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We are delighted to announce we have added the Entrance Hallway to the areas now available in our deluxe title package for Lord or Lady of Dunans Castle...  We hope everyone enjoys the prospect of owning a square foot of the groundfloor of the castle. To gift this title to yourself, or a loved one, please click here.

In the third week of September Dunans hosted volunteers from Adventures in Preservation who worked tirelessly to finish the repointing of the curtain wall - a project which we have been working on since 2022 with our jammers!   if you would like to get involved with our sessions in 2025 please visit the Adventures in Preservation website here.

Finally – finally – the woodland creation scheme has been loaded onto the Scottish Forestry’s Public Register. Saving any major objections, this means that our woodland has passed all the regulatory approvals and is now considered ready to get planted! Confirmation that the consultation has been successful will be given in mid-August, and we will then be able to fence and plant!  This is such a relief as it means that once planted we can apply for and receive verification for our carbon offset project, and this in turn generates the revenue to start significant works on the castle. The timetable for all of...

Over the last six months the bridge has come under threat both physically and in law. ScottishLaird has therefore decided to create a line of products based on artwork created by the Laird. The personalised items include certificates, t-shirts and canvas wall art. Simply search for 'defender' in the search box to learn more.  

We have just updated all the pages on the ScottishLaird website, including the ones about celebrating weddings, proposals, anniversaries and vow renewals. We have lots of lovely photography, and you can book your day directly with us immediately and secure everything now with a deposit!  

Over the years Charles has designed a multiplicity of t-shirts, all available on the ScottishLaird website - these are five if his favourites. The tartan army tee includes MacDonald, Lamont, Buchanan, Dunans Rising and Burns tartans ... and below one of his hardest hitting tees for the "truthful cliché T" And then there is a new Scottish temperate rainforest t-shirt based on the logo for our Carbon Neutralise on gifts ... Back to the tartan our favourite clan tee is the Buchanan ... And finally, one of the first running designs ...    

Every time you buy a gift from Scottishlaird you can choose to cover the carbon footprint of the purchase with the Dunans Castle Woodland Carbon Offset project.... Just tap this icon at check-out. And we will be a step closer to the new temperate rainforest...  For more information on our Carbon Offset project please visit our website

Love is in the air, among the bluebells and the rhododendrons at Dunans. If you are thinking that we might have the perfect venue for your celebration then please check out the photos of our Early May wedding. The happy couple's photographs show just how stunning a back-drop the policies are at Dunans. Photographer Bruce Mackenzie captured some really stylish images of the happy couple, and showed the castle and grounds off to stunning advantage. We wanted to share some more of the images of our happy couple's big day this early May Bank Holiday – it was all so romantic,...

We are delighted to announce the release of carbon credits on the ScottishLaird website, alongside the launch of the DunansWood.com website.  Carbon credits for Ladies, Lairds, Gentlemen and companies who want to mitigate their climate-changing emissions as well as support the restoration of Dunans Castle. Gift a single tonne of carbon credits to family and friends to give their green credentials a lift, or offset your own carbon footprint for a year, five or ten. You can even offset a lifetime's carbon footprint! Scottish Laird is offering several gift package options in the pre-certification phase of the Dunans Castle Woodland Carbon Offset project, as...

I wanted to get another batch of photos to you while the jammers are still here. They have been working so hard to repair the arch into the courtyard - latterly with restoring the sandstone arch itself, as well as rescuing parts of the Ha-ha that were sagging. We've had great weather, the banter has been very funny, and we've spent a couple of after -hours sojourns in the Creggans Inn. In other words, like all weeks previously, this has been a delightful fortnight so far!  If you fancy taking part this September I recommend going to youtube.com to look...

I thought you'd like an update on the progress our jammers are making this week on the restoration of the arch in the courtyard. There are photos of the excursion on Sunday as well - all of which have been posted on facebook and instagram. Excursion to Skipness & Tarbert And works during week 1...

If you want to know more about Dunans and the project to restore both the castle and the bridge, then the Conservation Plan, published in 2014 has all the detail you could ask for, including the history of Dunans, its heraldry and a full condition survey from 2013. Charles recommends the book as the definitive account of Dunans Castle from 1590 to the present day, especially if you are unable to visit to learn about the project firsthand. For more information on the project and our efforts to restore the castle you can watch our videos here -> https://youtube.com/@CharlesDixonSpain 

To learn more about Decorative Titles, the Dunans Castle Restoration, our A-listed, Thomas-Telford-designed bridge and much else besides, please explore this website. You can also sponsor trees in Dunans Woodland, Book tours and even stay with us. 

This week I was asked to update the Adventures in Preservation Volunteers (or jammers) on our projects for 2021, so on Friday at 5pm I livestreamed from the bridge and then took my viewers on a short walk to the castle to give them a flavour of what the project would consist next year. The … Continue reading #Instagram #Live for #AIP #Jammers: Repairing #DunansBridge and #DunansCastle

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