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  • Loch Dochart Castle

    March 5, 2015 /

    Not the easiest to see, this ruined tower house stands on a tiny island in Loch Dochart. I thought the story would be quite a short one…

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    In search of MacMarquis’s chin

    August 26, 2023

    Clava Cairns

    February 25, 2017

    A folk tale, a battlefield, and a witch’s leap

    July 19, 2020
  • Inchbuie: an island of dreams

    January 15, 2013 /

    For centuries, this beautiful island in the River Dochart has been the last resting place of 'The MacNab' and his clansmen

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    Birdsong and light

    January 31, 2026

    Back to the Garvellachs

    October 1, 2024

    The Kyle of Tongue: a battle, a hero’s grave and a cow with a gold coin

    September 15, 2025
  • St Fillan and Glen Dochart

    July 31, 2011 /

    In the quiet woodlands of Glen Dochart is a small burial ground of the Macnab clan, with clues to an older, saintly presence...

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    Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar

    March 2, 2012

    Orkney: the Ring of Brodgar

    December 21, 2024

    St Margaret’s Chapel in Edinburgh Castle

    January 19, 2012

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