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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 Prince’s Cave, Loch nan Uamh

    April 24, 2024

    History by the roadside: Duncan Cameron’s Cairn

    July 7, 2012

    Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar

    March 2, 2012
  • 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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    A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015

    The fragrance of juniper

    November 29, 2015

    The magic of the birch

    February 14, 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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    In a nutshell: ‘The Curse of Scotland’

    March 15, 2014

    Beauly Priory

    April 4, 2026

    Melrose Abbey

    January 9, 2017
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