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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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    Ardchattan Priory: a place of serenity on Loch Etive

    July 10, 2014

    Dun Beag: hilltop fortress

    May 3, 2013

    A little chapel in Ballachulish

    May 19, 2014
  • 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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    The Stone of Scone

    July 12, 2012

    St Conan’s Kirk

    June 27, 2019

    Saddell Abbey – in the footsteps of Somerled

    January 8, 2019
  • 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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    From Arichonan to Kilmory Oib

    August 20, 2018

    Rock art at Cairnbaan

    June 28, 2020

    Looking at crannogs

    April 21, 2014

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