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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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    Inchbuie: an island of dreams

    January 15, 2013

    Kilberry: sculptured stones and an enduring mystery

    November 17, 2013

    Greadal Fhinn – a chambered cairn and a Norse burial

    July 16, 2019
  • 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 spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

    The enchantment of the rowan

    September 9, 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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    Orkney: St Magnus’ Cathedral, Kirkwall

    November 27, 2023

    Lochbuie Stone Circle and Moy Castle, Isle of Mull

    January 13, 2024

    St Andrew’s Auld Kirk, North Berwick

    December 9, 2014
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