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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    Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar

    March 2, 2012

    Lochbuie Stone Circle and Moy Castle, Isle of Mull

    January 13, 2024

    The Garvellachs: just below the surface

    September 1, 2013
  • 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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    Drumlanrig Castle

    October 6, 2014

    St Bride’s revisited

    September 18, 2015

    The ivy green

    November 20, 2022
  • 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 darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

    A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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