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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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    Rock art at Ormaig

    October 18, 2018

    Ossian’s Cave in Glen Coe

    November 26, 2015

    Carnassarie Castle in Kilmartin Glen

    April 6, 2018
  • 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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    Dunollie Castle in Oban Bay

    April 10, 2012

    Dun Beag: hilltop fortress

    May 3, 2013

    Seacliff beach and the UK’s smallest harbour

    October 21, 2014
  • 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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    Treasures in a Knapdale wood

    May 29, 2021

    Loch Nell: the Tomb of the Giants and a Serpent Mound

    July 26, 2019

    Glen Lonan: ‘The Road of the Kings’

    March 24, 2014

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