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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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    Stronefield: a mill, an abandoned settlement, and a lost Jacobite’s cave

    August 15, 2021

    The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013

    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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    The island of Gigha

    May 12, 2019

    Dunkeld Cathedral: Scotland’s sacred heart

    January 10, 2014

    St Andrew’s Auld Kirk, North Berwick

    December 9, 2014
  • Torphichen Preceptory

    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 Bride’s revisited

    September 18, 2015

    Kilmory Knap Chapel – part two

    June 25, 2013

    An old graveyard near Callander

    September 9, 2014
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