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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 Bride’s: a history worth saving

    June 20, 2018

    Deirdre and the Sons of Uisneach

    July 13, 2022

    The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy

    November 13, 2021
  • 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 darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014

    The fire of the ash

    August 9, 2016

    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023
  • 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

    Kilmory Knap Chapel – part two

    June 25, 2013

    Temple Wood stone circles, Kilmartin Glen

    April 25, 2016
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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