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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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    Culross Palace

    June 14, 2016

    Dun Dornaigil in Strathmore

    August 18, 2026
    Kilmartin Glen

    Bronze Age cairns in Kilmartin Glen

    May 17, 2026
  • 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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    Rosslyn Castle – falling shadows

    April 1, 2016

    World’s End Close, Edinburgh

    October 10, 2014

    Torinturk and the fort of the black dog

    May 22, 2022
  • 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

    Dun Carloway broch, Isle of Lewis

    January 10, 2013

    Looking at brochs

    July 18, 2014

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