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23 Apr 2018

‘Let Da Stons Spaek!’

Learn more about the Viking and Iron Age archaeology on Unst, Britain’s most northerly island.

A black and white photo of a St Kilda woman knitting
15 Apr 2018

The St Kilda Diaries: 15 to 30 April 1909

Extracts and transcripts from the handwritten diaries of Alice MacLachlan.

A black and white photo of the village on Hirta.
10 Apr 2018

The St Kilda Diaries: 1 to 14 April 1909

Extracts and transcripts from the handwritten diaries of Alice MacLachlan.

A black and white photo of fulmar hunt on St Kilda.
19 Mar 2018

The St Kilda Diaries: 15 to 31 March 1909

Extracts and transcripts from the handwritten diaries of Alice MacLachlan.

16 Mar 2018

Delving into history at Culloden

Travel writer Robin McKelvie took his family to experience the Battle of Culloden

A view of the exterior of the Orangery at Culzean, resembling a stone-framed conservatory with large windows. It has a crenellated roof. Bright yellow flowers grow in a circular bed in the foreground.
15 Mar 2018

The Orangery renovation at Culzean

The Orangery at Culzean is currently being renovated and will re-open in time for Easter 2018.

9 Mar 2018

A blast from the past

Project Reveal Team South West have been exploring the history behind some of Culzean’s most-photographed artefacts.

Alice MacLachlan working a spinning wheel on St Kilda in 1907
8 Mar 2018

The St Kilda Diaries: 1 to 14 March 1909

Extracts and transcripts from the handwritten diaries of Alice MacLachlan

24 Feb 2018

Discovering Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites

From the gory victory at Killiecrankie in 1689 to the bloody defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, learn about all the Trust places that are linked to the Jacobites and their campaigns to restore the Stuart monarchy.

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