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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    St Bride’s: a history worth saving

    June 20, 2018

    St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014

    St Moluag’s Cathedral on the Isle of Lismore

    March 1, 2016
  • 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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    The Lewis Chessmen

    September 21, 2016

    Cambuskenneth Abbey

    May 20, 2015

    Tirefuir broch on the Isle of Lismore

    October 10, 2019
  • 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 Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014

    St Michael’s Church, Linlithgow

    February 4, 2015

    The Garvellachs: just below the surface

    September 1, 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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