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  • Doune Castle: seat of power

    July 30, 2014 /

    Is this my favourite castle yet? (It might just take the medieval biscuit!) The setting for 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' and now the new 'Outlander' series, Doune Castle is a delight to explore!

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    Glengarrisdale and Maclaine’s skull – a mystery re-exhumed

    August 21, 2022

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

    February 11, 2018

    Ossian’s Cave in Glen Coe

    November 26, 2015
  • A sport for kings at Falkland Palace

    June 7, 2014 /

    What was the exciting sport enjoyed by Mary Queen of Scots? And just how did I end up playing it myself?

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    Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss

    October 23, 2016

    Lochbuie Stone Circle and Moy Castle, Isle of Mull

    January 13, 2024

    St Brendan and the Garvellachs

    February 24, 2012
  • Falkland Palace: power and glory

    June 5, 2014 /

    Sitting on the quiet main street of Falkland in Fife is one of the most remarkable Scottish castles, brainchild of the brilliant but ill-fated Stewart kings

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    The stones of Kilmory Oib

    May 26, 2015

    A walk to Barnakill

    October 9, 2021

    Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time

    October 18, 2013

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