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  • Blackness Castle

    July 22, 2017 /

    There's nothing romantic about this castle on the Firth of Forth: armed to the teeth, with walls 18 feet thick, Blackness was once a power to be reckoned with

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    Tantallon Castle: symbol of strength

    January 27, 2015

    Birdsong and light

    January 31, 2026

    Dunkeld Cathedral: Scotland’s sacred heart

    January 10, 2014
  • Holyrood Abbey

    January 24, 2016 /

    Following on from my feature on the Palace of Holyroodhouse, I'm taking a wander around the Abbey, where the story began...

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    A little chapel in Ballachulish

    May 19, 2014

    Dunfermline Abbey (part 2): pride of kings

    November 18, 2015

    An old graveyard near Callander

    September 9, 2014
  • The Palace of Holyroodhouse

    January 20, 2016 /

    At one end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile is this sumptuous palace, with a jaw-dropping list of royal occupants and a rather blood-stained history...

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    Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

    March 9, 2016

    Castle Sween: still watching for the sails

    June 13, 2013

    Castlerigg: out on the wild and windy moors

    March 9, 2015
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