The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Deirdre and the Sons of Uisneach

    July 13, 2022 /

    The legend of a beautiful woman and three doomed warriors is remembered in a hill fort that bears their name

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    Orkney: the Stones of Stenness

    December 29, 2024

    The secrets of St Cormac

    November 5, 2018

    St Margaret’s Chapel in Edinburgh Castle

    January 19, 2012
  • Torinturk and the fort of the black dog

    May 22, 2022 /

    A hill fort with a spectacular view and an ancient (if rather bloodthirsty) legend

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    Loch an Eilein Castle

    July 2, 2023

    The value of Stirling

    December 8, 2013

    The Butter Bridge, Glen Kinglas

    March 21, 2015
  • Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022 /

    The tree of dark magic, whose brilliant white blossoms are among the first to appear in spring

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    The power of the elder

    June 21, 2019

    The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014

    The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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