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Ts for Clichés, for Campaigns and for Marathons ...

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on

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 ...    

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Carbon Neutralise your gifts from ScottishLaird

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on

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

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Wedding at Dunans

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on

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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AIP#24 Spring: Update 2

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on

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...

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AIP#24 Spring Update 1

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on

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...

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Seven Offers for Santa in 23 During November!

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on

Seven Offers for everyone to celebrate the approach of the festive season.

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Charles Recommends The Conservation Plan for All New Lairds and Ladies

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on

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 

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Here's Our Introduction to Your Decorative Title for Lairds and Ladies

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on

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. 

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#Instagram #Live for #AIP #Jammers: Repairing #DunansBridge and #DunansCastle

Posted by Dixon-Spain on

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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#LatestNews from #DunansCastle in #December #video from #theLairdHimself

Posted by Dixon-Spain on

Including a tour of the cleared castle and news on the ongoing works for the restoration.

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#Cross-stitch Experiment for #DunansCastle with #flyingbuttress & #virginiacreeper

Posted by Dixon-Spain on

After several requests, and given that we are nearing the festive season, I thought I would finally try my hand at developing a cross-stitch pattern! The results can be found here and below is a gif of the unrestricted palette version (you’ll need 95 colours!!).

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Spinning Castles in the Air

Posted by Dixon-Spain on

Rough and ready take of overflying Dunans, showing the cleared castle and practicing for detailed aerial survey! Unfortunately the quality is also rough and ready, but you’ll still get a feel for the height and shape of the castle as well as the plan of the interior!

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Packaging ScottishLaird’s Most Prestigious Decorative Title

Posted by Dixon-Spain on

Graphic and product design has always been a passion of mine, particularly in relation to restoring Dunans (of course!). Our new red boxes are spectacularly lovely, and I just wanted to share the design (and the rest of the package) which includes a square foot of the castle itself. If we can sell every square … Continue reading Packaging ScottishLaird’s Most Prestigious Decorative Title

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Dunans Castle Clearance Continues in Kitchen & Library: More Images

Posted by Anne MacPhail on

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

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September 2019 Report from Dunans

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Bluebells at Dunans in this Months' Newsletter!

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on

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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Monthly newsletter just published!

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on

Every month we send out our email newsletter to over 40,000 Lairds and Ladies! Are you receiving it? Or have you stopped receiving it? Let us know and we can add your email to this list, or reactivate it. Email us at help@scottishlaird.com or join by clicking here and filling out the form! What can you expect? Well, every month you'll receive an email with news on our progress on the recovery of the castle, the bridge and the grounds - and the essential links to catch up with where we are!  We're presently working on  phase one  of the castle restoration, the Clearance and Consolidation...

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The Next Step at Dunans: A New Welcome!

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on

If you are a subscriber to the ScottishLaird Newsletter (here) you will already know that we are planning big things at Dunans this year. One of these is a new reception and office building at the top of the drive which we will be making out of recovered containers. 

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Customs Officials Drink Dunans Tea in the Czech Republic!

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on

We're not sure, but we think there may be a tea fan among the customs officials in this lovely European state

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Dunans Rising Tartan is now in stock!

Posted by Charles Dixon-Spain on

Delighted to say that we have received the first batch of three bales of Tartan from one of our suppliers, and it is beautiful!

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