Nature
Have you ever wondered what wildlife comes to your garden? Thinking of getting a camera trap? Here are some ideas By Cherry Alexander I wouldn’t want to be without my camera traps, although I only use them to identify what wildlife is coming into our garden and woodland. My
Heritage
A few place names, records and stone remains are the only traces of Celtic saints and early monks left in the area. Saint Maelruba Maelruba of Applecross (642-722) was an Irish saint active in Scotland who founded the monastic community of Applecross. He also founded a church on an island
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Owner of extensive lands in Strathcarron, Strath Oykel and Gairloch through his marriage to Mary of Grahame, he was a notorious robber or freebooter and centuries old tradition links him to the construction of the vitrified fort on the top of Dun Creich. Paul Mactire or Mactyre was a 14th
Place-names
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area The name Amat (Amot 1561, Almet 1643) comes from the Old Norse á-mót, meaning river-meet or confluence. In Strathcarron, this is the confluence of the rivers Carron and Blackwater. Amat in Strathcarron
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Films
Release date (UK): 2022 | Country: UK | Running time: 100 min | Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror | Director & Writer: Alex Garland | Starring: Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu. | BBFC 15 By Jack Weir Alex Garland’s latest film is a hilariously harrowing folk horror film that criticises toxic masculinity with nuance and
Books
Wildwood, by Elinor Florence by Liz Treacher, Author Do you ever long for a simpler life? Could you live off the grid? Canadian author, Elinor Florence, explores this in her novel Wildwood (Dundurn Press, 2018). I met Elinor this summer when she came to Brora to do some research into
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71 years after his death, Dr Macrae (1872-1951) is a name well-known by many in the Highland communities of Creich and Kincardine. To give him his full name, Dr James Donald Macrae M.B. C.M. M.D. was – besides being a Doctor of Medicine – a dedicated spokesperson and advocate
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Along a burn by Loch Migdale, there was once a mill named Moulin na Vaugha /Fouadh, ‘Mill of the Fuath’, haunted by the Fuath and her son, the amormphous Brollachan. The Fuath (from Scottish Gaelic, meaning ‘hate’, and pronounced ‘vough’ in English) was a class of malevolent spirits in Scottish
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Once described as one of the best known hotels of the Highlands “where royalty and statemen have frequently stayed”, the Balnagown Arms Hotel started off as a farm house converted into an inn in 1817 to serve people travelling along the new Telford road. By Silvia Muras & Donald Brown
Place-names
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names around our area The vast hunting grounds of Freevater, west of Alladale, one of Scotland’s wildest areas, takes its name from the Gaelic Frìth Bhàtair, meaning ‘Walter’s forest’. It is generally believed that it refers
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