History A morning in Kilmartin Glen March 17, 2018 3624 Views 26 Comments A quiet walk around some of my favourite places - Nether Largie and Temple Wood
History Caisteal nan Coin Duibh – ‘the Castle of the Black Dogs’ February 11, 2018 3018 Views 11 Comments What a wonderful name! Like most of the places round here, this hill fort seems to be half-immersed …
History , Megalithic sites Standing stone near Loch Ederline July 27, 2017 1877 Views 15 Comments Checking fields at random around Kilmartin Glen will reveal any number of cairns and standing stones. This one, right …
History , Scottish castles Blackness Castle July 22, 2017 1769 Views 16 Comments There's nothing romantic about this castle on the Firth of Forth: armed to the teeth, with walls 18 feet …
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Kilbride Kirk, Lerags July 04, 2017 1890 Views 23 Comments In this mossy graveyard close to Loch Feochan, many generations of MacDougalls have been laid to rest
Carved crosses , History The Lerags Cross July 02, 2017 1086 Views 17 Comments Standing beside the road to Lerags in Argyll is this beautiful late medieval cross
History , Megalithic sites Clava Cairns February 25, 2017 1901 Views 0 Comment Rays from the midwinter sunset filter into the deep heart of these passage graves, built 4,000 years ago in northern …
History Culloden: field of sorrow January 23, 2017 1585 Views 0 Comment Remembering a fateful day in Scotland's history, this is one of the most evocative places I've ever been
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Melrose Abbey January 09, 2017 1507 Views 0 Comment Scotland's first Cistercian monastery, Melrose still has an air of faded opulence
History , Scottish castles Smailholm Tower November 13, 2016 1354 Views 0 Comment A 'peel tower' in the Scottish Borders, basking in the autumn sunshine and remembering a colourful history of reiving
History , Scottish castles Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss October 23, 2016 2181 Views 0 Comment Ghosts of horses tend to come in different guises, some of them benevolent and some of them more inclined towards …
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Kilmorie Chapel by Loch Fyne October 17, 2016 1320 Views 0 Comment Carpeted with moss, this ancient burial ground of the Maclachlans could hold distant echoes of an early saint
History The Lewis Chessmen September 21, 2016 1016 Views 0 Comment Over 800 years old and still full of character, these wonderful little pieces in the National Museum of Scotland will …
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Tullibardine Chapel September 01, 2016 1531 Views 0 Comment The hopes, prayers and tragic losses of the Murray family are preserved in this wonderful old chapel in Perthshire
History Innerpeffray: Scotland's oldest free lending library August 14, 2016 1091 Views 0 Comment By the quiet waters of the River Earn is an unexpected treasurehouse of books. Step inside and prepare to …
Carved crosses , History The Pictish stone of Fowlis Wester August 05, 2016 1081 Views 14 Comments The Picts liked to blend drama, devotion and mystery in their sculptures - or so it seems to us now …
