Churches, abbeys and chapels , History St Bride’s: a history worth saving June 20, 2018 4660 Views 8 Comments Plans are afoot to restore this lovely old McKinlay graveyard by the River Teith
History Caisteal nan Coin Duibh – ‘the Castle of the Black Dogs’ February 11, 2018 3054 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 Clava Cairns February 25, 2017 1941 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 , Megalithic sites Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South July 07, 2016 1303 Views 10 Comments Stepping down through the layers of time into the darkness of a Neolithic chambered cairn
History , Megalithic sites Temple Wood stone circles, Kilmartin Glen April 25, 2016 2605 Views 38 Comments We might have forgotten what went on there, but we're still drawn to stone circles like moths to a flame …
History , Megalithic sites Prehistoric rock art at Achnabreck April 05, 2016 29047 Views 37 Comments Who carved these intriguing symbols, and why? If there's wisdom in beauty, we can surely glimpse it here …
History , Megalithic sites The Tuilyies stones October 25, 2015 1684 Views 29 Comments A windswept shore, standing stones and a blasted oak… it sounds like one of Emily Bronte's dreams!
History , Megalithic sites Castlerigg: out on the wild and windy moors March 09, 2015 1882 Views 0 Comment What on Earth went on here 5,000 years ago? The stones aren't going to tell us, but they …
History Tantallon – a ring of truth? February 01, 2015 503 Views 0 Comment While I was writing about Tantallon Castle, I got sidetracked by an alluring story...
History , Megalithic sites Croft Moraig: circle of light January 08, 2015 2140 Views 0 Comment Right by the roadside near Kenmore in Perthshire is this wonderful stone circle - and some of its best friends …
History Looking at brochs July 18, 2014 1064 Views 0 Comment Along with their mesmerising yet inexplicable carvings, the Picts left us another legacy: brochs. These impressive buildings were …
History , Megalithic sites Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time October 18, 2013 2059 Views 31 Comments Set within a copse of trees, this 4,000-year-old burial chamber once lay at the heart of the people who lived …
History , Megalithic sites Nether Largie: secrets in stone October 02, 2013 3014 Views 26 Comments Neither a circle nor a row, the arrangement of stones at Nether Largie in Argyll is puzzling in the extreme. …
History Dun Beag: hilltop fortress May 03, 2013 710 Views 0 Comment When the Picts chose to build a broch on this windswept hilltop in central Skye, they wanted it to be …
History Dun Carloway: strong and silent January 10, 2013 766 Views 0 Comment On the far north-western shores of the British Isles, this Iron Age broch stands guard over secrets that are lost …
History , Megalithic sites Callanish: a ring to rule them all January 06, 2012 2305 Views 24 Comments On a wind-scoured hillside in the west of Lewis, nothing prepares you for the stark magnificence of Callanish...
