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  • A sport for kings at Falkland Palace

    June 7, 2014 /

    What was the exciting sport enjoyed by Mary Queen of Scots? And just how did I end up playing it myself?

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    Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary

    December 14, 2011

    The Pictish stone of Fowlis Wester

    August 5, 2016

    St Bride’s revisited

    September 18, 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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    Brenchoille bridge near Inveraray

    October 5, 2015

    The dark mill of Coilebar

    August 25, 2018

    The Pictish stone of Fowlis Wester

    August 5, 2016
  • In a nutshell: the Linlithgow Palace fountain

    May 14, 2014 /

    This ornate fountain welcomed Mary of Guise, bride of James V, to her new home; and in 1745 it flowed with wine in the presence of Bonnie Prince Charlie!

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    Scotland’s haunted castles: would you be spooked?

    October 10, 2013

    Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary

    December 14, 2011

    A bridge to the past in the Sma’ Glen

    April 12, 2013
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