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Discover Dunans Castle: Charles's Presentation to the Forbes House Museum
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Charles's hit presentation to the members of Forbes House Museum in NY, USA.
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Tours at Dunans Castle in 2025 in Full Swing
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Our venerable tour guide Gordon continues to guide Lairds, Ladies and their friends around the grounds of Dunans Castle, with historical anecdotes, tales of the project and future plans. This is an unmissable hour which always finishes at the plots of the Lairds and Ladies as well as a Q&A which Laird Charles. If you would like to come to Dunans and go on a tour, then please use the links above in 'Events & Visits'. Please note all visits are by appointment.
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Storm Eowyn sets us on our Heels
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Well, the last fortnight has been .... interesting. And distressing. And exhausting. And unexpected. It all started with Storm Éowyn barrelling in from the west across the Atlantic and hitting us in the morning of 24th January. At about 12.20 the first major tree came down – across the drive. This is the second of the five planted by the Fletchers in c1850 to come down. The idea was that this group of standard exotics, three West Coast Cedars, a Monkey Puzzle (or Chilean Pine) and a Noble Fir would provide a suitable half-avenue to grace the approach to the...
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Weddings and Celebrations on ScottishLaird
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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!
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Wedding at Dunans
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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,...
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Packaging ScottishLaird’s Most Prestigious Decorative Title
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The Next Step at Dunans: A New Welcome!
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