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  • Fincharn Castle on Loch Awe

    January 23, 2022 /

    History and folklore are interwoven in this crumbling but evocative ruin

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    Deer carvings at Dunchraigaig

    September 13, 2023

    In a nutshell: ‘The Curse of Scotland’

    March 15, 2014

    Melrose Abbey

    January 9, 2017
  • Sycamore: colonist or custodian?

    October 6, 2017 /

    Often seen as an intruder in old woodlands, the sycamore still deserves a second glance for its beauty - and older specimens could tell a tale or two about bloodshed and drama!

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    The power of the elder

    June 21, 2019

    The ivy green

    November 20, 2022

    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019
  • Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss

    October 23, 2016 /

    Ghosts of horses tend to come in different guises, some of them benevolent and some of them more inclined towards the Apocalypse. The story that is linked with Old Castle Lachlan is moving and gentle, touched by the sadness of Culloden

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    Orkney: the Earl’s Bu and some eventful Christmas feasts

    December 14, 2023

    Ossian’s Cave in Glen Coe

    November 26, 2015

    Clava Cairns

    February 25, 2017
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