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  • Blackness Castle

    July 22, 2017 /

    There's nothing romantic about this castle on the Firth of Forth: armed to the teeth, with walls 18 feet thick, Blackness was once a power to be reckoned with

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    Mons Meg: a damsel of destruction

    December 8, 2015

    Tantallon Castle: symbol of strength

    January 27, 2015

    The secrets of St Cormac

    November 5, 2018
  • 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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    Athelstaneford – a dovecot, an elusive battle, and the legend of Scotland’s flag

    August 14, 2014

    In a nutshell: ‘The Curse of Scotland’

    March 15, 2014

    Dunfermline Abbey (part 1): echoes of majesty

    November 13, 2015
  • 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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    Clan MacThomas and the Clach na Coileach

    March 30, 2015

    The stones of Kilmory Oib

    May 26, 2015

    Calanais

    June 29, 2025
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