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  • Mons Meg: a damsel of destruction

    December 8, 2015 /

    No one could ever accuse James II of being under-equipped. Take a look at the ultimate in big boys' toys...

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    The Ballymeanoch stones, Kilmartin Glen

    March 13, 2016

    A little chapel in Ballachulish

    May 19, 2014

    St Moluag’s Cathedral on the Isle of Lismore

    March 1, 2016
  • 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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    Orkney: the Brough of Birsay

    October 30, 2023

    Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss

    October 23, 2016

    A walk to St Columba’s Bay

    May 4, 2025
  • In a nutshell: the Linlithgow Palace fountain

    May 14, 2014 /

    This ornate fountain welcomed Mary of Guise, bride of James V, to her new home; and in 1745 it flowed with wine in the presence of Bonnie Prince Charlie!

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    Dunollie Castle in Oban Bay

    April 10, 2012

    Stronefield: a mill, an abandoned settlement, and a lost Jacobite’s cave

    August 15, 2021

    Dun Beag: hilltop fortress

    May 3, 2013
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