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heating and a lift shaft to aid in bringing logs to the main hall. The main hall is 5 m (16 ft) by 7.27 m (23.9 ft), with the size dictated by a triangular pattern on the ceiling. The ground floor, where the dining room is located, is vaulted. It has living space on four storeys, with a circular staircase leading to bedrooms on the upper levels, said to be based on a
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He was married to his first wife Agnes and they had two children. They had a daughter and a son; their son died in 1990. Ian had two daughters with a partner named Lennox Savage. He then married Ruth née Fisken and became a stepfather to her daughter Lisa. In his 2017 obituary, it was noted that he
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was designed by Begg and built from the ground up and completed in 1992. It was so named in part because Begg was in
Ravenscraig House when he was at school. It took 6 years to build and its layout is based on his experience working with other castles, but with some modern features like underfloor
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I'm 90 now and can no longer walk as well as I could. So we are moving into
Plockton itself, two-and-a-half miles away. Then I will be able to walk to the pub and the shop. I'm sorry, up to a point, to leave but I have come to accept change is necessary."
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