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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    Dunaverty and St Columba’s Footprints

    November 29, 2020

    Dunfermline Abbey (part 2): pride of kings

    November 18, 2015

    Glen Lonan: ‘The Road of the Kings’

    March 24, 2014
  • 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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    The old pinewoods in Glen Orchy

    October 17, 2025

    Callanish: a ring to rule them all

    January 6, 2012

    Dunstaffnage Castle: defiant to the last

    July 17, 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 gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

    The darkness of the yew

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