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Mackie Academy

Mackie Academy is a secondary school in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. As of the 2023/2024 school year, Mackie Academy had roughly 1,112 pupils and 80 teaching staff. The feeder primary schools are Arduthie, Bervie, Catterline, Dunnottar, Glenbervie, Gourdon, Johnshaven, Kinneff, Lairhillock, and Mill O'Forest. History The school was founded in 1893 thanks to the generosity of a local merchant, William Mackie, who bequeathed money in his will to establish a school in Stonehaven. The original site was on Arduthie Road, where Arduthie Primary school is now situated. The original building on this site was destroyed in a fire in the 1920s and had to be rebuilt. The new building on Slug Road was officially opened on 20 March 1970 by former pupil Alexander Robertson, though teaching was suspended at the time due to strikes. This land had previously been used as the Academy playing fields and the grounds around the present building are still used for this purpose. Between mid-2009 and late 2010 extensive work was carried out to the toilet facilities introducing 13 disabled toilets and 15 toilets. The school served a large geographical area surrounding Stonehaven until the opening of Portlethen Academy, which reduced the catchment area of the school drastically. After 2009, a large fence was erected around the school grounds. In January 2021, the decision was taken to close the swimming pool and use the space for other sports facilities. Pupil activities The school's pupils are divided into five different houses, which are derived from the surrounding geography of Stonehaven and historical local figures. These houses are Cowie, Dunnottar, Fetteresso, Swanley and Ury. Until 2014, a 6th house, Rickarton, was included in the school. However, this house was then disintegrated due to drops in pupil population and the retiring of Rickarton's guidance teacher. References External links Official website
Mackinnon Memorial Hospital

The former Mackinnon Memorial Hospital building is now vacant; it sits adjacent to the new Broadford Hospital, all services having moved into this new purpose built building in March 2022. It was a community hospital, located in the village of Broadford on the Isle of Skye. It was managed by NHS Highland. History The hospital was commissioned as voluntary hospital commemorating the work of the Reverend Donald Mackinnon, the former parish priest, who died in 1888. It was designed by W L Carruthers & Alexander and opened in September 1914. A substantial renovation and expansion was completed in 1963. The hospital established a reputation for rural surgical care, with an important role played by general surgeon John Ball, who spent his entire consultant career in Broadford, retiring in 1999. Services The hospital had 25 in-patient beds and 24-hour on site medical and nursing cover. The hospital provides a 24-hour Accident and Emergency service. It has a single resuscitation room which is normally used for assessment of patients presenting to the hospital with trauma or acute illness (i.e. as they would to a normal Emergency Department). Patients may self-present, may be referred in by their primary care doctor or may be brought in by the ambulance services (again, as with a normal Emergency Department). There is an x-ray machine with a radiographer on-call 24 hours a day, and various near-patient testing devices available are used in lieu of laboratory tests (formal laboratory tests are undertaken by sending samples to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness for analysis and as such are not available in a timely manner). Telemedicine is utilised at the site whereby practitioners are able to discuss cases and obtain specialist opinions on diagnosis and management in real time via videoconferencing with specialists based elsewhere in Scotland. Transfers of patients requiring emergency specialist or surgical management (e.g. those with acute appendicitis or acute STEMI) to secondary care hospitals such as Raigmore Hospital or tertiary units based in the larger hospitals in the central belt may be undertaken via ambulance or helicopter (depending on acuity and other considerations such as the weather and availability of resources). There are a variety of other services based in the hospital at various times of the week, including a fracture clinic, minor surgery, medical day case (e.g. for patients to receive chemotherapy), midwifery and diagnostic ultrasound. Rural practitioners The hospital has 10 medical staff who are designated rural practitioners, general practitioners who have had specialised training in trauma and anaesthetics. For air transfers, a local airfield is used, where fixed-wing aircraft can also land: the helipad at the hospital was closed in 2014 due to safety concerns. References
Madras College FP RFC

Madras College Former Pupils Rugby Football Club is a rugby union side based in St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. They play in Caledonia Regional League Division 2. They play at Station Park, St Andrews and field two men's fifteens each weekend, as well as a women's team (AKA The Saints). The club has close ties with Madras College, a secondary school in St Andrews. Although not all players are former pupils of the school, many are and sixth year pupils often train and play with the club during holidays and weeks in which school rugby is not on. The good facilities of the rugby club and St Andrews in general attract many bigger teams such as the Scottish national side and Heriot's Rugby Club to train there during pre-season. History St Andrews has been instrumental in the development of rugby in Scotland. Rugby was introduced to St Andrews University in 1858 as a means of interesting the Scottish gentry away from the great English universities and to study in Scotland. Scotland's oldest club is Edinburgh Academicals, established in 1857, which shows that rugby in St Andrews was not far behind. In 1871, JH Oatts, a former pupil of Madras College, amongst colleagues, issued an invite to the English to come to Edinburgh and play the first international fixture of the 'carrying game' on 27 March . This invite came after a 10-year run of defeats at football at the hands of the English. 2 players from St Andrews featured in this 20-a-side game, which the Scots won. Representatives from the four great clubs, Glasgow Academicals, Edinburgh Academical Football Club, West of Scotland and University of St Andrews RFC, then formed the Scottish Rugby Union in 1873, and the game was reduced to 15-a-side soon after. St Andrews built up a strong reputation for its backs-play, which was very different from the typical forwards-led style of the day. Madras play the St. Andrews University side in a derby match annually for the Drummond Cup. Notable players Scotland The following former Madras College F.P. players have represented Scotland at international level. North and Midlands The following former Madras College F.P. players have represented North and Midlands at provincial level. North of Scotland The following former Madras College F.P. players have represented North of Scotland at provincial level. Glasgow Warriors The following former Madras College F.P. players have represented Glasgow Warriors at professional level. Honours Waid Academy F.P. Sevens Champions: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1980, 1988, 1990 Kirkcaldy Sevens Champions: 1961 References
Madras College

Le Madras College, souvent appelé Madras, est un établissement d'enseignement secondaire écossais situé à St Andrews. Il accueille plus de 1400 étudiants âgés de 11 à 18 ans et est fondé en 1833 par le révérend Andrew Bell. Historique Le Madras College, fondé en 1833, tire son nom du système d'éducation conçu par le fondateur de l'école, le révérend Andrew Bell. Cependant, les origines de l'école remontent au moins aux années 1490, par le biais de l'institution qui l'a précédée, la Grammar School of St Andrews. Anciens élèves notables Gavin Brown - ancien vice-chancelier de l'Université de Sydney Alfred Clunies-Ross - international de rugby qui a représenté l'Écosse lors du premier match international de rugby en 1871 Alex Cole-Hamilton - homme politique Rob Dewey - international de rugby à XV Donald Douglas (en) - chirurgien Honor Fell (en) - scientifique et zoologiste Jenny Gilruth - homme politique Sir Edmund Hirst - chimiste et titulaire de la chaire Forbes de chimie organique à l'université d'Édimbourg Mike Hulme - professeur de géographie humaine à l'université de Cambridge King Creosote - musicien Andrew Kirkaldy - pilote de course et directeur général de McLaren GT Chris Law - député de Dundee West William M'Intosh - médecin, zoologiste marin et professeur d'histoire naturelle à l'université de St Andrews Old Tom Morris - champion de golf et concepteur de parcours de golf Jamie Ritchie - joueur de rugby Walter Rutherford - médaillé d'argent en golf aux Jeux olympiques de 1900 à Paris Alastair Stewart - journaliste KT Tunstall - musicien Notes et références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Madras College » (voir la liste des auteurs). Voir aussi Site officiel Portail de l’éducation Portail de l’Écosse
Maiden Island

Maiden Island is a small uninhabited island at the mouth of Oban Bay on the west coast of Scotland. Geography Maiden Island lies just off the coast of mainland Scotland, west of Dunollie Castle and Camas Bàn. It is to the north of the narrow entrance to Oban Bay and about 0.5 kilometres (1⁄4 mi) north of the much larger island of Kerrera. The passage is deep and large vessels such as the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry MV Isle of Mull make regular use of this strait. The island reaches a height of 28 metres (92 ft) above sea level. The prominent Hutchison Memorial on the north end of Kerrera that commemorates David Hutchison, one of the founders of Caledonian MacBrayne, is visible from Maiden Island. History There are a variety of legends associated with the naming of the isle. It may have a connection with King Malcolm IV of Scotland (1153–1165) known as "Malcolm the Maiden" by later chroniclers, who had connections with Kerrera. Another story involves a young girl accused of a crime who was tied up on the shore there in order to persuade her make an admission. However, she refused and when the tide came in she drowned. A more romantic tale concerns Muireadhach (Murdoch), a Celtic warrior who was in love with Mhairi, the daughter of a local man. Doubts were cast about the latter's chastity and it was decided she should be tied by her hair to a rock on the shore to test her purity. The problem for Mhairi was that if her hair held strong her innocence would be proven but she would drown. Muireadhach made an heroic effort to save her by attempting to swim to the island but strong currents swept him away and they both drowned. More prosaically, there are a number of Scottish islands that bear this name, and it is likely that it was used as a refuge for women during times of war. Wrecks On 23 December 1940, during World War II a convoy of ships gathered off the island of Lismore were attacked when two Heinkel He 111 bombers. The Breda, a cargo vessel, was damaged and had to be beached in nearby Ardnamucknish Bay. Debris from the wreck was carried by the tide towards Oban Bay and four days later a Sunderland Flying Boat of 210 Squadron hit a horsebox floating in the water whilst attempting a routine landing in the dark. The aircraft broke up and sank just off Maiden Island with only one survivor from the 11 crew members on board. See also List of islands of Scotland Footnotes External links
Arkland

Als Arkland wird eine Gebäudezeile entlang der Main Street in der schottischen Stadt Inveraray bezeichnet. Die Gebäude befinden sich direkt südwestlich der Inveraray Parish Church und liegen somit direkt an der A83, die den Süden der Region bis zur Halbinsel Kintyre an den Central Belt anschließt. Die Gebäude wurden im Jahre 1775 fertiggestellt. Als Architekt war Robert Mylne für die Planung verantwortlich. Die Mauerarbeiten führte John Marr aus. 1966 wurde Arkland als Ensemble in die schottischen Denkmallisten in der höchsten Kategorie A aufgenommen. Die gegenüberliegende Gebäudezeile Relief Land ist praktisch baugleich mit Arkland. Beschreibung Arkland besteht aus fünf baugleichen Einzelhäusern, die in geschlossener Bauweise entlang der Straße gebaut wurden. Architektonisch weisen die Merkmale der schlichten Georgianischen Architektur auf. Die Gebäude sind dreistöckig und entlang der Vorderfront mit Sprossenfenstern ausgestattet, welche symmetrisch jeweils mittig eingelassene Eingangstüren umgeben. Sie schließen mit schiefergedeckten Satteldächern ab. Rückseitig geht von jedem der Gebäude ein kurzer, dreistöckiger Flügel mit quadratischem Grundriss ab. Diese schließen mit Walmdächern ab. Alle Fassaden sind in der traditionellen Harling-Technik verputzt. Entlang der Rückseite besitzt jedes der Häuser eine außenliegende Treppe, die zum ersten Obergeschoss führt. Die Gebäude werden als Wohnhäuser genutzt. In dem zweiten und vierten Haus der Zeile sind ebenerdig Geschäftsräume eingerichtet. Einzelnachweise Weblinks Eintrag zu Inveraray, South Main Street West, Arkland auf trove.scot, der Datenbank von Historic Environment Scotland (englisch)
Makars' Court

Makars' Court is a courtyard in central Edinburgh, Scotland. It forms part of Lady Stair's Close, which connects the Lawnmarket with The Mound to the north, and is next to the Writers' Museum. Described as an "evolving national literary monument", the courtyard incorporates quotations from Scottish literature inscribed onto paving slabs. The quotations represent works in the languages used by Scots past and present: Gaelic, Scots, English, and Latin. Selection The Scots language term makar denotes an author or writer, though stressing their role as a "skilled and versatile worker in the craft of writing". Since 2002 the city of Edinburgh has appointed its own official Makar. In 1997, twelve Scottish writers were selected by the Saltire Society, and quotations from their works were inscribed on stone slabs installed in the area adjacent to the museum. The first was unveiled by Ronald Harwood, then president of International PEN, and the rest by poet Iain Crichton Smith. Further inscriptions continue to be added to the Court. List of makars commemorated References External links Makars' Court, Edinburgh Museums and Galleries The Makars Literary Tour
Malcolm's Tower

Malcolm's Tower, also known as Malcolm Canmore's Tower, is a historic site in the Scottish city of Dunfermline, Fife. It consists of the foundations of a rubble built, rectangular tower enclosed by an oval shaped modern wall and is protected as a scheduled monument. It is located in Pittencrieff Park. The tower stood on a highly defensible peninsular outcrop of rock above a deep ravine and is the site from which the city derives its name. It was effectively the seat of royal power in Scotland after Malcolm III of Scotland shifted the centre of government from Forteviot to Dunfermline in the mid 11th century. The site was also close to a religious centre which had begun as a Culdee establishment in the 9th century. The first mention of the tower in the historical record is from 1070 when Malcolm III married his queen, Princess Margaret. As queen, Margaret introduced innovations which changed the course and identity of the Church in Scotland. Not far to the east of the tower's location are the remains of Dunfermline Abbey and later royal palace. All that survives of the tower today are foundational fragments of wall, but an image of the building was adopted at an early date as the burgh arms for Dunfermline. Old wax seals suggest it to have been a building of two storeys with an attic. It might have contained around twenty small apartments. Before the western access road to Dunfermline was built, Malcolm's Tower would have been an almost impregnable fortress, perhaps rather like a broch, and this almost certainly explains Dunfermline's motto Esto rupes inaccessa (Be an inaccessible rock). The opening lines of the traditional "Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens" are thought to refer to the tower: The King sits in Dunfermling Toun Drynking the bluid-red wyne … References External links The Annals of Dunfermline, 1096-1745 Archived 11 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Mansfield Park, Hawick

Mansfield Park is a rugby union ground in Hawick, Scotland, with a capacity of approximately 5,000. It is the home of Hawick Rugby Football Club, who currently play in the Scottish Premiership and Border League. It became the home ground of Hawick Football Club in 1888, with the club relocating to Mansfield Park two years after being admitted into the Scottish Football Union in 1886. The grandstand at Mansfield Park holds 1,400 spectators and is the biggest rugby club stand in the Borders. In the early days of Hawick Rugby Club, crowds of four or six thousand were common, and ten thousand would come to watch overseas touring teams. In recent years two thousand or more might attend on three or four games each season, including the sevens in April. Facing the grandstand is a steep natural banking, south facing, which attracts many spectators on a sunny sports day. The club rooms have modern bar facilities and a function hall. The Pringle Lounge holds many of the club trophies. References
Castell d'Armadale

El Castell d'Armadale (en anglès, Armadale Castle) és una casa de camp en ruïnes a Armadale, a l'illa de Skye, anterior residència dels clan McDonald. Primer es va construir una mansió al voltant de l'any 1790. L'any 1815, a un costat de la casa, es va edificar un edifici amb aspecte de castell en Scottish baronial style (estil arquitectònic escocès originari del segle XVI), sense funcions defensives, dissenyat per James Gillespie Graham. Després de l'any 1855, la part de la casa destruïda pel foc va ser reemplaçada per un ala central, dissenyada per David Bryce. Des de 1925 el castell, abandonat per la família MacDonald, ha quedat en ruïnes. Els jardins al voltant del mateix s'han conservat i actualment són la seu del Clan Donald Centre, que administra el Museu de les Illes. Enllaços externs Clan Donald @Centrar Armadale Castle Arxivat 2011-04-03 a Wayback Machine. Gazetteer for Scotland: Armadale Castle Arxivat 2007-03-11 a Wayback Machine.
Armadale Castle

Armadale Castle ist der ehemalige Herrensitz des schottischen Clans MacDonald. Das weitgehend verfallene Schloss liegt zwischen den Orten Ardvasar und Kilmore an der A851 auf der Landzunge Sleat im äußersten Süden der Isle of Skye. Geschichte Die MacDonalds residierten von 1650 bis 1690 in Armadale in zwei Farmhäusern. 1690 verlegten sie ihren Wohnsitz nach Duntulm Castle im Norden von Skye. 1790 ließ der Clan einen Herrensitz in Armadale bauen. 1815 wurde das Anwesen im historistischen Stil nach Plänen von James Gillespie Graham ausgebaut, allerdings 1855 durch Feuer weitgehend zerstört. Teile der Ruine wurden durch einen Neubau des Architekten David Bryce ersetzt. 1925 verließ der Clan Armadale, und der Gebäudekomplex verfiel. Armadale Castle heute Von allen drei Bauphasen sind Teile erhalten – die 1815 und nach 1855 errichteten Gebäudeteile allerdings als Ruinen. Nutzbar ist nur der Nordflügel des Baus von 1790. Er wurde in den 1970er Jahren restauriert, nachdem der Clan Donald Lands Trust Armadale Castle und das umliegende Gelände 1971 gekauft hatte. Heute ist Armadale Castle vor allem wegen der wiederhergestellten Gartenanlagen eine Touristenattraktion. In der ursprünglich aus dem 17. Jahrhundert stammenden Anlage finden sich zahlreiche exotische Pflanzen, die aufgrund des durch den Golfstrom hervorgerufenen milden Klimas hier wachsen. Die erhaltenen Gebäudeteile werden für Hochzeiten genutzt. Auf dem Gelände des Schlosses befindet sich außerdem das Museum of the Isles. Die Stallungen von Armadale Castle sind als Denkmal der höchsten Kategorie A klassifiziert. Armadale Castle selbst, sein Gutshof sowie eine Brücke entlang seiner Hauptzufahrt sind als Kategorie-B-Bauwerke klassifiziert. Das in den 1820er Jahren eingerichtete Waschhaus ist hingegen ein Denkmal der Kategorie C. 1987 wurde die Anlage in das Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland aufgenommen. Weblinks Armadale Castle auf der Website von Clan Donald Skye Eintrag zu Skye, Armadale Castle auf trove.scot, der Datenbank von Historic Environment Scotland (englisch) Armadale Castle im Verzeichnis europäischer Schlösser (Memento vom 28. Dezember 2010 im Internet Archive) Einzelnachweise
Armadale Castle

Armadale Castle is a ruined country house in Armadale, Skye, former home of the MacDonalds. History A mansion house was first built here around 1790, facing south-east over the Sound of Sleat. In 1815 a square Tudor-Gothic mock-castle, intended for show rather than defence, designed by Edinburgh architect James Gillespie Graham, was built next to the house. After 1855 the part of the house destroyed by fire was replaced by a central wing, designed by David Bryce. Since 1925 the castle, abandoned by the Macdonald family, has fallen into ruin. The gardens around the castle have been maintained, and are now home to the Clan Donald Centre, which operates the Museum of the Isles. All the southern (Gillespie-Graham) sections of the building were demolished in 1971, leaving the (roofless) David Bryce section and a less formal two storey wing on the far north side. The remnant section is only listed category C due to its ruinous condition. The gardens are protected as a Designed Landscape. On 24 March 2025, the Clan Donald Lands Trust announced that it would be listing the Armadale Estate, including the castle, museum and 20,000 acres for private sale due to financial struggles and insolvency. The first listing for the 20,000 acres was posted on 26 March 2025. On 14 June 2025, the second half of the listing, involving the heritage sites, was listed. References External links Media related to Armadale Castle at Wikimedia Commons Official website CLAN DONALD SKYE at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 April 2011) Gazetteer for Scotland: Armadale Castle Save Armadale
Castillo de Armadale

El Castillo de Armadale (en inglés, Armadale Castle) es una casa de campo en ruinas en Armadale, en la isla de Skye, anterior residencia de los MacDonald (Del clan MacDonald). Primero se construyó una mansión alrededor de 1790; en 1815, a un lado de la casa, un edificio con aspecto de castillo en Scottish baronial style (estilo arquitectónico escocés originario del siglo XVI), sin funciones defensivas, diseñado por James Gillespie Graham. Después de 1855 la parte de la casa destruida por el fuego fue reemplazada por un ala central, diseñada por David Bryce. Desde 1925 el castillo, abandonado por la familia MacDonald, ha quedado en ruinas. Los jardines alrededor del mismo se han conservado y actualmente son la sede del Clan Donald Centre, que administra el Museo de las Islas. En enero de 2026 fue comprado por una familia canadiense, los Hutchison, quienes afirman descender del clan MacDonanld. La compra se efectuó por unas 6'8 millones de libras esterlinas. La familia Hutchison además reconoció el valor histórico tanto del edificio como de los territorios adyacentes y se comprometió a conservarlo.​ Referencias Enlaces externos Clan MacDonald (web sobre clanes escoceses) Noticia de la BBC acerca de la compra Clan Donald Centre en Armadale Castle Archivado el 3 de abril de 2011 en Wayback Machine. Gazetteer for Scotland: Armadale Castle http://sobreescocia.com/2010/06/07/el-castillo-de-armadale-en-la-isla-de-skye/