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  • Castle Sween: still watching for the sails

    June 13, 2013 /

    Dreaming of times gone by, this wonderful 12th-century castle looks out over Loch Sween and the Sound of Jura.

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    Orkney: the Stones of Stenness

    December 29, 2024

    Walking to the Field of the Heads

    July 10, 2018

    Orkney: the Earl’s Bu and some eventful Christmas feasts

    December 14, 2023
  • Dunnottar: the last bastion

    October 1, 2012 /

    Occupying a clifftop with perfect natural defences, Dunnottar has sea views to die for... and roots that stretch back into the realms of prehistory. If its story doesn't take your breath away, the North Sea wind certainly will!

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    The Devil’s Arrows: shafts of darkness

    August 12, 2015

    Looking for the yew of Easragan

    May 20, 2019

    History by the roadside: Duncan Cameron’s Cairn

    July 7, 2012
  • Dunollie Castle in Oban Bay

    April 10, 2012 /

    From their high vantage point overlooking Oban Bay and the Firth of Lorn, the former occupants of Dunollie Castle must have scanned the horizon anxiously for Viking longships.

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    Loch Avich and the Castle of the Red-haired Girl

    May 14, 2016

    Seacliff beach and the UK’s smallest harbour

    October 21, 2014

    Tantallon – a ring of truth?

    February 1, 2015
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