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  • Dryburgh Abbey

    September 11, 2015 /

    The pink sandstone ruins of Dryburgh Abbey stand in their own little pool of time, listening for the gentle chant of prayers

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    January 10, 2014

    Dunfermline Abbey (part 2): pride of kings

    November 18, 2015

    St Moluag’s Cathedral on the Isle of Lismore

    March 1, 2016
  • The Birnam Oak

    May 11, 2015 /

    Did this majestic tree - or the forest in which it stood - inspire Shakespeare with an idea for 'Macbeth'?

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  • The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014 /

    Evergreen, toxic, and able to live for thousands of years… it's no wonder the yew tree was revered in ancient times.

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    The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014

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    September 9, 2013

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015
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