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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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    St Margaret’s Chapel in Edinburgh Castle

    January 19, 2012
    Poldullie Bridge, Strathdon (2)

    In a nutshell: Poldullie Bridge, Strathdon

    November 22, 2014

    Dunollie Castle in Oban Bay

    April 10, 2012
  • 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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    Birdsong and light

    January 31, 2026

    Dun Beag: hilltop fortress

    May 3, 2013

    An old story of Craignish

    February 4, 2020
  • 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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    Keills Chapel: shadows of time

    April 5, 2015

    Iona’s timeless haven

    February 9, 2012

    Sweetheart Abbey

    June 14, 2012
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