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Billy Connolly's Highland Retreat For Sale
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by Nadine Lee
The Dining Room at Candacraig
With a price tag of almost £3 million pounds, Scottish comedian Billy Connolly's Highland baronial home in Aberdeenshire has been listed on the market. The 12-bedroom ...
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Aberdeenshire, Billy Connolly, Candacraig, Clan Anderson, Corgarff, Glenbuchat, Kildrummy, Macnab, Real Estate
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Vikings Force Closure of Shetland Fire Station
by Nadine Lee
A Shetland fire station has been forced to close its doors as the result of a viking fire festival. Two fire fighters from the station on the Island of Bressay have refused to shave their beards ahe...
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Vikings, Shetland, Up Helly Aa
Hands Across Hadrian's Wall
by Nadine Lee
Hadrian's Wall
A Tory MP has called for 100,000 Britons to hold hands across Hadrian's Wall this summer, in order to prevent Scotland voting for independence. Once used as a defensive fortification...
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Emperor Hadrian, Hadrian's Wall, Hands Across the Border, MP Angus MacNeil, MP Rory Stewart, Roman Empire, Scottish independence
Tartan Day Celebrated Around the World
by Nadine Lee
Celebrated annually around the world, April 6 is recognised as an international celebration of Scottish heritage and ancestry. Known as Tartan Day, the celebration marks the anniversary of the 1320 si...
The Battle of Clachnaharry
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by Nadine Lee
Perched atop a hill overlooking the Beauly Firth in Inverness, the Clachnaharry Monument commemorates a particularly fierce battle between Clan Munro and Clan Chattan that occurred in 1454. After a...
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Beauly Firth, Chattan, Clachnaharry, Fraser, Inverness, John Munro Tutor of Foulis, Lord Lovatt, Munro
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