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  • Looking at brochs

    July 18, 2014 /

    These impressive buildings were designed to last - but what were they used for?

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    Melrose Abbey

    January 9, 2017

    Dunstaffnage Castle: defiant to the last

    July 17, 2015

    Holyrood Abbey

    January 24, 2016
  • The Battle of Dunnichen

    May 20, 2013 /

    Dunnichen, Dun Nechtain, Nechtansmere - take your pick (or should that be Pict?) We don't know where this battle took place, but we know one thing: the Picts were delighted with the outcome!

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    Kildalton Cross: guardian of another time

    March 11, 2012

    The secrets of St Cormac

    November 5, 2018

    From Arichonan to Kilmory Oib

    August 20, 2018
  • Dun Beag: hilltop fortress

    May 3, 2013 /

    When the Picts chose to build a broch on this windswept hilltop in central Skye, they wanted it to be impregnable - and for good reasons.

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    World’s End Close, Edinburgh

    October 10, 2014

    Torinturk and the fort of the black dog

    May 22, 2022

    Dryburgh Abbey

    September 11, 2015
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