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Kilted skiers set world record
by Donald
The world record for the most kilted skiers and snowboarders to go down a piste has been set by more than 200 people on CairnGorm Mountain near Aviemore.
All involved, a total of 235, skied down in a...
- March 11, 2010 5:00 pm
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Battle of Prestonpans site changes
by Donald
A team of archaeologists led by Dr. Tony Pollard from the University of Glasgow's Centre for Battlefield Archaeology (Guard) have concluded in a report that the 1745 Battle of Prestonpans probably too...
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Battle of Prestonpans, Jacobite Rising
The Font Stone
by Donald
If you're walking through the Abriachan Gardens you will come across a heart-shape stone which is deeply embedded in the ground called the Font Stone. The flat rock has a hole in the middle which is f...
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St Columba, St Finian
Scotland's Oldest Man Dies
by Donald
Scotland's oldest man, Robert 'Bob' Taggart, has passed away on the 13th of Augus tat the age of 109, less than three weeks after being crowned Britain's oldest man, after the death of First World W...
Sutherland Beach One of the Best in the World
by Donald
Sandwood Bay in Sutherland has been named as one of the best 50 beaches in the world by Travel magazine; and only one of five listed from the UK. The bay is around 5 miles south of Cape Wrath, the m...
Topics:
Ghosts, Sandwood Bay, Sutherland