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The Clan Maclean Heritage Trust was established by the Clan Maclean Association in 1996 to recognise and cherish the heritage of the Clan Maclean around the world, as well as in Scotland, and to educate the wider public about it. The Association had already started this work by placing the armorial stone above the main entrance to Duart Castle in 1986, by restoring the ancient Maclean burial aisle at Lochaline in 1992, by erecting a cairn in 1996 at Drimnin pier to commemorate Charles Maclean of Drimnin who was killed leading the Macleans at Culloden in the '45, and by commissioning a portrait of the hero, author and traveller, Sir Fitzroy Maclean [1911-1996]. Since then projects have included memorial cairns at Ticonderoga in USA, and at Inverell in Australia. A cairn has been built at Traigh Ghruinneart on Islay to remember the death of Sir Lachlan Maclean of Duart in 1598, and an associated historical display was researched and produced to educate the public about the Battle of Traigh Ghruinneart. The most ambitious project has been the cairn at Pitreavie, Fife, erected in 2001 to commemorate the death of Sir Hector Maclean of Duart, the Chief, along with 760 clansmen in 1651 at the Battle of Inverkeithing. The cairn is built from granite brought 150 miles from the Maclean lands. Associated with this project was the preparation of display boards and liaison with the local primary school

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