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  • Doune Castle: seat of power

    July 30, 2014 /

    Is this my favourite castle yet? (It might just take the medieval biscuit!) The setting for 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' and now the new 'Outlander' series, Doune Castle is a delight to explore!

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    Scotland’s haunted castles: would you be spooked?

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    Iona: Dun I and the Well of Eternal Youth

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    Rock art at Ormaig

    October 18, 2018
  • Falkland Palace: power and glory

    June 5, 2014 /

    Sitting on the quiet main street of Falkland in Fife is one of the most remarkable Scottish castles, brainchild of the brilliant but ill-fated Stewart kings

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    Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness

    February 19, 2026

    Lochbuie Stone Circle and Moy Castle, Isle of Mull

    January 13, 2024

    White frost and winter light

    December 16, 2022
  • Castle Coeffin: guarding a broken heart

    May 24, 2014 /

    An ancient stronghold overlooking the Sound of Mull... infused in its ivy-clad walls is an irresistible legend.

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    Finding the Faery Isles

    October 27, 2019

    Castlerigg: out on the wild and windy moors

    March 9, 2015

    Loch Avich and the Castle of the Red-haired Girl

    May 14, 2016
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