Callander Heritage

Callander & District Heritage Society. A group of enthusiasts endeavouring to preserve Callander's rich history, photo archives & secrets of the landscape.

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John Buchanan Laird of Leny

In 1829 Mr John Buchanan Hamilton, or J.B Hamilton as he was usually called, became the Laird of the Leny estate after the death of his father that same year. He came along with his... https://t.co/B0zxiTlGyh

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The Kilmahog Bell

The bell which now hangs over the entrance arch to Kilmahog burial ground, is called Donald the Hammer's Bell. It original came from a barn on the shores of the Lake of Menteith. It was rung... https://t.co/GvkWoY5qp1

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The Duke's Pass

From the end of Loch Kathrine at the Trossachs Pier, the way to Aberfoyle is by one of Scotlands most famous high level roads, The Duke's Pass.
This popular tourist route... https://t.co/gdg3cxabrA

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Milestones

The distinctive black and white painted iron milestones such as these were specially erected along the Royal route followed by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, when they travelled to the opening of Loch Katrina waterworks in 1859.

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St. Brides

The foundations of St. Bride’s
Chapel were uncovered in 1932 by the Sir William Wallace Memorial committee of Callander.
Two carved figures of stone, allegedly representing... https://t.co/lOYnKdDEvb

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Callander Square 1880
The Weigh Bridge

The old steel-yard, public weighing machine, was housed in the octagonal-shaped building half way across The Square, where the War Memorial now... https://t.co/uyDqQW0pSE

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Military Roads of Scotland

Although Wade is chiefly remembered for the network of military roads, in 1740, after building about 300 miles of military roads, Wade left Scotland, later... https://t.co/Jk2oBjXKIg

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It’s our very own Archeologist Murray Cook. https://t.co/7HhxYD6jmc

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Doune Lodge

From the main road at Burn of Cambus a driveway runs up to Doune Lodge, the Early of Murray’s house.
The house that once stood here was originally called Cambuswallace, it was... https://t.co/fE7TmLjbdN

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Bridges

In 1777 the commissioner of the the Annexed Estates obtained tender to build several bridges, one to replace that at Kilmahog, one at Gartchonzie in place of the earlier ford, one... https://t.co/ZgHbURkoMj

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The MacDonald Stone of Loch Earn

John Stewart of Strathgarry in Atholl had been murdered, this led to a raid by a confederation of all the highland Stewarts, upon the homesteads of the... https://t.co/WPSpST7PR3

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Strangled to Death

I had enquiry recently from a gentleman overseas looking to to find information about a murder of one of his relatives.
I was informed that Mr Robert Inglis was... https://t.co/fr8m2buirz

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The Deanston Clock

This clock in the middle of Deanston, stands 20ft tall by 4ft square and has a clock on each side. It is built of red sandstone, quarried from Gurgunnock in the 1820s with the intention of... https://t.co/06gRlIfPQa

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Callander’s main road is 60ft across and that’s exactly how it was planned in the 1700s.
Between then and the 1900s, horse cart, carriages and coaches would have been the typical traffic.

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The Disarming Acts of Scotland

In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, there burst out of the Highlands a series of Jacobite gatherings in support of the Stuarts. The... https://t.co/c7XpxrbghQ