Ruplie House, Portree (??)

Glen Macpherson, from New South Wales has written:

I came across a reference to a "Ruplie House" in Portree in a 19th Century family letter and was wondering if it still exists and where it is located. I'm not sure if Ruplie is the exact spelling, but it was spelt that way in the letter.

Any assistance would be most appreciated.

If anyone can help Glen, please contact me: admin@portree-local-history-society.org in the first instance, and I will forward replies to him.

SC

"Borva Stores" - any ideas?

We've received this enquiry. If anyone can help with Pete's search, please let us know.

I am doing some research for my family genealogy and was wondering if
there is any signifigance to the title such as in an address from the mid
1940s:

"Borva stores, Portree"

that you might be familiar with?

Kind regards,

Pete Hindy

SC

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Interested in Historical Monuments?

Rita Campbell, Secretary of the Portree Local History Society attended a talk in Kyleakin given by Tom Parnell of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and
Historical Monuments of Scotland.

He showed examples of examples of what is available on their website.

They are working on a project to publish and digitise Illustrated Architectural Guides, one of which will be The Western Seaboard (Western Isles, Lochaber and Skye and Lochalsh). They encourage heritage groups and schools, among others, to contribute any material on the built environment, e.g. photographs, drawings or just
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They can be contacted through their website.

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