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Castle Sinclair Girnigoe's Restoration Completed
by Donald
On Sunday (01/08) Castle Sinclair Girnigoe will open to the public after a ten-year long restoration. The £700,000 facelift will try to help preserve the castle's archeological and historical import...
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Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, Clan Sinclair
- July 30, 2010 5:19 pm
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Rossyln Chapel's new roof revealed after 14 years
by Donald
After 14 years of work, the canopy has finally been removed from the roof of Rosslyn Chapel.
The canopy was put up while major work was done to the roof of the chapel which, for hundreds of years, ...
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Rosslyn Chapel
World's First Colour Photo of Tartan Ribbon
by Donald
This picture of tartan ribbon is pretty unique as it is world's first ever colour photograph. The three colour method, which is the basis of virtually all practical colour processes, was suggested by...
The Cameron Men
by Donald
The name Cameron originates from the Gaelic words 'cam', meaning wry or crooked, and 'sron' meaning nose, suggesting that the progenitor of the Clan Cameron had a crooked nose!
Cameron is one of th...
Multi-million pound makeover for Carbunkle Award winner
by Donald
Highland Council has given the go ahead for John O'Groats to receive a £6.5 million face lift from the Manchester based Natural Retreats.
Work is expected to start sometime next year and the compan...
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Caithness, Highlands, John O'Groats
Shetland Island named in top 10 places on earth to visi...
by Donald
One of the world's leading travel guides has named the Shetland Islands as one of the top 10 regions on earth to visit.
The Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2011 places the islands at number six in the...
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Shetland
Inuits could be saviours of seal skin sporrans
by Donald
A ban on the trade of seal products by the European Union put an end to the continuation of the sale of traditional seal skin sporrans which are a vital part of Highland dress. However, a loophole i...
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sporrans
Edinburgh Fringe best joke announced
by Donald
Tim Vine has one the award for the funniest joke at Edinburgh's Festival Fringe.
His one liner, "I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again." was deemed the bes...
Sporran maker criticised for use of road kill
by Donald
A Beauly taxidermist is facing criticism from animal rights campaigners for creating sporrans from local road kill.
Kate Macpherson, a trained taxidermist for over 20 years, collects badgers, foxe...
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Beauly, Inverness-shire, Kilts!, sporrans
'The Scottish Clans' e-book now available from ScotClan...
by Donald
Do you have a kindle? Because ScotClans can now proudly present an e-book version of their extensive clan histories.
'The Scottish Clans' features brief histories of over 300 Clans and Armigerous fam...
James Taylor - “The Father of the Ceylon Tea Industry”
by Donald
Over the weekend of the 22nd to the 24th of August, Scotland's Tea Festival will be hosting a series of events in Laurencekirk and Auchenblae in Aberdeenshire celebrating tea and Scotland's contributi...
Edinburgh and Glasgow's Rivarly Began Over Bread
by Donald
It has been recently suggested that the centuries-long rivalry between Scotland's capital and Scotland's largest city all started over bread.
It seems to have begun in 1656 when the Glasgow town coun...
Clan Murray Chief, John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, di...
by Donald
John Murray, the Chief of the Murray clans and 11th Duke of Atholl has died in a South African hospital on Tuesday, 15th May after suffering a stroke. He was 83.
The Johannesburg born Murray became ...
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Blair Atholl, Death, Duke of Atholl, Murray, Murray of Atholl
Hill and Adamson
by Donald
Buried in the beautiful Victorian Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh is David Octavius Hill, a painter who, along with Robert Adamson, pioneered in Scottish and aesthetic photography. They founded the Hill ...