The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Dunfermline Abbey (part 2): pride of kings

    November 18, 2015 /

    The second in my two-part series about the abbey and royal palace of Dunfermline

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    Melrose Abbey

    January 9, 2017

    St Moluag’s Cathedral on the Isle of Lismore

    March 1, 2016

    Tullibardine Chapel

    September 1, 2016
  • Winchester’s Round Table: inspired by a legend

    July 2, 2013 /

    The Great Hall at Winchester Castle houses a tribute to King Arthur, Britain's 'once and future king'. Prepare to be amazed...

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    The deer stone

    April 6, 2021

    From Arichonan to Kilmory Oib

    August 20, 2018

    Standing stone near Loch Ederline

    July 27, 2017
  • The Stone of Scone

    July 12, 2012 /

    The Stone of Scone, otherwise known as the Stone of Destiny, has so many legends and stories about its origin that it’s hard to know where to start. In 1296, four years after the coronation of John Balliol as King of Scotland, the Scots were defeated by the English at the Battle of Dunbar.  King Edward I, the ‘Hammer of the Scots’, continued to make rapid progress through Scotland, taking possession of its principal castles and religious centres, which included Scone Abbey.  Aware of the history and symbolism of the Stone of Scone, he lost no time in despatching it to England, along with the Scottish ‘Honours’ or crown jewels…

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    Calanais

    June 29, 2025

    The stones of Kilmory Oib

    May 26, 2015

    St Fillan and Glen Dochart

    July 31, 2011
    New book

    "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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