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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    The Hill o’ Many Stanes

    April 10, 2025
    Poldullie Bridge, Strathdon (2)

    In a nutshell: Poldullie Bridge, Strathdon

    November 22, 2014

    Kildalton Cross: guardian of another time

    March 11, 2012
  • 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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    The Dupplin Cross

    September 16, 2014

    The secrets of St Cormac

    November 5, 2018

    Treasures in a Knapdale wood

    May 29, 2021
  • 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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    Lochbuie Stone Circle and Moy Castle, Isle of Mull

    January 13, 2024

    Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary

    December 14, 2011

    Stronefield: a mill, an abandoned settlement, and a lost Jacobite’s cave

    August 15, 2021
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    "To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

    Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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