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  • Looking for the Rock of the Dead

    April 15, 2018 /

    How much history is held in a place-name? Quite a lot, if this story attached to a rock on the shore of Loch Feochan is to be believed...

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    Looking at brochs

    July 18, 2014

    St Bride’s: a history worth saving

    June 20, 2018

    Athelstaneford – a dovecot, an elusive battle, and the legend of Scotland’s flag

    August 14, 2014
  • Dunadd: behold the king!

    June 14, 2015 /

    This low rocky hill in the south of Kilmartin Glen was once the setting for royal ceremonies that shaped the history of Scotland

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    Castlerigg: out on the wild and windy moors

    March 9, 2015

    Deirdre and the Sons of Uisneach

    July 13, 2022

    The Pictish stone of Fowlis Wester

    August 5, 2016
  • Glen Lonan: ‘The Road of the Kings’

    March 24, 2014 /

    What links this quiet glen in Argyll with the sacred island of Iona? The answer lies in the passing of Scotland's kings...

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    Sweetheart Abbey

    June 14, 2012

    Castle Stalker: plenty to brood on

    August 16, 2012

    St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014
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