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  • Culloden: field of sorrow

    January 23, 2017 /

    Remembering a fateful day in Scotland's history, this is one of the most evocative places I've ever been

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    Deirdre and the Sons of Uisneach

    July 13, 2022

    Croft Moraig: circle of light

    January 8, 2015

    Smailholm Tower

    November 13, 2016
  • Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss

    October 23, 2016 /

    Ghosts of horses tend to come in different guises, some of them benevolent and some of them more inclined towards the Apocalypse. The story that is linked with Old Castle Lachlan is moving and gentle, touched by the sadness of Culloden

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    Dun Beag: hilltop fortress

    May 3, 2013

    Nether Largie: secrets in stone

    October 2, 2013

    Orkney: the Brough of Birsay

    October 30, 2023
  • Killiecrankie: haunted by memories

    January 13, 2014 /

    Over 300 years ago, the Pass of Killiecrankie was the setting for a desperate battle in the first Jacobite uprising. Visitors may still experience a sense of sorrow - and perhaps more besides...

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    Loch Avich and the Castle of the Red-haired Girl

    May 14, 2016

    Melrose Abbey

    January 9, 2017

    Looking at crannogs

    April 21, 2014
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