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Discover Dunans Castle: Charles's Presentation to the Forbes House Museum

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on May 10, 2025

Charles's hit presentation to the members of Forbes House Museum in NY, USA.

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Storm Eowyn sets us on our Heels

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on Feb 01, 2025

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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Bluebells at Dunans in this Months' Newsletter!

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on May 29, 2019

With new offers on Tartan and our wonderful fine wool stole, as well as an update on restoration progress and the glorious floral and arboreal display, our monthly newsletter has just been sent out. To subscribe, please follow the link at the bottom of the page!

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