The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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Latest blog posts on The Hazel Tree

  • Torinturk and the fort of the black dog
  • Before the rain
  • St Brendan’s Seat
  • Blackthorn: the darkest wood
  • Fincharn Castle on Loch Awe

Latest blog posts for RSGS

Alexander Kellas - 'the most modest man that ever travelled the Himalayas'
Jane Digby el-Mezrab: from ballroom conquests to bedouin camps
Sir Everard im Thurn and an expedition to 'The Lost World'
Straight up the Prow: Roraima by the hardest route
  • Geology

    Echoes of smugglers on Cornwall’s north coast – a guest post by Rachel Bates

    March 1, 2015 /

    As 'Poldark' returns to our screens this month, guest writer Rachel Bates scrambles down the cliffs of north Cornwall to make an amazing discovery...

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    The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy

    November 13, 2021

    Herkimer diamonds

    April 11, 2015

    Garnet – the warrior stone

    February 22, 2014
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels,  History

    The Garvellachs: just below the surface

    September 1, 2013 /

    Set into a grassy bank on Eileach an Naoimh, the 'Isle of the Saints', is this small but intriguing underground chamber. Just what was it used for?

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    Melrose Abbey

    January 9, 2017

    Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

    March 9, 2016

    Kilneuair Chapel

    January 1, 2021
  • Carved crosses,  History

    Inveraray Cross

    August 30, 2013 /

    For any visitor to Inveraray, the glorious castle steals the show - but it's worth taking time to look at this lovely old relic from an age that is lost.

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    Ardchattan Priory: a place of serenity on Loch Etive

    July 10, 2014

    The mystery of the Kilchoan Cross

    February 27, 2013

    The Dupplin Cross

    September 16, 2014
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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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