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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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    Alexander II and the ‘ghosts’ of his galleys

    August 18, 2020

    Tullibardine Chapel

    September 1, 2016

    Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar

    March 2, 2012
  • 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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    The brochs of Glenelg

    March 16, 2025

    Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South

    July 7, 2016

    Torinturk and the fort of the black dog

    May 22, 2022
  • 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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    Dunstaffnage Castle: defiant to the last

    July 17, 2015

    Seacliff beach and the UK’s smallest harbour

    October 21, 2014

    Nether Largie: secrets in stone

    October 2, 2013
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