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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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    Clan MacThomas and the Clach na Coileach

    March 30, 2015

    The Garvellachs: just below the surface

    September 1, 2013

    The Devil’s Arrows: shafts of darkness

    August 12, 2015
  • 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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    The old chapel of Kilvaree

    June 24, 2018

    Kilmory Knap Chapel – part one

    June 22, 2013

    Carnbane Castle and a banquet for a bard

    February 16, 2016
  • 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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    Glen Lonan: ‘The Road of the Kings’

    March 24, 2014

    Kilmartin church and graveyard

    July 24, 2018

    St Michael’s Church, Linlithgow

    February 4, 2015

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