News — preservation

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...

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...

The clearance of the back two compartments of the castle has taken much longer than the others, simply because they aren’t accessible by the minidigger and there’s not enough room for more than a couple of workers. Our luck continues with the floors, which are all concrete, making clearance much much easier than suspended floors. … Continue reading Dunans Castle Clearance Continues in Kitchen & Library: More Images