{"id":45574,"date":"2026-02-17T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45574"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:31:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:31:47","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-heritage-charity-to-change-name-after-sale-of-20000-acre-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45574","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Heritage charity to change name after sale of 20,000-acre estate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Armadale_Castle_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_3583860.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Armadale_Castle_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_3583860.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Armadale_Castle_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_3583860.jpg 960w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Armadale_Castle_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_3583860-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Armadale_Castle_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_3583860-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-fc9d00223793ef82aa373032835d2c6e\"><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Armadale_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3583860.jpg\">Armadale Castle, by Doug Lee CC-BY-SA-2.0 via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Scottish heritage charity will change its name after completing the multi-million-pound sale of its 20,000-acre estate on the Isle of Skye, which it says will allow \u2018a renewed focus on its core mission\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Civil Society writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Clan Donald Land Trust\u2019s (CDLT) sale of the Armadale Castle Estate and South Sleat Estate to the Canadian Hutchinson family, for a reported \u00a39.4m, was confirmed on 15 January. Following the sale, CDLT will relocate its Museum of the Isles to a new location and rename itself the Clan Donald Heritage Trust\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial difficulties warranted sale, says OSCR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 \u2018In OSCR\u2019s view, the charity trustees\u2019 decision to sell the South Sleat Estate and Armadale Castle was taken following detailed and ongoing consideration of the charity\u2019s long-term financial position, supported by this wide range of information,\u2019 the regulator said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilsociety.co.uk\/news\/heritage-charity-to-change-name-after-sale-of-20-000-acre-estate.html\">Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Armadale Castle, by Doug Lee CC-BY-SA-2.0 via Wikimedia Commons A Scottish heritage charity will change its name after completing the multi-million-pound sale of its 20,000-acre estate on the Isle of Skye, which it says will allow \u2018a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45574\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29,156,83,521],"class_list":["post-45574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-heritage","tag-museums","tag-scotland","tag-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45574"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45602,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45574\/revisions\/45602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}