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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    Castle Sween: still watching for the sails

    June 13, 2013

    Before the rain

    April 10, 2022

    Sueno’s Stone

    April 19, 2023
  • 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 Lerags Cross

    July 2, 2017

    The Pictish stone of Fowlis Wester

    August 5, 2016

    From Arichonan to Kilmory Oib

    August 20, 2018
  • 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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    Rock art at Cairnbaan

    June 28, 2020

    Falkland Palace: power and glory

    June 5, 2014

    The Kyle of Tongue: a battle, a hero’s grave and a cow with a gold coin

    September 15, 2025
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