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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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    Carnassarie Castle in Kilmartin Glen

    April 6, 2018

    The Devil’s Arrows: shafts of darkness

    August 12, 2015

    The Dupplin Cross

    September 16, 2014
  • 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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    A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015

    The majesty of the beech

    April 16, 2013

    The enchantment of the rowan

    September 9, 2013
  • 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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    Castle Coeffin: guarding a broken heart

    May 24, 2014

    In a nutshell: ‘The Curse of Scotland’

    March 15, 2014

    The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan

    August 7, 2013
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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