The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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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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    The Hill o’ Many Stanes

    April 10, 2025

    St Andrew’s Auld Kirk, North Berwick

    December 9, 2014

    Kilmory Knap Chapel – part one

    June 22, 2013
  • 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 fire of the ash

    August 9, 2016

    The ivy green

    November 20, 2022

    The majesty of the beech

    April 16, 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 Sween: still watching for the sails

    June 13, 2013

    Inverlochy Castle

    October 24, 2020

    Ossian’s Cave in Glen Coe

    November 26, 2015
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    "To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

    Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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