Scalan

02/09/2026

Final preparations are underway for the final Open Day for 2026, part of Moray Doors Open Day. Come and find these small details and more!

📅Saturday 5th September
⏰Drop in anytime between 1pm and 4pm.

We are one of many buildings taken part in Moray Doors Open Day this year - a great day to go exploring and discovering somewhere new in Moray.

The site, the seminary and areas of North and South Mill are and will be open as normal, outwith the open day. Open Days are an opportunity to see inside the areas we normally lock to help preserve the historic graffiti and/or the objects inside them.

27/08/2026

We are once again taking part in Moray Doors Open Day on Saturday 5th September, between 1-4pm.

We are looking forward to seeing people and sharing the stories and history of this special place. We will have volunteers on site and some of the areas of the two Mill Buildings and Sandy's cottage that are usually closed will be open to look around, alongside all the other areas of the site that are normally open.

03/08/2026

The wildflowers around the Scalan are looking lovely in the summer sunshine as we get ourselves ready for the August open day on Saturday 8th.

🕘 Drop in anytime between 1pm and 4pm.
🅿️ Parking is at Carrachs car park but if you require closer access please contact [email protected].

Our open days are a chance to look around the whole site, including areas of the Mill Buildings that are normally closed to help preserve the historic graffiti inside them, and we also have a number of volunteers on site too to answer any questions and share their knowledge and stories of this special place.

08/06/2026

A little reminder that we have a busy weekend ahead up at Scalan.

📅 Saturday 13th June - open afternoon.
🕐Drop in anytime between 1-4pm
The whole site will be open and volunteers on site. The site is open as usual out with these times.

📅 Sunday 14th June
🕐 2pm - Scalan Association AGM at Scalan
🕐 4pm - Annual Mass at Scalan.

We hope some of you will be able to join us for one or a couple of these events - see posters for full details. Any questions please contact [email protected].

25/05/2026

One of our Committee Members, Ian Forbes, is running the 5km Chariots of Fire Beach Run in St Andrews on 31 May.

Ian is also a Trustee for of Blairs College Chapel and taking part (and all the training that is going into taking part) is all in aid of raising awareness and funds for the early-stage assessments of the Blairs College Chapel, helping to preserve the future of this spectacular building. The link with us here at Scalan is not only a contemporary one but also in that it can be said that Blairs has its historic roots with the Scalan from the setting up of the seminary here in the 1700s.

If you would like to find out more of the back story and support (and help encourage Ian across the line) you can do so via his Just Giving page:
www.justgiving.com/page/ian-forbes-1?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL

If you would like to find out more about the plans and work on Blairs College Chapel, we would strongly encourage you to take a look at their page - of Blairs College Chapel - and give it a like and follow too!

Best of luck Ian! We'll be thinking of you on Sunday and will have the Chariots of Fire theme on loop to see you across the line 🏃🏼🏃🏼

Help Ian Forbes raise money to support Friends of Blairs College Chapel

24/05/2026

Our Annual General Meeting is fast approaching, taking place on Sunday 14th June at 2pm.

This year we are trialling having the AGM at the Scalan to hopefully make it easier and more straightforward for members to attend. All our members should hopefully have received the most recent Scalan News newsletter which included the Agenda for the meeting amongst a broader update of what has been happening with the Scalan Association.

If you have not received this and feel you should have done, please send an email to [email protected] and we will happily look into it and get the information sent to you. Access to previous AGM meeting minutes and this year's agenda can also be found at the following link: www.scalan.net/downloads

If you are not a member of the Scalan Association and you are interested in joining, please send an email to [email protected].

📸 Geraldine McClure

17/05/2026

Alongside preparations for the Annual Mass and AGM (both taking place on Sunday 14th June) we are also preparing for our Open Days for 2026.

This year they will be taking place on 13th June, 8th August and 5th September. Drop in between 1-4pm where all areas of the site will be accessible and volunteers will be on hand to answer any questions and share their knowledge and stories about the remarkable history of this special place.

Please do help us spread the word and share this post with those who would be interested and/or tag them in the comments box below.

07/05/2026

We are just over a month away from the Scalan Annual Mass. Preparations are in full swing and we are keeping everything crossed for another dry weather year!

Please help us to spread the word and share this post and/or tag someone in the comments who would like to join us.

30/12/2025

We would like to take the time to wish all of our members, followers and supporters, near and far, all good wishes for 2026.

We hope everyone had and continues to have a peaceful time over the festive period. These snowy pictures of the Scalan were taken earlier in December with a beautiful winter sunlight.

This year has seen more visitors to the Scalan and the start of us finding out what maintenance work will likely be needed on the Seminary building in the coming years. We look forward to seeing what 2026 will bring.

📷 Amy Woolvin

30/06/2025

It's hard to believe that it is just over three weeks ago that we celebrated the Scalan Annual Mass. Unlike last year we had wonderfully dry weather and the sun also made an appearance too.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and particular thanks to Fr Eddie McGee for leading the Mass and all who helped to make the Mass run smoothly.

We look forward to welcoming people back to the Annual Mass next year. We still plan to stick with the second Sunday in June, please do pencil in Sunday 14th June to your diaries.

📸Photo Credit: Geraldine McClure