The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Orkney: St Magnus’ Cathedral, Kirkwall

    November 27, 2023 /

    Founded in 1137, this magnificent building preserves the bones of a saint who was originally a Norse earl of Orkney

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    In search of MacMarquis’s chin

    August 26, 2023

    The island of Gigha

    May 12, 2019

    Saddell Abbey – in the footsteps of Somerled

    January 8, 2019
  • Greadal Fhinn – a chambered cairn and a Norse burial

    July 16, 2019 /

    On a windswept hillside in Ardnamurchan, this ancient grave is linked in local lore with a Viking ruler

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    Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary

    December 14, 2011

    Glengarrisdale and Maclaine’s skull – a mystery re-exhumed

    August 21, 2022

    Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss

    October 23, 2016
  • The Govan Stones

    April 29, 2015 /

    It's hard to believe that Govan, in the centre of Glasgow, was once the heart of the ancient kingdom of Strathclyde. These extraordinary stones are all we have left - but what on earth do they represent?

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    St Andrews: the glorious Cathedral

    March 20, 2014

    St Mary’s Church, Grandtully

    December 15, 2015

    Kilmore – a quiet chapter

    June 2, 2013
    New book

    "To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

    Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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