In our travels, there may be times we might question the value of it. Whether the value is in the travel rather than the destination. I, for my own sake, wish the journey was completed.

Scotland’s earliest Templars are hidden history, hidden in plain sight, undiscovered for want of competent scholarly consideration.

Join the debate, engage the crowd, save heritage, share in the benefits history can bring those who care, as opposed to those that govern.

A campaign blog, chronicling the campaigners' opinions, thoughts, and events, in what has become, not only an extraordinary discovery, but an indictment of heritage governance, indifference and understanding.

In October 2025 the Scottish goverment ruled on whether Dumfries and Galloway Council were right to impose the return the most valuable medieval artefacts in the world to a dilapidated building... was this prudent?

Recently I discovered a scholar who had sacrificed his time to offer me much needed mentorship had passed away. I wanted to record our engagement as a mark of respect.

A campaign blog, chronicling the campaigners' opinions, thoughts, and events, in what has become, not only an extraordinary discovery, but an indictment of heritage governance, indifference and understanding.

'The barriers presented against us, do not diminish—they grow, like pernicious thorns cast by an evil sorcerer, determined to maintain their unworthy hold over the public’s misunderstanding.'

Considering these bells present a remarkable record of Christian Heritage in Scotland, the Church's response to them can only be described as incredulous.

We suspect every developer, seeking to convert a discarded church, has a story of woe to tell... ours is no less surprising.

In February 2025, The Sunday Times featured a news story, centered on a planning decision. It was the Scottish Government’s Planning and Environmental Appeals Division’s (DPEA) verdict that the owners’ bells, should be returned to Holywood Church belfry, regardless of the fact the bells were evidenced to be the only significant provenanced Knights Templar artefacts in the world, worth millions of pounds:

The owners find themselves in battle to have validated, a proficient objective investigation measured against a subjective academic view.

Legal advocates, reviewing the case, all agreed, ‘An enormous coup for Scotland denied because of an 'academic and bureaucratic mess.'

What makes the discovery genuine? Perhaps the world's best referred academics not offering up a single valid counterargument is a clue.

A lot of historical record is formed by academia 'cherry picking' unresearched and outmoded theory formed over one hundred years ago.

Growing heritage dereliction in the region graphically advertises the local council’s indolent attitude to finding any lasting solution.

It is not surprising early Scottish Templars have not been identified, despite Ailred of Revaulx's eye-witness testimony that, ‘very fine...

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There is speculative interest in the bells from overseas, but it is doubtful it is in the best interests of the church or Scottish heritage.

Academic snobbery is accepted in academic life; prejudice against any outside their intellectual circle. A malignancy directed at truth.