The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • A sport for kings at Falkland Palace

    June 7, 2014 /

    What was the exciting sport enjoyed by Mary Queen of Scots? And just how did I end up playing it myself?

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    Tantallon Castle: symbol of strength

    January 27, 2015

    Carnbane Castle and a banquet for a bard

    February 16, 2016

    Melrose Abbey

    January 9, 2017
  • Falkland Palace: power and glory

    June 5, 2014 /

    Sitting on the quiet main street of Falkland in Fife is one of the most remarkable Scottish castles, brainchild of the brilliant but ill-fated Stewart kings

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    Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar

    March 2, 2012

    Torinturk and the fort of the black dog

    May 22, 2022

    St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014
  • The value of Stirling

    December 8, 2013 /

    Forbidding and silent, Stirling Castle stands on a natural clifftop overlooking the River Forth. Battles have raged below its ramparts, and murders have taken place within its walls. Let's go inside and have a look!

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    Temple Wood stone circles, Kilmartin Glen

    April 25, 2016

    Loch Dochart Castle

    March 5, 2015

    A morning in Kilmartin Glen

    March 17, 2018
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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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