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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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    Kilmore – a quiet chapter

    June 2, 2013

    Saddell Abbey – in the footsteps of Somerled

    January 8, 2019

    Jedburgh Abbey

    October 1, 2015
  • 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 stones of Kilmory Oib

    May 26, 2015

    Dunkeld Cathedral: Scotland’s sacred heart

    January 10, 2014

    Dunnottar: the last bastion

    October 1, 2012
  • 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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    A little chapel in Ballachulish

    May 19, 2014

    Culross Abbey

    July 29, 2016

    Orkney: the Earl’s Bu and some eventful Christmas feasts

    December 14, 2023

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