Stirling Castle Palace
Viewers in the UK and worldwide can now experience the majesty of the newly refurbished Renaissance royal palace at Stirling Castle in an internet movie. The final instalment in a trilogy of mini-films has just been launched on the dedicated Stirling Castle and Historic Scotland YouTube internet TV channels, to promote the castle and the [...]
16 June 2011 | Category: General | No comment
Holiday Weekends in Scotland
Heritage sites across Scotland enjoyed two bumper four-day weekends, thanks to the Easter holiday and the Royal Wedding, according to figures released today by Historic Scotland . Visitors flocked to the sites over the four-day Royal Wedding Weekend, marking an overall increase of 29 per cent across the Estate in comparison with the same long weekend [...]
17 May 2011 | Category: General | No comment
Scottish Pupils Design Commonwealth Tartan
The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games organisers have launched a competition for Scottish school pupils to design the event’s official tartan. The winning tartan could feature in Glasgow 2014′s branding, merchandise and ceremonies. Tartans can be designed online through a new “tartan generator”. Only one design per school will be considered so primary and secondary schools [...]
10 May 2011 | Category: General | No comment
A Year of Fantastic Events in Scotland!
Historic Scotland is celebrating the start of this year’s visitor season by announcing a packed programme of colourful events designed to delight all ages throughout 2011. The fascinating past of Scotland’s finest heritage attractions the length and breadth of the country will be brought to life in a variety of highly entertaining, diverse events over [...]
5 April 2011 | Category: General | No comment
Alex Salmond Meets Craftspeople and Performers
First Minister Alex Salmond has revealed details of a weekend of celebrations to mark the opening of Stirling Castle’s Renaissance royal palace after a £12 million refurbishment. He made the announcement during a visit to the palace where he saw the first of the original 16th-century Stirling Heads being prepared for display in a specially-created [...]
17 March 2011 | Category: General | No comment
Unicorns and Eagles at Stirling Castle
Some of Scotland’s most skilled embroiderers have completed majestic unicorns and eagles as part of the heraldry to be displayed in Stirling’s royal palace. The work involved detailed research and expert design followed by months of delicate cutting, shaping and sewing to recreate the heraldry of Mary of Guise, the widowed queen who resided at [...]
9 March 2011 | Category: General | No comment
Edinburgh Castle No.1
Edinburgh Castle has been confirmed as Scotland’s number one visitor attraction. Last year, more than 1.2 million people crossed the castle threshold – the highest number of visitors to a paid or free visitor attraction in the country. The castle saw a 12% increase in visitors for September alone. Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Museum remains the top [...]
28 February 2011 | Category: General | 2 comments
WW2 Tour at Duff House
The magnificent early Georgian mansion Duff House offers a fascinating insight into its dramatic World War II past – when the Adam-designed mansion served as a military base and prisoner of war camp – at a special event next weekend. During the WWII Weekend on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th February visitors to Duff House [...]
18 February 2011 | Category: General | No comment
Huntingtower Castle Receives Sandford Award
The interactive and costumed tours of Huntingtower Castle have been awarded a national education prize. The prestigious Sandford Award is jointly managed by Bishop Grosseteste University College Lincoln and the Heritage Education Trust. It recognises heritage sites which have achieved excellence in heritage education through work with schools. Huntingtower Castle is the fourth Historic Scotland [...]
16 February 2011 | Category: General | No comment
‘Our Wullie’ and ‘The Broons’ Tartan!
Famous Scottish comic characters, The Broons and Our Wullie, recently had their own tartans registerred with the Scottish Tartans Authority. Oor Wullie’s tartan is based on the Black Watch which was his Uncle Wattie’s regiment and in this new design the red is from the hackle on their famous bonnets. The silver grey is for [...]
16 February 2011 | Category: General | No comment
