20 July 2009

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Aspiring archaeologists from across the globe have visited Mull to learn about underwater heritage. Historic Scotland has sponsored the underwater archaeology fieldschool in the Sound of Mull to encourage public interest in the recording of Scotland’s underwater heritage.

17 July 2009

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Become a Courtier at the Castle and enjoy entertainment fit for a Queen The Renaissance pomp and pageantry of the Royal Court of Mary Queen of Scots returns to Stirling Castle next month when the queen and her entourage come home to Scotland for ‘A Royal Summer Holiday’.

16 July 2009

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Four special tours will give visitors the chance to walk Holyrood Park in the footsteps of the famous. The Historic Scotland Ranger Service has organised the Hutton and A’ That tours on Friday 24th and Monday 27th of July especially for the 2009 Year of Homecoming.

15 July 2009

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An evening at a great Scottish historic attraction – complete with haggis! Three exclusive evening tours have been arranged to celebrate Robert Burns’ links with Stirling and its castle. They take place in August, around the anniversary of the poet’s visit to the castle in 1787 after which he wrote the “Stirling lines” lamenting the passing of the Royal Stewarts and deploring the castle’s state of disrepair.

15 July 2009

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From Redcoats to Golden Lions, experience 250 years of military life over a single weekend at Fort George. Forces at the Fort, on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd August promises a spectacular, and different, day out at one of Scotland’s great historic monuments.