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Dunollie Castle Spiders To Be Given Protection
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Spiders at Dunollie Castle in Argyll & Bute, have been granted special protection from the workers during the castle’s £1.3 million restoration. European cave spiders, also known as Meta menardi, n...
Topics: MacDougall, Dunollie Castle, Castles, Restoration, Cumming, Nature, Spiders
Nadine Lee
An Unlikely Jacobite Hero
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  A number of molehills have sprung up across the battlefield site at Culloden, much to the delight of a Jacobite supporters group. The Circle of Gentlemen – a Highland based Jacobite supporters socie...
Topics: Bonnie Prince Charlie, Circle of Gentlemen, Culloden, Jacobite, molehills, William III
Nadine Lee
Queen Marks Anniversary in Scottish Style
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Beside a bubbling brook in a remote part of the highlands isn’t usually where you would expect to come across a modern-day monarch. But a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth II has done just that – pictu...
Topics: Balmoral, Crown Jewels, Elizabeth I, Gelder Burn, Macnab, Mary Queen of Scots, order of the thistle, Queen Elizabeth II, River Dee, Sir Henry Raeburn, Victoria
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Nadine Lee
Falkirk's Kelpies Hit The Big Apple
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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...
Topics: Falkirk, Horse, New York City, Tartan Day, The Kelpies
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Nadine Lee
Our Vote for Scotland's National Tree
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Canada has the instantly recognisable maple tree, Japan has the whimsical cherry blossom, and England has the mighty royal oak. However Scotland seems to have missed the proverbial national-tree boat,...
Topics: Gaelic Heritage, MacLachlan, Malcolm, Scottish Clans, Scottish Nature, Urquhart
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