Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Kilmartin church and graveyard July 24, 2018 5371 Views 6 Comments In March we braved the wet weather to inspect medieval carved stones in Kilmartin Glen...
History Walking to the Field of the Heads July 10, 2018 4437 Views 16 Comments A quiet bay, a boggy field, and an ancient battle remembered only in a place-name...
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History The old chapel of Kilvaree June 24, 2018 5701 Views 18 Comments Almost at the end of the Craignish peninsula is this lovely old ruined chapel with links to St Maelrubha of …
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History St Bride’s: a history worth saving June 20, 2018 4882 Views 8 Comments Plans are afoot to restore this lovely old McKinlay graveyard by the River Teith
History Looking for the Rock of the Dead April 15, 2018 4361 Views 25 Comments How much history is held in a place-name? Quite a lot, if this story attached to a rock on …
History , Scottish castles Carnassarie Castle in Kilmartin Glen April 06, 2018 4889 Views 16 Comments This imposing ruin was once a fine example of Renaissance architecture - home of the 1st Protestant Bishop of Argyll …
History A morning in Kilmartin Glen March 17, 2018 3790 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 3167 Views 11 Comments With sweeping views across the sea from the Craignish peninsula, this hill fort seems to be half-immersed in legend
History , Megalithic sites Standing stone near Loch Ederline July 27, 2017 2196 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 2135 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 2343 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 1277 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 2282 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 1860 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 1808 Views 0 Comment Scotland's first Cistercian monastery, Melrose still has an air of faded opulence
History , Scottish castles Smailholm Tower November 13, 2016 1618 Views 0 Comment A 'peel tower' in the Scottish Borders, basking in the autumn sunshine and remembering a colourful history of reiving
