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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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    Deirdre and the Sons of Uisneach

    July 13, 2022

    St Margaret’s Chapel in Edinburgh Castle

    January 19, 2012

    St Conan’s Kirk

    June 27, 2019
  • 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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    Blackness Castle

    July 22, 2017

    Aberlemno: riddles in stone

    October 10, 2012

    A walk to Barnakill

    October 9, 2021
  • 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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    Fraser’s Bridge in Glen Clunie

    October 4, 2013

    Prehistoric rock art at Achnabreck

    April 5, 2016

    Smailholm Tower

    November 13, 2016

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