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*Darvel Library will close at 1.30pm, Tues 20 May. Click and collect services will be unaffected. Open as normal on Thur 22 May. 

*The Baird Institute will be closing early at 2pm on Sat 24 May for staff training.  We apologise for any inconvenience.

Dean Castle Collections - Highlight

The latest item in our series of highlights from Dean Castle's Collections is an ear dagger.

Pictured is a rare and particularly fine example of an ear dagger, so called because it's pommel resembles an ear.

Composed of steel, brass and ivory the dagger was made in Spain and belongs to the collections of the 8th Lord Howard De Walden.

Dean Castle will reopen in Spring 2023.

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