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Interesting news · Saturday 25 July
Broughty Castle picked for Dundee's eclipse watch on 12 August
Angus · from dundeeculture.com
Photograph · dundeeculture.com
Mills Observatory has done the sums and its own hilltop is no use this time. On 12 August the Sun will be sitting too low in the west when the partial eclipse gets going, so the team is shifting down to Broughty Castle, where the views along the Tay are open and there are piers to stand on. At its peak, 91.6% of the Sun goes dark over Dundee. It starts at 6.07pm, maxes at 7.04pm and is done by 8pm, with the castle and museum staying open until 8.30pm. Certified glasses go on sale in the castle shop from 5 August, a pound a pair, around 400 of them. Weather permitting, obviously.
A riverside walk from Edzell through a little blue door in an estate wall by Gannochy Bridge, then up the gorge of the North Esk to the Rocks of Solitude.
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Historic Environment Scotland published an audit on 23 July which found only around 240 buildings in the whole of Scotland still have Angus flagstone roofing.
