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  • Looking at brochs

    July 18, 2014 /

    These impressive buildings were designed to last - but what were they used for?

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    St Conan’s Kirk

    June 27, 2019

    St Bride’s: a history worth saving

    June 20, 2018

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

    August 15, 2021
  • Dunvegan Castle

    August 6, 2013 /

    This fortress on Skye's north-west coast has stood guard over MacLeod lands for nearly 750 years; and it contains some spellbinding treasures!

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    Gylen Castle and the Brooch of Lorn

    June 14, 2023

    The dark mill of Coilebar

    August 25, 2018

    The Butter Bridge, Glen Kinglas

    March 21, 2015
  • Dun Beag: hilltop fortress

    May 3, 2013 /

    When the Picts chose to build a broch on this windswept hilltop in central Skye, they wanted it to be impregnable - and for good reasons.

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    Orkney: the Ring of Brodgar

    December 21, 2024

    Dunvegan Castle

    August 6, 2013

    The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy

    November 13, 2021

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