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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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    Rosslyn Castle – falling shadows

    April 1, 2016

    Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South

    July 7, 2016

    Ghosts of St Andrews

    October 17, 2014
  • 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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    Kilmore – a quiet chapter

    June 2, 2013

    Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time

    October 18, 2013

    Dowsing at Torphichen and Cairnpapple

    July 10, 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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    A walk to St Columba’s Bay

    May 4, 2025

    Loch Nell: the Tomb of the Giants and a Serpent Mound

    July 26, 2019

    Castlerigg: out on the wild and windy moors

    March 9, 2015
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