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  • 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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  • 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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