The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • The Birnam Oak

    May 11, 2015 /

    Did this majestic tree - or the forest in which it stood - inspire Shakespeare with an idea for 'Macbeth'?

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    The bridge of the fairy foxgloves

    June 8, 2013

    Devil’s-bit scabious

    August 24, 2016

    A writing update

    July 12, 2024
  • The Govan Stones

    April 29, 2015 /

    It's hard to believe that Govan, in the centre of Glasgow, was once the heart of the ancient kingdom of Strathclyde. These extraordinary stones are all we have left - but what on earth do they represent?

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    Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

    March 9, 2016

    Kilmorie Chapel by Loch Fyne

    October 17, 2016

    St Brendan and the Garvellachs

    February 24, 2012
  • Torphichen Preceptory – stone-cold but compelling

    April 15, 2015 /

    This gaunt and rather forbidding church has an extraordinary history. When you enter its cavernous interior, it feels like you're walking into a tomb

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    Kilmory Knap Chapel – part one

    June 22, 2013

    St Conan’s Kirk

    June 27, 2019

    Kilberry: sculptured stones and an enduring mystery

    November 17, 2013
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    "To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

    Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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