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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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    White frost and winter light

    December 16, 2022

    Drumlanrig Castle

    October 6, 2014

    Torinturk and the fort of the black dog

    May 22, 2022
  • 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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    Sweetheart Abbey

    June 14, 2012

    Dunstaffnage Castle: defiant to the last

    July 17, 2015

    The road to Loch Avich

    October 6, 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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    Dunyvaig Castle, Isle of Islay

    January 9, 2012

    Kilmore – a quiet chapter

    June 2, 2013

    Walking to the Field of the Heads

    July 10, 2018
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