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Castlepictures.com was set up by photographer David Rankin to market his photographs of Scottish landscapes and castles. This section of the site is the photo blog and it gives news about new picture galleries and products on the site

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Stirling Castle refurbishment plan

Historic Scotland has appointed leading Scottish contractor Morris & Spottiswood for its ambitious project to conserve the Royal Palace at Stirling Castle and to present it in its Renaissance glory.
The go-ahead for the Stirling Palace Project, and the culmination of many years of conservation and restoration work at Stirling Castle, was announced in June 2008.  [...]

2Sep2008 | webmaster | 0 comments | Continued
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Chirk Castle yews help fight cancer

Chirk Castle is a beautiful and historic castle in Wales .  Trimmings collected from the yew hedges at the National Trust property are being harvested because they contain the active ingredient taxotere for making the anti-cancer drug Tamoxifen.
The same ingredient can be extracted by harvesting the bark of some of the trees, but this kills [...]

12Aug2008 | webmaster | 0 comments | Continued
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Canvas wall art

Castlepictures.com has introduced a new set of prints on the website , landscapes and castles of Scotland by photographer David Rankin. The landscapes include Glencoe and Buachaille Etive Mor in the Scottish highlands. He has also included several pictures of Eilean Donan Castle and Edinburgh Castle . The new range are canvas wrap prints . [...]

8Jul2008 | webmaster | 0 comments | Continued
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Eilean Donan Castle pictures

Picture gallery 3 on the website features Eilean Donan Castle pictures . I took the pictures at sunset in the winter-time . You can just see a reflection of the castle in the loch’s waters.

7Jul2008 | webmaster | 0 comments | Continued
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Domain www.castlesofscotland.com for sale

Domain www.castlesofscotland.com for sale
. 150 visitors a day. Top keyword “castles for sale” - top ten position on Google .

6Jul2008 | webmaster | 0 comments | Continued
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Edinburgh Castle,the Royal Mile, Palace of Holyroodhouse pictures

Picture gallery 2 on castle pictures features Edinburgh Castle,the Royal Mile, Palace of Holyroodhouse pictures
Also pictures of the Scott Monument and St Giles Cathedral

3Jul2008 | webmaster | 0 comments | Continued
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Linlithgow Palace pictures

The first picture gallery on Castle Pictures features Linlithgow Palace
The Palace is on the shore of Linlithgow Loch . It was the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots. The palace features the newly restored Kings Fountain

2Jul2008 | webmaster | 0 comments | Continued