The Hazel Tree

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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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    Kilmory Knap Chapel – part one

    June 22, 2013

    Dunfermline Abbey (part 1): echoes of majesty

    November 13, 2015

    White frost and winter light

    December 16, 2022
  • 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 ivy green

    November 20, 2022

    A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015

    The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014
  • 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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    The Palace of Holyroodhouse

    January 20, 2016

    Carnassarie Castle in Kilmartin Glen

    April 6, 2018

    The Pictish stone of Fowlis Wester

    August 5, 2016
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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