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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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    Inverlochy Castle

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    Dunfermline Abbey (part 2): pride of kings

    November 18, 2015

    The Prince’s Cave, Loch nan Uamh

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  • 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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    Callanish: a ring to rule them all

    January 6, 2012

    Orkney: the Stones of Stenness

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    St Andrews: the legacy of St Rule

    March 14, 2014
  • 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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    Prehistoric rock art at Achnabreck

    April 5, 2016

    Kilmartin church and graveyard

    July 24, 2018

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