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Header Slides

Today's header slides are of a stormy day at Clachtoll, on the west coast of Sutherland; and a view from the south of the splendid Glamis Castle in Angus, one of the most visually pleasing castles in Scotland.

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In Focus

Royal Oak Memorial Garden In the early hours of 14 October 1939 a German U-boat, U-47, made its way into Scapa Flow through a gap in the anchorage's defences. U-47 made two attacks on HMS Royal Oak, which was at anchor in the mouth of Scapa Bay. The ship sank within 13 minutes of the second attack. 834 members of her crew of 1,234 were killed, including over 100 boy seamen aged under 18. The tragedy is remembered at the Royal Oak Memorial Garden at Scapa Bay. ( More ...)

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On This Day

14 October 1285: Alexander III remarries to Yolande de Dreux.

14 October 1318: The death in battle in Ireland of Edward Bruce, the younger brother of King Robert the Bruce and the High King of Ireland.

14 October 1859: The new water supply to Glasgow from Loch Katrine is opened.

14 October 1881: 189 fishermen, including 129 from Eyemouth are killed when 20 boats are lost in a storm.

Featured Book

Book Cover Thicker Than Water by Ken Lussey (15 September 2024). A compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland. Callum Anderson and Jenny Mackay are spending Hogmanay at Sarclet Castle in Caithness when they are asked to investigate the brutal murder of a young woman at nearby Sarclet Broch in 1943, a woman whose ghost is believed to haunt the castle. What seems the coldest of cold cases is not the first murder of a young woman at the broch. Nor is it the last. On the day that Callum and Jenny arrive, there is a third fatal stabbing there.
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Scottish Resources

English Borders Index South Central Index Edinburgh Index Fife Index West Central Index Argyll Index Glasgow & Stirling Index Western Isles Index Western Isles Index West Highlands Index Argyll Index East Lothian Index Angus Index West Central Index South-West Index North Central Index Aberdeenshire Index Sutherland Index Caithness Index Orkney Index Shetland Index