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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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    Ballachuan hazel wood

    May 11, 2016

    Cockshut – lost in the shadows of twilight

    April 8, 2013

    Common butterwort

    July 9, 2012
  • 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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    Orkney: the Earl’s Bu and some eventful Christmas feasts

    December 14, 2023

    Ardchattan: in the footsteps of St Baodan

    March 25, 2016

    Tullibardine Chapel

    September 1, 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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    St Michael’s Church, Linlithgow

    February 4, 2015

    St Bride’s revisited

    September 18, 2015

    St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014
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