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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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    June 5, 2014

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    St Mary’s Church, Grandtully

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  • 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 power of the elder

    June 21, 2019

    The magic of the birch

    February 14, 2013

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 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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    Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South

    July 7, 2016

    The stone circles of Fortingall

    May 11, 2014

    Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light

    March 9, 2016
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