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  • Tantallon – a ring of truth?

    February 1, 2015 /

    While I was writing about Tantallon Castle, I got sidetracked by an alluring story...

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

    February 11, 2018

    The Hill o’ Many Stanes

    April 10, 2025

    In a nutshell: the Linlithgow Palace fountain

    May 14, 2014
  • Tantallon Castle: symbol of strength

    January 27, 2015 /

    The ancient seat of the Douglas Earls of Angus, Tantallon Castle tells a story of power, violence and treason. Most visitors didn't bring a picnic - they brought guns!

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    St Andrews: the glorious Cathedral

    March 20, 2014

    The Fair Maid’s House in Perth

    March 1, 2015

    Orkney: the Brough of Birsay

    October 30, 2023
  • St Andrew’s Auld Kirk, North Berwick

    December 9, 2014 /

    I'm fast discovering that North Berwick is a town with a long history - and some of it is hidden in full view! Take, for example, this bijou whitewashed building on the sea front...

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    Dunfermline Abbey (part 2): pride of kings

    November 18, 2015

    Dunstaffnage Chapel – haunted by sadness

    June 26, 2015

    St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014
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