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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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    Duart Castle, Isle of Mull

    September 1, 2011

    The secrets of St Cormac

    November 5, 2018

    Aberlemno: riddles in stone

    October 10, 2012
  • 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 Watchman Stone

    September 22, 2020

    Glen Lonan: ‘The Road of the Kings’

    March 24, 2014

    New book: Britain’s Landmarks and Legends

    August 18, 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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    Melrose Abbey

    January 9, 2017

    Tullibardine Chapel

    September 1, 2016

    Torphichen Preceptory – stone-cold but compelling

    April 15, 2015
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