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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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    Rock art at Cairnbaan

    June 28, 2020

    The brochs of Glenelg

    March 16, 2025

    Looking for the yew of Easragan

    May 20, 2019
  • 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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    Clava Cairns

    February 25, 2017

    Dowsing at Torphichen and Cairnpapple

    July 10, 2015

    The old chapel of Kilvaree

    June 24, 2018
  • 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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    Tirefuir broch on the Isle of Lismore

    October 10, 2019

    The stones of Kilmory Oib

    May 26, 2015

    Walking to the Field of the Heads

    July 10, 2018
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