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  • Craig Phadrig

    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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    Iona’s timeless haven

    February 9, 2012

    Remembering the magic of mistletoe

    December 8, 2019

    Calanais

    June 29, 2025
  • 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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    A little chapel in Ballachulish

    May 19, 2014

    St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014

    Burnet rose

    July 12, 2021
  • 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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    Tirefuir broch on the Isle of Lismore

    October 10, 2019

    Looking at brochs

    July 18, 2014

    The brochs of Glenelg

    March 16, 2025

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