Thanks to funding from the Cruach Mhor Windfarm Trust we have now installed (albeit using a temporary frame) the new Dunans Castle signage. We’re thrilled with it, and hope it will ensure that no-one ends up driving past our entrance three or four times before finding us — and doesn’t the SGS sign look good [...]
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Climbing the Tallest Tree on Video
Video of Chris Hunter’s ascent of the UK’s tallest tree, the Stonardron Douglas Fir, filmed from Dunans by Charles Dixon-Spain on 19th February 2009.
We’re part of Scotland’s Gardens Scheme
Dunans has been accepted onto the Scotland’s Gardens Scheme. We’re having three official open days with the SGS and are also available by appointment:
Opening Times:
Saturday 02 May : 3:00pm
Sunday 04 October : 11:00am
Monday 05 October : 11:30am
By Arrangement Guided Tours Available (TEL: 01369 820115)
Admissions:
£2.50 Accompanied children under 16 free
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Big Snow at the Tallest Tree
Snow flakes like plates. White out conditions. Argyll gets a big fall in early March again. All too familiar you might say, but this time, the electricity didn’t go off, there’s no sudden cracking of broken tree limbs, and the traffic is still running, more or less. But all of this is an excuse to [...]
Dunans Castle Views the tallest tree in the UK - it’s official
The charitable trust has just heard that the Douglas Fir planted in 1849 by Archie Fletcher is now officially the tallest tree in the UK at 63.79 metres! Rechristened recently by the owner of the ground it stands on as the Stronardron Douglas Fir, the title tree has long been thought to be a contender [...]
You Can Now Make Donations to the Dunans Charitable Trust
If you would like to support the trust in its work to renovate and repair the A-listed Dunans Bridge, maintain and preserve the grounds and help with the ongoing restoration of Dunans Castle, then you’ll be delighted to hear that we have implemented a way for you to donate online.
We have created two ways of [...]
The Fletcher Archive is to be Updated
We are pleased to announce that we have been contacted recently by Gordon Fletcher with regard to our reproduction of Margaret Mason’s book on the Fletchers. Margaret is alive and well and living in Devon, and if you have any academic queries with regard to the clan or her book, please contact her (see our [...]
Walks at Dunans with Cowalfest
This Cowalfest (October 3rd - October 12th) the following walks are happening at Dunans:
Walk 53 - Wild Fungi, Plant Lore and Poetry with Backwoods Lunch
09 Oct 2008 — £12.00
Real Food Consultancy & The Walking Theatre Company
Distance/time - 1 mile/1.5 hours followed by lunch
Start - 11.00 Dunans Castle, Glendaruel
Finish - As above
Numbers Limit - 30 Cost [...]
Our Website Revised!
We’ve decided to change the look of our website. It had become unwieldly and un-navigable. We hope you like the new design. Any comments are welcome.
Hint: We especially like our Google map in ‘How to Find Us’.
