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ScotClans Visit the South West.
by Donald
On the 4th of March, two of the ScotClans team (Amanda and Donald) went on a resource finding trip down and around the south west of Scotland. We took in a number of castles and places of interest alo...
- March 8, 2010 2:26 pm
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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...
Topics:
St Columba, St Finian
The Westford Knight
by Donald
What is claimed as a carving on a glacial boulder in the town of Westford, in Massachusetts, USA, is argued to be proof that an expedition, led by Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, landed on the North...
Topics:
Earl of Orkney, Orkney, Roslin Castle, Rosslyn Chapel, Westford Knight
Mohamed Al-Fayed - President of Scotland?
by Donald
Egyptian businessman and Harrods owner, Mohamed Al-Fayed has said that he wants to be president of an independent Scotland.
Al-Fayed, who owns a 65,000 acre Highland estate, is hoping that Scotland...
Topics:
Alex Salmond, Independence, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Scota, SNP
Craigievar Castle to reopen to the public
by Donald
After a £500,000 facelift, taking two years to complete, the National Trust for Scotland has announced that Craigievar Castle is to completely reopen to the public in May.
The 17th century castle, ...
Topics:
Aberdeenshire, Craigievar Castle
Stewart Stamp Series Issued by Royal Mail
by Donald
A new series of stamps by the Royal Mail have been issued, depicting each of the Stewart monarchs who ruled Scotland between 1406 and 1603, the year of the Union of the Crowns.
The series starts wi...
Sir James W. Black dies, aged 85
by Donald
Sir James Whyte Black, inventor of beta-blocker drugs has died at the age of 85.
His family made the announcement yesterday that he passed away after a long illness.
Born in Uddingston, Lanarkshir...
Hollywood company plans to buy rights to Scottish turke...
by Donald
Kay Ure was stranded for 30 days, kept away from her husband John and her home due to the severe winter snow and storms, and now a Hollywood movie company, Furst Films, has offered the Sutherland co...
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...
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...
Topics:
Battle of Prestonpans, Jacobite Rising