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The Culloden Blunderbuss

24 January 2022

With the support of donors and contributions from across the world, at the end of 2014 the National Trust for Scotland was able to purchase the Culloden blunderbuss for its permanent...

How playing golf saved a Jacobite…

2 April 2021

John Rattray was born in 1707 and was 33 when he completed his surgical training and took his oath to become a member with the Incorporation of Surgeons of Edinburgh (later this would...

A Violent History of Inverness Castle

2 December 2020

Perhaps the most magnificent building in the city, Inverness Castle today stands on Castle Hill overlooking the river. Despite its name the castle is not some medieval...

Abertarff – The year is 1593…

11 November 2020

Abertarff House is the oldest house in Inverness and was constructed in 1593. This was during the reign of King James VI of Scotland, who would go on to become King James I of England...