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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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    Kilberry: sculptured stones and an enduring mystery

    November 17, 2013

    From the River Awe to Loch Etive

    November 21, 2025

    Beauly Priory

    April 4, 2026
  • 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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    Blackness Castle

    July 22, 2017

    Walking to the Field of the Heads

    July 10, 2018

    Lochbuie Stone Circle and Moy Castle, Isle of Mull

    January 13, 2024
  • 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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    Keills Chapel: shadows of time

    April 5, 2015

    Saddell Abbey – in the footsteps of Somerled

    January 8, 2019

    Dunfermline Abbey (part 1): echoes of majesty

    November 13, 2015

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