The Journal of The Scots Heritage Society 

Published November 2002.

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REGULARS

4 Editorial

6 Letters

8 Letter from Scotland - Preserving Scotland's natural heritage

38 Focus on Scotland – The Borders

70 SCOTS Gardens – Gardening The Planet

74 SCOTS Crafts – Weaving the Unicorn. 

82 SCOTS Clans – Hamilton

84 SCOTS Gaelic

86 SCOTS Genealogy

94 SCOTS Style – Fair Isle Knitting.

100 SCOTS Fare – Nick Nairn.

104 SCOTS Music – Smithfield Fair

106 SCOTS Music Reviews

108 SCOTS Book Reviews

DIRECTORY

112 Caledonian Calendar

114 Clans and Societies

118 SCOTS Business Directory

FEATURES

10 Skye and the Small Isles

Terry Marsh and Jon Sparks continue our journey through the Scottish Islands.

24 Urquhart Castle

For more than 1,000 years, Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness was the key to control the Great Glen.

30  Newhailes

The survival of Newhailes, the classical 18th century country villa on the outskirts of Edinburgh is nothing less than a miracle.

36 The Battle of Culloden

Philip Sked concludes his report on the Battle of Culloden. 

44 Lest We Forget

Gerald Ogilvie Laing is creating a magnificent monument to the tragedy of the Highland Clearances. 

56 Peter Foster's Scottish Watercolours

Peter Foster is one of the most accomplished watercolourists in Britain.  

64 The Honours of Scotland.

Charles Burnett and Christopher Tabraham explain the role of the Honours in the Union of the Crowns.

68 Mine Howe

Susan Cromarty descends into the gloomy depths of Mine Howe, a subterranean shaft believed to have been an important Celtic ritual site on Orkney.

78 Border Country

Sir David and Lady Steel continue our tour of the Scottish Borders with a visit to Hawick.

88 Naturally Scottish - Red Kites

The beautiful Red Kite was persecuted into extinction in Scotland at the end of the 19th century.  Although is was successfully reintroduced, it is still the victim of senseless slaughter.