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  • Nether Largie: secrets in stone

    October 2, 2013 /

    Neither a circle nor a row, the arrangement of stones at Nether Largie in Argyll is puzzling in the extreme. What were our ancestors thinking... and why were they so keen on carving those little cup shapes?

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    Athelstaneford – a dovecot, an elusive battle, and the legend of Scotland’s flag

    August 14, 2014

    Inchbuie: an island of dreams

    January 15, 2013

    Carnassarie Castle in Kilmartin Glen

    April 6, 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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    Kildalton Cross: guardian of another time

    March 11, 2012
    Poldullie Bridge, Strathdon (2)

    In a nutshell: Poldullie Bridge, Strathdon

    November 22, 2014

    The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy

    November 13, 2021
  • Dun Carloway: strong and silent

    January 10, 2013 /

    On the far north-western shores of the British Isles, this Iron Age broch stands guard over secrets that are lost to time...

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    Torphichen Preceptory – stone-cold but compelling

    April 15, 2015

    The Devil’s Arrows: shafts of darkness

    August 12, 2015

    Dryburgh Abbey

    September 11, 2015
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