The Hazel Tree

The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Looking at brochs

    July 18, 2014 /

    These impressive buildings were designed to last - but what were they used for?

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    Clava Cairns

    February 25, 2017

    Ardvreck Castle

    November 18, 2024

    The Garvellachs: just below the surface

    September 1, 2013
  • The Battle of Dunnichen

    May 20, 2013 /

    Dunnichen, Dun Nechtain, Nechtansmere - take your pick (or should that be Pict?) We don't know where this battle took place, but we know one thing: the Picts were delighted with the outcome!

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    Iona: Dun I and the Well of Eternal Youth

    May 1, 2023

    The secrets of St Cormac

    November 5, 2018

    Aberlemno: riddles in stone

    October 10, 2012
  • Dun Beag: hilltop fortress

    May 3, 2013 /

    When the Picts chose to build a broch on this windswept hilltop in central Skye, they wanted it to be impregnable - and for good reasons.

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    The deer stone

    April 6, 2021

    St Andrews: the legacy of St Rule

    March 14, 2014

    Carnbane Castle and a banquet for a bard

    February 16, 2016
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