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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    Kilmartin church and graveyard

    July 24, 2018

    St Andrews: the glorious Cathedral

    March 20, 2014

    Jedburgh Abbey

    October 1, 2015
  • 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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    White frost and winter light

    December 16, 2022

    The secrets of St Cormac

    November 5, 2018

    Torphichen Preceptory – stone-cold but compelling

    April 15, 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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    Cambuskenneth Abbey

    May 20, 2015

    Kilmory Knap Chapel – part two

    June 25, 2013

    Dunfermline Abbey (part 2): pride of kings

    November 18, 2015
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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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