The Hazel Tree

The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Blackness Castle

    July 22, 2017 /

    There's nothing romantic about this castle on the Firth of Forth: armed to the teeth, with walls 18 feet thick, Blackness was once a power to be reckoned with

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    The island of Gigha

    May 12, 2019

    A writing update

    July 12, 2024

    Loch Dochart Castle

    March 5, 2015
  • Smailholm Tower

    November 13, 2016 /

    A 'peel tower' in the Scottish Borders, basking in the autumn sunshine and remembering a colourful history of reiving

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    Orkney: the Brough of Birsay

    October 30, 2023

    St Michael’s Church, Linlithgow

    February 4, 2015

    Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary

    December 14, 2011
  • Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss

    October 23, 2016 /

    Ghosts of horses tend to come in different guises, some of them benevolent and some of them more inclined towards the Apocalypse. The story that is linked with Old Castle Lachlan is moving and gentle, touched by the sadness of Culloden

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    Jedburgh Abbey

    October 1, 2015

    Deer carvings at Dunchraigaig

    September 13, 2023

    New book: Britain’s Landmarks and Legends

    August 18, 2023
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