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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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    Gylen Castle and the Brooch of Lorn

    June 14, 2023

    Treasures in a Knapdale wood

    May 29, 2021

    A walk to Rí Cruin Cairn

    September 28, 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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    Tantallon Castle: symbol of strength

    January 27, 2015

    Loch an Eilein Castle

    July 2, 2023

    St Andrew’s Auld Kirk, North Berwick

    December 9, 2014
  • 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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    Kintraw’s lonely watcher

    June 19, 2014

    The Fair Maid’s House in Perth

    March 1, 2015

    Ossian’s Cave in Glen Coe

    November 26, 2015
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