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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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    St Fillan and Glen Dochart

    July 31, 2011

    Before the rain

    April 10, 2022

    Looking at crannogs

    April 21, 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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    The enchantment of the rowan

    September 9, 2013

    The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014

    The power of the elder

    June 21, 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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    Clan MacThomas and the Clach na Coileach

    March 30, 2015

    Castle Sween: still watching for the sails

    June 13, 2013

    Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time

    October 18, 2013
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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