The Hazel Tree

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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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    Lady’s smock

    June 2, 2013

    Ballachuan hazel wood

    May 11, 2016

    The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014
  • 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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    St Mary’s Church, Grandtully

    December 15, 2015

    St Andrews: the glorious Cathedral

    March 20, 2014

    Keills Chapel: shadows of time

    April 5, 2015
  • 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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    White frost and winter light

    December 16, 2022

    An old graveyard near Callander

    September 9, 2014

    Kilmartin church and graveyard

    July 24, 2018
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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