The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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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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    The mystery of the Kilchoan Cross

    February 27, 2013

    St Bride’s revisited

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    The Stone of Scone

    July 12, 2012
  • 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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    The old chapel of Kilvaree

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  • 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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    St Bride’s revisited

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    Culross Palace

    June 14, 2016

    A walk to Rí Cruin Cairn

    September 28, 2019
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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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