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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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    Midwinter wishes

    December 24, 2020

    Diarmuid and Grainne: a boar hunt and a tragic love story in Glen Lonan

    November 22, 2019

    Pin-feather painting – a new level

    June 14, 2012
  • 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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    Dryburgh Abbey

    September 11, 2015

    St Bride’s: a history worth saving

    June 20, 2018

    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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    Kilberry: sculptured stones and an enduring mystery

    November 17, 2013

    In search of MacMarquis’s chin

    August 26, 2023

    Orkney: the Brough of Birsay

    October 30, 2023

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