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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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    Doune Castle: seat of power

    July 30, 2014

    Duart Castle, Isle of Mull

    September 1, 2011

    Dunadd: behold the king!

    June 14, 2015
  • 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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    Looking for the Rock of the Dead

    April 15, 2018

    Castle Dounie

    March 26, 2021

    Culross Abbey

    July 29, 2016
  • 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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    Dunstaffnage Castle: defiant to the last

    July 17, 2015

    Duart Castle, Isle of Mull

    September 1, 2011

    Tantallon – a ring of truth?

    February 1, 2015
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