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 ivy green

    November 20, 2022

    The magic of the birch

    February 14, 2013

    Rosebay willowherb

    August 25, 2017
  • 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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    Saddell Abbey – in the footsteps of Somerled

    January 8, 2019

    The island of Gigha

    May 12, 2019

    Holyrood Abbey

    January 24, 2016
  • 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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    Kilbride Kirk, Lerags

    July 4, 2017

    Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary

    December 14, 2011

    Ardchattan: in the footsteps of St Baodan

    March 25, 2016
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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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