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  • Craig Phadrig and its kings

    March 6, 2026 /

    This vitrified hill fort may have been the stronghold of Bridei, king of the Picts

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    St Bride’s: a history worth saving

    June 20, 2018

    Bronze Age cairns in Kilmartin Glen

    May 17, 2026

    Killiecrankie: haunted by memories

    January 13, 2014
  • Caisteal nan Coin Duibh – ‘the Castle of the Black Dogs’

    February 11, 2018 /

    With sweeping views across the sea from the Craignish peninsula, this hill fort seems to be half-immersed in legend

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    An old story of Craignish

    February 4, 2020

    Clava Cairns

    February 25, 2017

    St Conan’s Kirk

    June 27, 2019
  • Dun Beag: hilltop fortress

    May 3, 2013 /

    When the Picts chose to build a broch on this windswept hilltop in central Skye, they wanted it to be impregnable - and for good reasons.

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    St Andrews: the glorious Cathedral

    March 20, 2014

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

    July 19, 2020

    The Prince’s Cave, Loch nan Uamh

    April 24, 2024

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