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Nov 1, 20195 min read

Our Own X Files

Rounding a corner of a woodland path on Dechmont Law, a forester going about his job in November 1979 entered a clearing and came upon a...

Oct 22, 20184 min read

Calders Soldiers

In 1914 the majority of the Hearts first team, then sitting at the top of the league and favourites to win the Scottish Cup, received a...

Sep 1, 20156 min read

Pentland Heist

Thirty years ago, Pentland Hills Regional Park was at the centre of a police investigation when what appeared to be little more than a...

Nov 3, 20114 min read

Hare Hill Crash

In 1943 Britain was at war. On a clear day, from the top of Hare Hill in the Pentland Hills, you could see a great deal of Edinburgh. You...

May 4, 20114 min read

Hatton House, the grandest of them all

These days you don't need Mons Meg, the giant cannon now at the top of Edinburgh Castle, to gain access to the site of Hatton House from...