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  • Tantallon Castle: symbol of strength

    January 27, 2015 /

    The ancient seat of the Douglas Earls of Angus, Tantallon Castle tells a story of power, violence and treason. Most visitors didn't bring a picnic - they brought guns!

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    The Tuilyies stones

    October 25, 2015

    Loch Leven Castle

    November 16, 2014

    St Adamnan’s Cross in Glen Lyon

    February 20, 2016
  • Athelstaneford – a dovecot, an elusive battle, and the legend of Scotland’s flag

    August 14, 2014 /

    What is an English-sounding name like Athelstaneford doing in eastern Scotland? And what does it have to do with our national flag?

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    Glen More and the headless horseman

    May 16, 2015

    Kilberry: sculptured stones and an enduring mystery

    November 17, 2013

    Sueno’s Stone

    April 19, 2023
  • Falkland Palace: power and glory

    June 5, 2014 /

    Sitting on the quiet main street of Falkland in Fife is one of the most remarkable Scottish castles, brainchild of the brilliant but ill-fated Stewart kings

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    In search of MacMarquis’s chin

    August 26, 2023

    Culloden: field of sorrow

    January 23, 2017

    Remembering the magic of mistletoe

    December 8, 2019
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