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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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    Temple Wood stone circles, Kilmartin Glen

    April 25, 2016

    Culross Abbey

    July 29, 2016

    Looking for the Rock of the Dead

    April 15, 2018
  • 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 crannogs

    April 21, 2014

    Inveraray Cross

    August 30, 2013

    St Bride’s: a history worth saving

    June 20, 2018
  • 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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    Tantallon Castle: symbol of strength

    January 27, 2015

    Camas nan Geall: ‘the Bay of the Strangers’

    July 20, 2015

    Loch Avich and the Castle of the Red-haired Girl

    May 14, 2016

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