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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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    Rock art at Cairnbaan

    June 28, 2020

    St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014

    Winter trees in Glen Roy

    December 17, 2025
  • 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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    Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary

    December 14, 2011

    St Brendan and the Garvellachs

    February 24, 2012

    The Garvellachs: just below the surface

    September 1, 2013
  • 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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    An old story of Craignish

    February 4, 2020

    Orkney: the Earl’s Bu and some eventful Christmas feasts

    December 14, 2023

    Remembering the magic of mistletoe

    December 8, 2019
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