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Falkirk's Kelpies Hit The Big Apple
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by Nadine Lee
Scaled models of Falkirk's Kelpies at their temporary home in NYC.
Scaled models of Falkirk's impressive Kelpie statues have embarked on their first overseas tour, just in time for upcoming Scottis...
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Falkirk, Horse, New York City, Tartan Day, The Kelpies
- March 25, 2014 11:43 am
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Kelburn Castle Set to Reopen
by Nadine Lee
The seat of Clan Boyle, also known as the 'graffiti castle', is set to reopen after a five year £500,000 renovation. Kelburn Castle near Largs, North Ayrshire was closed in 2009 following a fire in ...
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Boyle, Castles, Scottish Clans, Scottish History, Scottish News
Calling all Murrays
by Nadine Lee
Blair Castle, one of Scotland’s biggest tourist destinations and the ancestral home of the Murray Clan, is marking Scotland’s Year of Homecoming with an open invitation to all Murrays across the glo...
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Blair Castle, Clan Murray, Earl of Atholl
The Legend of Twinlaw Cairns
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by Nadine Lee
The Twinlaw Cairns, Lammermuir Hills, East Lothian
This weekend I visited my friends in the countryside, as I had heard there was going to be snow. Being from a semi-tropical climate, snow is still...
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Ancient Scots, East Lothian, Lammermuir Hills, Legends, Saxons, Twinlaw Cairns
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Scotland's Greatest Gift - Penicillin
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by Nadine Lee
Sir Alexander Fleming, FRSE, FRS, FRCS(Eng)6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955
On a sunny morning in September 1928, Scottish biologist Sir Alexander Fleming accidentally made one of the most important me...
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Ayrshire, Davel, Health, Penicillin, Sir Alexander Fleming, World War I, World War II
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