The Spinningdale Cotton Mill
It was built in 1792 by George Dempster of Skibo with the aim to improve social and economic conditions in this area and as an […]
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It was built in 1792 by George Dempster of Skibo with the aim to improve social and economic conditions in this area and as an […]
The Spinningdale Cotton Mill Read More »
A Bronze Age treasure, an Iron Age crannog, a small henge, a hut circle, cairns… There is evidence of human habitation in the shores of
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How the small-but-mighty midges stopped a train They have cut short many a walk, the midges, but did you know that they also stopped a
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area The consensus amongst scholars is that Pictish is a
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Eighty years ago, in 1940/41 more than 30 anti- invasion concrete structures were built around the Kyle of Sutherland and the Dornoch firth. These were
Second World War pillboxes Read More »
Few Scots ever admitted to listening to German propaganda radio broadcasts during the Second World War. A fewer still realized that the original Lord Haw
We reproduce here some poignant first person accounts on everyday life during wartime. Taken from Sarah Horne’s Bonar Bridge booklets, printed in the year 2000.
Lairg & District Learning Centre launches new Family History course Researching your family history can be an exciting, frustrating and surprising pastime. You can preserve
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Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place-names around our area In Gaelic cù means ‘dog’ while the word madadh may
In Guyana’s Berbice region, a handful of interrelated families from the north Highlands were the first to build sugar-cane plantations.
Rosehall links with slavery Read More »