bricks and mortar

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Sarah

Old Beaufort, 19th century, Colonel Alastair Fraser on bench

Some of the incarnations of Castle Dounie/Beaufort Castle since Lovat’s day. Does anyone have any other images? 

Beaufort, early 20th century

 

Engraving of Lovat's beloved Dounie on the right, in flames, 1746, torched after Culloden

 

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lovat’s false teeth

Posted on March 29, 2012 by admin

Lovat of the 45′s false choppers. I wonder who first got them – and how – given the cirumstances in which they became redundant.

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evening walk after the funeral

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Sarah

Sunset. Geese clanking and flapping out of the sky, circling to land on the shore and paddle in the mud of the firth. Taking a break ontheir long journey north for the summer.

geese coming in over Fraser country, Ben Wyvis to the north

 

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