Lands Trust disaster!

25/3/2025 - Original communication from the Lands Trust.
26/3/2025 - BBC news story re. Clan Donald Lands Trust can be found here.
29/3/2025 - Follow-up communication from Lands Trust- here is the link.

29/3/2025 - "The National" newspaper article re. Lands Trust article can be found here.

29/3/2025 - Communication from Clan Donald USA can be found here.

30/3/2025 - Communication from a representative of Sleat Community Trust and Sleat Community Council can be found here.

30/3/2025 - Letter from Ian R Macdonnell, High Council Officer, Clan Seanchaidh (Historian and Archivist), Australia can be found here.

30/3/2025 - Scottish Land Commission article can be found here.

1/4/2025 - Highland news on Radio Scotland reported that the Scottish Land Commission has said that there should have been consultation with the local community.

31/3/2025 - Statement (below) from the Clan Donald Society of Scotland.

5/4/2025 - Statement by The Right Honourable Godfrey James Macdonald of Macdonald, 8th Lord Macdonald, Chief of the Name and Arms of Macdonald, High Chief of Clan Donald and 34th Hereditary Chief of Clan Donald.

6/4/2025 - Scotland on Sunday article. Latest addition to this page.

7/4/2025 - Sleat Community Trust and the Sleat Community Council organised a public meeting in Sabhal Mòr Ostaig’s main hall to discuss the proposed sale of the CDLT. The Society was represented by Lois MacDonell of Glengarry.

8/4/2025 - Strutt and Parker, Selling Agents, now inform us that the Lands are back on the market.

10/4/2025 - Expression of concern to Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) Letter from Ian R Macdonnell, High Council Officer, Clan Seanchaidh (Historian and Archivist), Australia. With link to submission.

12/4/2025 - Submission of concern to OSCR by group of Clan Donald members.

12/4/2025 - Supplementary submission to OSCR by group of Clan Donald members.

Mid April - Submission (in preparation - will be available when ready) from Sleat Community Council to OSCR. 

April - Sale of Kingsburgh House, Snizort. Details can be found here. 

20/4/2025 - Scotland on Sunday newspaper article on sale of Kingsburgh House can be found here.  

23/4/2025 - Museum of the Isles.  News relating to museum contents and return of Sir Ian Macdonald as a trustee.

24/4/2025 - Statement and letter to the Clan from CDLT.  

A possible reason for the proposed sale of the Lands Trust being so rushed is that the Land Reform Bill currently being considered by the Scottish Parliament includes a requirement for large land holdings to give prior notification of intention to sell. Had that bill become an act, the Trustees would be breaking the law by trying to sell without consultation. The Bill itself was introduced to the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 13 March 2024.  But, policy research, committee work, public consultation and bill preparation had been going on for a very long time before that.