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  • Looking again at lichen

    September 3, 2013 /

    Some of my favourite photos, all taken in one place: Eileach an Naoimh, in the Garvellachs.

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    Bone Caves Inchnadamph

    The Bone Caves of Inchnadamph

    June 23, 2026

    Book review: ‘The Rainforests of Britain and Ireland’ by Clifton Bain

    April 21, 2016

    Book review: ‘Scotland’s Merlin’ by Tim Clarkson

    July 14, 2016
  • The Garvellachs: just below the surface

    September 1, 2013 /

    Set into a grassy bank on Eileach an Naoimh, the 'Isle of the Saints', is this small but intriguing underground chamber. Just what was it used for?

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    White frost and winter light

    December 16, 2022

    Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary

    December 14, 2011

    Dunfermline Abbey (part 2): pride of kings

    November 18, 2015
  • St Brendan and the Garvellachs

    February 24, 2012 /

    St Brendan and the Garvellachs sounds like an Irish folk group… and in a way, that's what they were! In the 6th century St Brendan and a band of adventurers set sail in search of paradise.

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    Dunkeld Cathedral: Scotland’s sacred heart

    January 10, 2014

    White frost and winter light

    December 16, 2022

    Kilberry: sculptured stones and an enduring mystery

    November 17, 2013

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