. John’s Episcopal Church, Edinburgh in 2002
Where: Ethiopia, checking exact location
The Cameronians’ cross
Published June 18, 2024 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a CommentWhat: A brass cross taken from the church in Maqdala and given to the 26th Foot (The Cameronians) – a regiment which arrived too late to take part in either of the main battles
Where: The Cameronians Regimental Museum (Scottish Rifles)
Mote Hill, off Muir Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, ML3 6BY, UK
The Glasgow shield
Published June 18, 2024 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a CommentWhat: A buffalo hide shield, returned to Ethiopia by a Scottish academic in May, 2004
Where: The Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa
Wooden club ‘found in the state prison at Magdala’
Published June 18, 2024 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a CommentWhat: Wooden club with swollen head Where: The National Museums of Scotland Sources: National Museums of Scotland spreadsheetAccession number: A.L.367.18Description: Wooden club with swollen head: Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, found in the state prison at MagdalaAcquisition source: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Iron fetters from Magdala’s state prison
Published June 18, 2024 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a CommentWhat: Iron fetters Where: The National Museums of Scotland Sources: National Museums of Scotland spreadsheetAccession number: A.L.367.16Description: Iron fetters: Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, from the state prison at MagdalaAcquisition source: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Iron fetters from Magdala’s state prison
Published June 18, 2024 / by Andrew Heavens / Leave a CommentWhat: Iron fetters Where: The National Museums of Scotland Sources: National Museums of Scotland spreadsheetAccession number: A.L.367.15Description: Iron fetters: Eastern Africa, Ethiopia, from the state prison at MagdalaAcquisition source: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh