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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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    The Butter Bridge, Glen Kinglas

    March 21, 2015

    Kilmartin church and graveyard

    July 24, 2018

    Dunstaffnage Chapel – haunted by sadness

    June 26, 2015
  • 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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    Winter trees in Glen Roy

    December 17, 2025

    Seacliff beach and the UK’s smallest harbour

    October 21, 2014

    Tantallon Castle: symbol of strength

    January 27, 2015
  • 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 Ballymeanoch stones, Kilmartin Glen

    March 13, 2016

    St Bride’s revisited

    September 18, 2015

    St Bride’s: a history worth saving

    June 20, 2018
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