Scottish castles – Page 2 – The Hazel Tree

Fincharn Castle on Loch Awe

January 23, 2022 /

History and folklore are interwoven in this crumbling but evocative ruin

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Caisteal nan Coin Duibh – ‘the Castle of the Black Dogs’
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Kilbride Kirk, Lerags
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Remembering the magic of mistletoe
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Saddell Abbey – in the footsteps of Somerled

January 8, 2019 /

History? Gravestones? Mysterious phenomena? Appalling weather? Time to go squelching around another ancient ruin!

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St Andrew’s Auld Kirk, North Berwick
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Tarbert – the ‘place of portage’

August 12, 2018 /

900 years ago, Magnus Barefoot saw this quiet harbour as a means to an end...

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Iona’s timeless haven
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