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
  • History,  Latest Feature,  Wildlife & Nature

    Torinturk and the fort of the black dog

    May 22, 2022 /

    A hill fort with a spectacular view and an ancient (if rather bloodthirsty) legend

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    Ardchattan: in the footsteps of St Baodan

    March 25, 2016

    Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

    March 9, 2016

    Tarbert – the ‘place of portage’

    August 12, 2018
  • History,  Latest Feature

    Castle Dounie

    March 26, 2021 /

    Breathtaking views from this Iron Age hill fort in Knapdale

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    Killiecrankie: haunted by memories

    January 13, 2014

    The stone circles of Fortingall

    May 11, 2014

    Falkland Palace: power and glory

    June 5, 2014
  • History

    Caisteal nan Coin Duibh – ‘the Castle of the Black Dogs’

    February 11, 2018 /

    With sweeping views across the sea from the Craignish peninsula, this hill fort seems to be half-immersed in legend

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    The Govan Stones

    April 29, 2015

    Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss

    October 23, 2016

    Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

    March 9, 2016
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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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