The eagle, the Fraser child, and the tragedy that never was

“I hope you will forgive a stranger intruding on your sorrow, which must be so deep, but the story was so heart-rending I could not but write…” These were the parting words of a gentleman from Montrose in a letter written to Mr & Mrs Fraser of Inveroykel, written on 10th May 1904.

What triggered such heartfelt words you may wonder? The answer lies in a report in the previous. . .

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Old Placenames

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area. Names of river pools

Wildlife & Nature

Restoring an extinct oyster reef at Dornoch Firth

Since 2014, the project DEEP has restored 100,000 oysters to the Dornoch Firth, near Glenmorangie Distillery.

Wildlife & Nature

Wildlife tracking

The Dundreggan Rewilding Centre, part of Trees for Life, run a variety of interesting courses throughout the year, but the one that caught my eye [...]

Children

Kids’ Chronicle

Jacobites and Culloden, Vikings in Scotland, and Gaelic language and songs are some of the subjects studied by local children

Sports

Active Schools activities

Kyle of Sutherland area children and young people participate in a variety of activities. Congratulations on their achievements!

“I hope you will forgive a stranger intruding on your sorrow, which must be so deep, but the story was so heart-rending I could not but write…” These were the parting words of a gentleman from Montrose in a letter written to Mr & Mrs Fraser of Inveroykel, written on 10th May 1904.

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