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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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    Prehistoric rock art at Achnabreck

    April 5, 2016

    Dunstaffnage Castle: defiant to the last

    July 17, 2015

    The Kyle of Tongue: a battle, a hero’s grave and a cow with a gold coin

    September 15, 2025
  • 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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    Castle Stalker: plenty to brood on

    August 16, 2012

    Ossian’s Cave in Glen Coe

    November 26, 2015

    St Brendan and the Garvellachs

    February 24, 2012
  • 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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    Ardchattan: in the footsteps of St Baodan

    March 25, 2016

    Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

    March 9, 2016

    St Moluag’s Cathedral on the Isle of Lismore

    March 1, 2016
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