Am Freiceadan Dubh Traditional Cache
snaik: Need to archive as there away to start work at back of the castle
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Cache is a 35mm Container, situated close to Balhousie Castle, the now old HQ and Museum of the the Black Watch.
The Black Watch (Am Freiceadan Dubh) is so named to distinguish it from regular troops who wore red uniforms, Saoghdearan Dearg - red soldiers.
Am Freiceadan Dubh or the Black Watch, the Senior Highland Regiment, was originally raised as six independent companies in 1725. Their task was to watch over and maintain law and order in the Highlands after the first Jacobite Rebellion in 1715. In 1739 these companies were embodied as as a Regiment of the Line and in early 1740 paraded for the first time on the banks of the River Tay at Aberfeldy, Perthshire.
In the early days due to a combination of their role and the very dark tartan which they wore they became known as The Black Watch, this name has remained. Until now from the 28th of March 2006 it will be known as 3rd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland
Entry to Museum is Free.
Museum Opening Times are:
May to September, Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
October to April, Monday to Friday 10 a.m. - 3.30 p.m.
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Ng raq bs urqtr arkg gb syng fgbar.