16 August 2011

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The Centre for Digital Documentation and Visualisation (CDDV), a joint venture between Historic Scotland and the Digital Design Studio at the Glasgow School of Art will welcome an international delegation to the city to foster collaboration on the use of 3D technology and digital imaging. The conference will showcase how digital documentation, laser scanning, 3D audio and advanced 3D representation is being used in innovative ways around the world and across a number of different disciplines through presentations by some of the worlds leading software developers, surveyors and new media content creators.

10 August 2011

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Edinburgh Castle attracted 203,940 visitors in July this year, breaking its all-time figures since records began.

9 August 2011

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Historic Scotland has prepared the second of three tranches of Scotland’s most important battlefields to be considered for inclusion in ‘The Inventory of Historic Battlefields’. The Inventory is an ongoing process and other battlefields will be considered at a later stage. The first tranche of 17 battlefields on the Inventory, which were added in March 2011, included some of Scotland’s most famous battles, such as Culloden in 1746 and Bannockburn in 1314.

9 August 2011

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Moat Brae House and Garden – the inspiration for JM Barrie’s Peter Pan – has secured funding from the Scottish Government.

4 August 2011

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People are being asked to support Edinburgh Castle and vote for it to win the best UK Heritage Attraction. The Castle has been named by the British Travel Awards as one of the shortlisted contenders for its 2011 awards.