The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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

    December 14, 2023 /

    If you were gifted clothing in 12th century Orkney, it wasn't always a good idea to try it on

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    The secrets of St Cormac

    November 5, 2018

    White frost and winter light

    December 16, 2022

    Culross Abbey

    July 29, 2016
  • Orkney: St Magnus’ Cathedral, Kirkwall

    November 27, 2023 /

    Founded in 1137, this magnificent building preserves the bones of a saint who was originally a Norse earl of Orkney

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    A little chapel in Ballachulish

    May 19, 2014

    Kilmartin church and graveyard

    July 24, 2018

    Dryburgh Abbey

    September 11, 2015
  • Orkney: the Brough of Birsay

    October 30, 2023 /

    A windswept island off the north-west tip of mainland Orkney, once a power-centre of Pictish and Norse culture

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    Iona’s timeless haven

    February 9, 2012

    Culross Abbey

    July 29, 2016

    The old chapel of Kilvaree

    June 24, 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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