This summer we were hugely grateful to all our funders, Dunbar Community Council, East Lothian Council, The Paristamen, Active Schools and Dunbar Rotary, who made the Boat Building trip on the Isle of Mull a reality. During a wonderful week in August, our wonderful team of apprentice and trainee stonemasons hung up their chisels and…
Category: Funding
Heritage Lottery Funding is crucial to our work here at the Black Bull Close but let’s not forget the funding would not be available if it wasn’t for the YOU, the #NationaLottery players!! #ThanksToYou our work continues connecting the past, present and future of our wonderful built heritage in the heart of Dunbar. #ThanksToYou people…
We are super delighted to announce continued funding from the Architectural Heritage Fund. This support allows us to push on with Phase 2 of the development stage of the Black Bull Close project. The funding will be used to cover the costs of professional fees such as planning, archaeology and excavation as well as contributing…
Black Bull Close Clearance and Community Archaeology Project We’re so excited to announce that the Heritage Lottery Fund has granted us £55,000 to support the next phase in clearing the Black Bull Close buildings and making them safe. This will allow us to give access to small supervised groups, in particular as part of a…
The Ridge is working with East Lothian Council to explore ways to save the historic Black Bull Close, where ruined buildings thought to date from the 17th Century have reached the point of being almost beyond salvage. Not much detail is known about the history of this intriguing close off the High Street. Along with…
The Ridge has been lucky enough recently to receive funding from the Local Area Partnership to clear overgrown vegetation from the Black Bull Close. This is a fantastic step forward for us and “clears the way” so to speak to allow Simpson and Brown to carry out a Feasibility Study to further our works in the…
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