Dornoch Firth
The Kyle of Sutherland area in images throughout the year. Send yours to news@kylechronicle.co.uk Throughout the middle ages, the Dornoch Firth was the frontier […]
07 Summer 2021
Seeing things getting back to normal seems something extraordinary. We have an interesting interview with artists Inger & Ingebjorg Smith. We celebrate the reopening of The Hub and the planned opening of the Bradbury Centre, Lairg Learning Centre, Ardgay Hall, and all of our churches. Depopulation is a long-standing issue in Sutherland. 300 years ago, George Dempster tried to keep people in the land by building a cotton mill in Spinningdale. Russell Smith explains how crofting may help today. We learn about the rich history of Loch Migdale, spanning over 4,000 years, and how the mighty midges stopped a train at Invershin.
Birds
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area The origin of the place name Gledfield has different
Amazing “normal”
Maybe there will be some aspects of our lockdown lives that we will want to keep At the beginning of June, seeing things getting back
Repopulation
How to tackle the depopulation in our area? With the new parliamentary team preparing a paper on repopulation in Sutherland and Caithness, crofting is very
Youtube video attracts snooper ghost hunters to Rosehall House
Residents report a surge in people wanting to get inside the semi-derelict Rosehall House. The mansion’s links to Coco Chanel already attract visitors wanting to
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Ardgay CC update
We would like to welcome Anna McInnes as our new Minutes Secretary. Anna joined us for our special meeting in April with Joe Perry, Climate
Planning for a safe reopening
Ardgay hall gets ready to welcome regular user groups A year ago, Kyle Chronicle reported that, due to Covid-19 regulations, Ardgay Hall had closed, and
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Returning to normal, whatever that will be!
So here we are, half-way through the year, and it would appear that we are through the worst of Covid-19. The restrictions that we
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Bonar Bridge Post Office temporary relocation
The service will be operating from the Crannag bistro As mentioned in the last edition of the Kyle Chronicle there is going to be some
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Falls of Shin Visitor Attraction
The Trust plans to appoint a new operator to start trading this summer and the site now hosts facilities for overnight motorhome parking and e-bikes
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