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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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    Athelstaneford – a dovecot, an elusive battle, and the legend of Scotland’s flag

    August 14, 2014

    Kilmorie Chapel by Loch Fyne

    October 17, 2016

    Tullibardine Chapel

    September 1, 2016
  • 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 gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023

    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019

    The fragrance of juniper

    November 29, 2015
  • 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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    Loch Dochart Castle

    March 5, 2015

    Winter trees in Glen Roy

    December 17, 2025

    Glengarrisdale and Maclaine’s skull

    May 2, 2021
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