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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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    The old chapel of Kilvaree

    June 24, 2018

    Remembering the magic of mistletoe

    December 8, 2019

    Birdsong and light

    January 31, 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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    The value of Stirling

    December 8, 2013

    The road to Loch Avich

    October 6, 2018

    The Kyle of Tongue: a battle, a hero’s grave and a cow with a gold coin

    September 15, 2025
  • 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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    Melrose Abbey

    January 9, 2017

    Ardchattan: in the footsteps of St Baodan

    March 25, 2016

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

    December 14, 2023
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