The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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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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    An old story of Craignish

    February 4, 2020

    World’s End Close, Edinburgh

    October 10, 2014

    The Devil’s Arrows: shafts of darkness

    August 12, 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 spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

    A wand of hazel

    February 20, 2015

    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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    The Dupplin Cross

    September 16, 2014

    Loch Dochart Castle

    March 5, 2015

    In a nutshell: ‘The Curse of Scotland’

    March 15, 2014
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    "To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

    Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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