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Surge in renewable planning applications

Surge in renewable planning applications

There have been 20 planning applications for onshore wind farm developments in and around our area since 2019 (five of those in the last 12 months). This is more than all the applications received in the 15-year period between 2003 and 2018, unprecedented in numbers, size and investment. Last

Kyle Chronicle #21

Kyle Chronicle #21

Raven’s Rock

Raven’s Rock

ROSEHALL AREA 1.8 km * Constructed path. Suitable for walking. Picnic area and parking. * Two gravel paths of about 30 min each. Easy to moderate difficulty. * If arriving from Bonar Bridge (A837) turn right at the junction marked “Altass / Rosehall Hall”. At the Rosehall School junction, continue straight, the forest

Townships

Townships

Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history  and origins of place names in and around our area By Silvia Muras Baile in Scottish Gaelic means ‘settlement’, ‘farm’ or ‘town’. Baile- tends to be placed in good agricultural land while achadh- is a term applied to farms in less fertile,

Kyle Chronicle #20

Kyle Chronicle #20

The seer Swein Macdonald

The seer Swein Macdonald

Swein MacDonald rose to fame in the 1970s for his mystical predictions, fueled by alcohol, darkness, and fiery emotions. MacDonald mesmerised audiences with his extraordinary gift of ‘second sight’ and a flair for controversy. With a glass of whisky in hand and incense burning in his darkened crofthouse in Kincardine,

Dancers

Dancers

By Dave Goulder  Tall stone, fixed in a garish pas-de-deux fourteen weathered blocks, and  one other.  A dancing master? A luckless spectator  or a sad  fiddler making for home when the Sabbath  hour was struck? Legend says  a second fiddler appears, just as the first  puts down his