iScot: A ‘Most Impressive Publication’

September 13, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE I was contacted the week by a journalist, Paul Kelbie, seeking an update on our ‘Celtic Treasures’ campaign. The campaign which identified artefacts like the Lewis Chessmen, The Chronicles, The Gold Cape of Mold etc seeks to promote

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Scotland: Six Lewis Chessmen Returned

September 13, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE ‘some of the Chessmen are ‘home’, but the Chronicles continue to moulder in the British Library ignored by a Manx government to craven to demand their return!’ Six pieces from Lewis chess set have been returned to Scotland

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Chessmen Pieces to be Returned to Scotland

June 15, 2012

News from Celtic Press A number of pieces of an historic chess set are planned to be returned to their home in Scotland from the British Museum in London. Six pieces of the Lewis Chessmen will be repatriated to Scotland on permanent loan

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Lewis Chessmen: Scottish Government Resolute On Need To Reunite Pieces

March 31, 2011

LEWIS CHESSMEN: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT RESOLUTE ON NEED TO REUNITE PIECES The Scottish Government is committed to campaigning to have the Lewis Chessmen reunited in an independent Scotland. The position is set out in reply to a query from the Celtic League (see link

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Scottish Government urged To press Case for return of Lewis Chessmen

February 21, 2011

The Celtic League has urged the Scottish government to press the case for the return of the Lewis chessmen pieces held by the British Museum to Scotland. The League point to recent significant International moves in relation to the restitution of `removed’ artefacts.

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Positive Noises Over Chessmen Return

June 17, 2010

It has been reported that talks on the possible return to the Western Isles of at least some of the Lewis Chessmen have been positive. The intricately carved figures were found buried on Lewis in 1831. The artefacts recovered are presently divided, with

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