Mystery over Scottish rock carving found 5,500 miles away in China: Eight-foot rock with name of historic whisky distillery chiselled into it is found on Chinese building site

Mystery over Scottish rock carving found 5,500 miles away in China: Eight-foot rock with name of historic whisky distillery chiselled into it is found on Chinese building site
Discovery made during recent work on resort at Moganshan near Shanghai
Rock was engraved with word 'Glenturret' - a distillery in Crieff, Perthshire
Developers know property used to belong to a Scottish missionary doctot
But they remain puzzled about connection to Glenturret, 5,500 miles away
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Mystery surrounds the discover by construction workers in China of a giant piece of rock engraved with the word Glenturret - the name of a Scottish whisky distillery 5,500 miles away.
The discovery came during a recent excavation for a resort at Moganshan, a holiday destination in China two hours from Shanghai.
Developers of the Chinese resort and staff at the historic Glenturret distillery in Crieff in Perthshire, Scotland, remain baffled over the link between the two sites.

Mystery surrounds the discover by construction workers in China of a giant piece of rock engraved with the word Glenturret - the name of a Scottish whisky distillery 5,500 miles away
One avenue of investigation has emerged after it was revealed some of the China property used to belong to Dr. Duncan Main, a Scottish missionary doctor who dedicated 45 years of his life to working in China in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
But developers are still puzzled about the connection to Glenturret.
Staff at the distillery are baffled too and called on the public to help them solve the last pieces of an intriguing mystery, one that gives a new twist to UK-China trade relations.


Grant Horsfield, founder of 'naked Retreats', which operates a luxury eco-resort in the area and is working on opening more properties, said: 'We know Dr. Duncan Main, one of the most famous missionaries in China at the time, had a castle on the property and that it was used as a summer retreat by him and his hospital staff.

'It was built in 1910 as a sanitorium and known simply as £1 Moganshan. We also know it passed into the hands of the government of Zhejiang for a short time during China's nationalisation and then was handed back to Dr. Main's son, S. Duncan Main.

Mystery surrounds the discover by construction workers in China of a giant piece of rock engraved with the word Glenturret - the name of a Scottish whisky distillery 5,500 miles away
One avenue of investigation has emerged after it was revealed some of the China property used to belong to Dr. Duncan Main, a Scottish missionary doctor who dedicated 45 years of his life to working in China in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
But developers are still puzzled about the connection to Glenturret.
Staff at the distillery are baffled too and called on the public to help them solve the last pieces of an intriguing mystery, one that gives a new twist to UK-China trade relations.

One avenue of investigation has emerged after it was revealed some of the China property used to belong to Dr. Duncan Main, a Scottish missionary doctor who dedicated 45 years of his life to working in China in the late 1800s and early 1900s

'We have yet to find a link between Dr. Main and our own region of Crieff, which is some distance away at the foot of the Scottish Highlands.

'We're wondering if perhaps Dr. Main was such a fan of his native drink that he was one of the first importers of Glenturret whisky to China. Another possibility is that the rock has uncovered a link not to Glenturret Distillery but to a British steamship called Glenturret that we also know existed.

'What is clear is that Glenturret made its mark, literally, halfway around the world. We'd love to have someone come forward to shed some more light on what is truly a fascinating story and a very colourful cast of characters.

'Otherwise, for us, it may not be so much the Year of the Monkey as the Year of the Whisky as we try to clear the whole mystery up.'

'Even the bank was surprised': Mystery as retired Kansas teacher 'who lived like an old maid' leaves $2 million in her will to Jesuit Society of Jesus

'Even the bank was surprised': Mystery as retired Kansas teacher 'who lived like an old maid' leaves $2 million in her will to Jesuit Society of Jesus
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Anna Kurzweil left the hefty sum in her will - much to relatives' surprise
She had been living off a pension of $1,000 a month but was 'thrifty'
The recipients - the Jesuit Society of Jesus - said the gift 'exemplified the power of planned giving'
Relatives - who say sum must have come from wise investments - were left $5,000 each in the will


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A former nun who spent her final years 'living as a maid' has left a mystery $2 million to a Jesuit society - despite never earning more than $20,000 a year.
Anna Kurzweil, who never married and had no children, left relatives puzzled after she gave the grand sum in her will - while only leaving them $5,000 a piece.
And while the donation's recipient, Society of Jesus, may not come as a surprise - Kurzweil had devoted much of her life to God - the hefty sum certainly does.
But Kurzweil's relatives told Kansas City Star that the money must be the result of wise investing and that she was 'sharp and thrifty' with money.
They said she did inherit a small nest egg left after the family’s three farms were sold and divvied up among the children and saved from there.
Kurzweil, who died aged 100 in 2012, had been a longtime member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, a parish at 1001 E. 52nd St., near Rockhurst University and had lived in a small house nearby.
Her nephew John Van De Vyvere told Kansas City Star: 'Nobody knew she had that kind of money.
'I think even the people at the bank were surprised.'
Relatives said that she had been living off a thousand-dollar-a-month pension.
And John Fitzpatrick, a provincial assistant for the Jesuits, told Religion News Services that Kurzweil had 'exemplified the power of planned giving' and that the gift was unrestricted, meaning the order may use the money however it wishes.

According to the paper, Kurzweil grew up the youngest of eight children on a farm in Grandview, Kansas.
After college she became a schoolteacher, which is where she had her heart broken by a fellow colleague - spurring her to commit to a life of God.
In an excerpt from her journal, published by the papers she writes: 'Then. I made my commitment to live for God.'
She joined the order of Sisters of Loretto post- Word War II, but left in the mid fifties to care for her mother.
After her mother's death she traveled the world, working at one point in a leper colony in New Guinea.
She spent her final years living in a small house in Rockhurst.
Nephew Harold Kurzweil told the paper: 'She had gone through a lot and by that time lived pretty much like an old maid.'

Mystery missile over California

Mystery missile over California


A mystery missile was caught on video flying off the coast of Los Angeles, but the Pentagon says they have no clue who launched it