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In 2020, Scotland had the highest number of drug-related deaths in Europe, almost 3.5 times higher than the rest of the UK. [16] Figures from the National Records of Scotland show there were 17 drug deaths in the Moray area in 2018 compared to 7 the year before. That compares to 10 in both 2016 and 2015, 2 in 2014 and 5 in 2013.
The firth is named after the 10th-century Province of Moray, whose name in turn is believed to derive from the sea of the firth itself.The local names Murar or Morar are suggested to derive from Muir, the Gaelic for sea, [2] whilst Murav and Morav are believed to be rooted in Celtic words Mur (sea) and Tav (side), condensed to Mur'av for sea-side. [3]
Clan Murray (listen ⓘ) is a Highland Scottish clan. [3] The chief of the Clan Murray holds the title of Duke of Atholl.Their ancestors were the Morays of Bothwell who established the family in Scotland in the 12th century.
Blair Castle (in Scottish Gaelic: Caisteil Bhlàir) stands in its grounds near the village of Blair Atholl in Perthshire in Scotland. It is the ancestral home of the Clan Murray, and was historically the seat of their chief, the Duke of Atholl, though the current chief, the 12th Duke of Atholl, lives in South Africa, where he was born and raised.
The County of Moray, (Scottish Gaelic: Moireibh [ˈmɤɾʲəv]) or Morayshire, called Elginshire until 1919, is a historic county in Scotland. The county town was Elgin.The historic county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975.
Murrayfield is an area to the west of Edinburgh city centre in Scotland. [1] It is to the east of Corstorphine and north of Balgreen, Saughtonhall and Roseburn. The A8 road runs east–west through the south of the area. Murrayfield is often considered to include the smaller neighbouring areas of Ravelston (to the north) and Roseburn (to the ...
The 9th century Pictish Elgin Pillar, found in the churchyard of St Giles' Church in 1823. The discovery of the Elgin Pillar, a 9th-century class II Pictish stone, under the High Street in 1823 suggests there may have been an Early Christian presence in the area of the later market, but there is no further evidence of activity before Elgin was created a Royal Burgh in the 12th century. [7]
The Islands of Fleet are a group of small islands in Galloway, Scotland. They are in Fleet Bay, which is part of Wigtown Bay, and is in turn part of the Solway Firth in the Irish Sea. There are three main islands. Murray Isles, owned by the National Trust for Scotland, with the small rock "Horse Mark" off it.