The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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Latest blog posts on The Hazel Tree

  • Deirdre and the Sons of Uisneach
  • Torinturk and the fort of the black dog
  • Before the rain
  • St Brendan’s Seat
  • Blackthorn: the darkest wood

Latest blog posts for RSGS

Alexander Kellas - 'the most modest man that ever travelled the Himalayas'
Jane Digby el-Mezrab: from ballroom conquests to bedouin camps
Sir Everard im Thurn and an expedition to 'The Lost World'
Straight up the Prow: Roraima by the hardest route
  • History

    Tirefuir broch on the Isle of Lismore

    October 10, 2019 /

    The ruins of this once-magnificent stone structure can be found on Lismore's east coast

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    A little chapel in Ballachulish

    May 19, 2014

    Kilmore – a quiet chapter

    June 2, 2013

    Dowsing at Torphichen and Cairnpapple

    July 10, 2015
  • History

    Caisteal nan Coin Duibh – ‘the Castle of the Black Dogs’

    February 11, 2018 /

    With sweeping views across the sea from the Craignish peninsula, this hill fort seems to be half-immersed in legend

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    Kilneuair Chapel

    January 1, 2021

    Sweetheart Abbey

    June 14, 2012

    Seacliff beach and the UK’s smallest harbour

    October 21, 2014
  • History

    Dunadd: behold the king!

    June 14, 2015 /

    This low rocky hill in the south of Kilmartin Glen was once the setting for royal ceremonies that shaped the history of Scotland

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    Winchester’s Round Table: inspired by a legend

    July 2, 2013

    The Palace of Holyroodhouse

    January 20, 2016

    St Adamnan’s Cross in Glen Lyon

    February 20, 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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