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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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    Loch Avich and the Castle of the Red-haired Girl

    May 14, 2016

    Orkney: the Earl’s Bu and some eventful Christmas feasts

    December 14, 2023

    White frost and winter light

    December 16, 2022
  • 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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    Looking at brochs

    July 18, 2014

    Standing stone near Loch Ederline

    July 27, 2017

    White frost and winter light

    December 16, 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
    Clachtoll broch

    Clachtoll broch

    July 4, 2026

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