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  • 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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    Callanish: a ring to rule them all

    January 6, 2012

    The mystery of the Kilchoan Cross

    February 27, 2013

    Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness

    February 19, 2026
  • 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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    Falkland Palace: power and glory

    June 5, 2014

    Holyrood Abbey

    January 24, 2016

    The stone circles of Fortingall

    May 11, 2014
  • Kilmorie Chapel by Loch Fyne

    October 17, 2016 /

    Carpeted with moss, this ancient burial ground of the Maclachlans could hold distant echoes of an early saint

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    Orkney: the Brough of Birsay

    October 30, 2023

    St Michael’s Church, Linlithgow

    February 4, 2015

    Torphichen Preceptory – stone-cold but compelling

    April 15, 2015
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