Heritage site to become sustainable tourist destination
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Craufurdland Castle and Country Estate
An exciting new restaurant and tourist destination has opened in the heart of Craufurdland Castle and Country Estate, near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, that will put...
Rural Housing
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Edinglassie Estate
Edinglassie Estate, near Huntly in Aberdeenshire, as well as being home to a cattle and sheep farming enterprise has had a long tradition of supplying low cost rural housing for...
Green Energy at Macphie
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Glenbervie Estate
Situated just south of Stonehaven, Glenbervie Estate is home to the Macphie family and their group of businesses. The Macphie enterprises all look to reduce their impact on the...
Anaerobic Digestion
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Charlesfield Farms
After overcoming initial scepticism, a £10m anaerobic digestion plant is providing both eco-friendly power for local homes and a guaranteed source of income for nearby farmers.
Wh...
Investing in Renewables
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Roxburghe Estates
With Estate sawmills now few and far between, Bowmont Forest Sawmill on Roxburghe Estates, was one of the few remaining commercial Estate sawmills in Scotland. The mill has been in...
Douneside House
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The MacRobert Trust
At the heart of The MacRobert Trust estate in Aberdeenshire is Douneside House. In June 2016, Douneside was reopened following an extensive renovation project. The unveiling...
Benefiting from biomass
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Glen Tanar Estate
Glen Tanar Estate in Royal Deeside is managed by owners Michael and Claire Bruce alongside a team of skilled staff. Always keen to embrace more environmentally friendly ways of...
Northern Lights
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Scotland’s largest solar farm came on line in March, producing enough electricity to power 3,500 homes from 55,000 solar panels sited on land at the Errol Estate in Perthshire.
The 13MW scheme, which...
Fuelling the debate
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Douglas and Angus Estates
For estates looking to convert their heating systems from fossil fuel to a biomass boiler, the options are attractive, especially when it comes to district heating. Using...
Ardmaddy Hydro
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Ardmaddy Castle is 15th century tower house built originally by the MacDougalls. Referring to it as the Estate is something of a misnomer according owner Charles Struthers, who describes it, somewhat...
Where There's Farming, There's Muck
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Where there is farming, there is muck. And for many farm managers the ongoing disposal of tonnes of manure can be a headache. Although manure is a good fertiliser, the need to spread tonnes of wet...
Formartine's Visitor Centre
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Formartine’s Visitor Centre is a pioneering, zero-carbon building set in several acres of beautiful woodland on the Haddo Estate in Aberdeenshire. It provides the local community with a hub to meet...