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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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    Before the rain

    April 10, 2022

    Ossian’s Cave in Glen Coe

    November 26, 2015

    Castle Coeffin: guarding a broken heart

    May 24, 2014
  • 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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    Dunadd: behold the king!

    June 14, 2015

    Ossian, Fingal and the Falls of Lora

    July 19, 2023

    Culross Abbey

    July 29, 2016
  • 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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    The Pictish stone of Fowlis Wester

    August 5, 2016

    Loch an Eilein Castle

    July 2, 2023

    Innerpeffray: Scotland's oldest free lending library

    August 14, 2016
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