Urgent roof tile replacement after storm damage in Coleraine Published: 29/01/2025 A roof tile has gone missing due to a storm in Coleraine. With a replacement tile ready, learn how the repair is carried out, costs involved, and how to prevent further damage. Read this article
Brora
Brora is a town in the east of Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland. Brora is a little industrial town, contending once a coal pit, watercraft building, salt frying pans, fish treating, lemonade manufacturing facility, the new Clynelish Distillery (in addition to the old Clynelish distillery which is currently called the Brora distillery, woollen mill, bricks as well as a rock quarry. The white sandstone in the Clynelish quarry belongs to the Brora Formation, of the Callovian and also Oxfordian phases (formerly Middle Oolite) of the Mid-Late Jurassic. Stone from the quarry was used in the building of London Bridge, Liverpool Cathedral as well as Dunrobin Castle. When in operation, the coalmine was the most northern coalmine in the UK. Brora was the starting point in the north of Scotland to have electrical energy thanks to its wool sector. This distinction triggered the regional label of "Electric City" at the time. Brora additionally houses a baronial design clock tower which is a battle memorial.