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  • Looking again at lichen

    September 3, 2013 /

    Some of my favourite photos, all taken in one place: Eileach an Naoimh, in the Garvellachs.

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    A tree of fire

    October 5, 2013

    Book review: ‘Strathclyde and the Anglo-Saxons in the Viking Age’ by Tim Clarkson

    January 23, 2015

    Beeches in Sutherland's Grove

    October 5, 2016
  • The Garvellachs: just below the surface

    September 1, 2013 /

    Set into a grassy bank on Eileach an Naoimh, the 'Isle of the Saints', is this small but intriguing underground chamber. Just what was it used for?

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    Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary

    December 14, 2011

    Orkney: the Earl’s Bu and some eventful Christmas feasts

    December 14, 2023

    From the River Awe to Loch Etive

    November 21, 2025
  • St Brendan and the Garvellachs

    February 24, 2012 /

    St Brendan and the Garvellachs sounds like an Irish folk group… and in a way, that's what they were! In the 6th century St Brendan and a band of adventurers set sail in search of paradise.

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    The Garvellachs: just below the surface

    September 1, 2013

    A little chapel in Ballachulish

    May 19, 2014

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