The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Smailholm Tower

    November 13, 2016 /

    A 'peel tower' in the Scottish Borders, basking in the autumn sunshine and remembering a colourful history of reiving

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    The Palace of Holyroodhouse

    January 20, 2016

    Temple Wood stone circles, Kilmartin Glen

    April 25, 2016

    Deer carvings at Dunchraigaig

    September 13, 2023
  • Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss

    October 23, 2016 /

    Ghosts of horses tend to come in different guises, some of them benevolent and some of them more inclined towards the Apocalypse. The story that is linked with Old Castle Lachlan is moving and gentle, touched by the sadness of Culloden

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    The old chapel of Kilvaree

    June 24, 2018

    Aberlemno: riddles in stone

    October 10, 2012

    Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time

    October 18, 2013
  • Loch Avich and the Castle of the Red-haired Girl

    May 14, 2016 /

    I knew there had to be a story attached to this; I hope you'll find it as spellbinding as I did!

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    World’s End Close, Edinburgh

    October 10, 2014

    St Brendan and the Garvellachs

    February 24, 2012

    Orkney: the Brough of Birsay

    October 30, 2023
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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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