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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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    Fraser’s Bridge in Glen Clunie

    October 4, 2013

    Kildalton Cross: guardian of another time

    March 11, 2012

    Inverlochy Castle

    October 24, 2020
  • 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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    An old story of Craignish

    February 4, 2020

    The Garvellachs: just below the surface

    September 1, 2013

    St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 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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    Camas nan Geall: ‘the Bay of the Strangers’

    July 20, 2015

    The island of Gigha

    May 12, 2019

    Deirdre and the Sons of Uisneach

    July 13, 2022

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