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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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    Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South

    July 7, 2016

    History by the roadside: Duncan Cameron’s Cairn

    July 7, 2012

    The stones of Kilmory Oib

    May 26, 2015
  • 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 majesty of the beech

    April 16, 2013

    The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014

    The wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 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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    Walking to the Field of the Heads

    July 10, 2018

    Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

    March 9, 2016

    Brenchoille bridge near Inveraray

    October 5, 2015
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Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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