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  • Churches, abbeys and chapels , History , Latest Feature

Kilneuair Chapel

January 01, 2021
Is this the 'lost' chapel of St Columba, dreaming its hours and years away beside the waters of Loch Awe?
  • Latest Feature , Wildlife & Nature

A December walk through Ballachuan hazel wood

December 07, 2020
The magic of an ancient woodland in winter
  • History , Latest Feature

Dunaverty and St Columba’s Footprints

November 29, 2020
A tangle of history and legend at the very tip of Kintyre
  • History , Latest Feature , Scottish castles

Inverlochy Castle

October 24, 2020
Tucked away in the industrial outskirts of Fort William is this gaunt fortress that once stood at the heart of …
  • History , Latest Feature

The Watchman Stone

September 22, 2020
Hidden in woodland near Loch Craignish is this intriguing stone that was once said to have the power of speech...
  • History , Latest Feature , Wildlife & Nature

One of those beaches

September 08, 2020
White sands and clear water on the shore of Loch Sween
  • History , Latest Feature

Alexander II and the ‘ghosts’ of his galleys

August 18, 2020
Are the ships of a king's fleet immortalised in these curious carvings on the Isle of Luing?
  • History , Latest Feature , Megalithic sites

A folk tale, a battlefield, and a witch’s leap

July 19, 2020
A vivid tale is woven around these standing stones at Carse in Knapdale
  • History , Latest Feature

Rock art at Cairnbaan

June 28, 2020
Enigmatic cup-and-ring markings can be found on this hillside above Crinan in Argyll
  • History , Latest Feature

An old story of Craignish

February 04, 2020
A tale of skulduggery and honour is attached to the place-name of Port Mhic Isaaic
  • Latest Feature

Festive Greetings

December 21, 2019
for Christmas and the New Year...
  • History , Latest Feature , Wildlife & Nature

Remembering the magic of mistletoe

December 08, 2019
Mistletoe traditions have been described as some of northern Europe's last surviving remnants of plant magic
  • History , Latest Feature , Wildlife & Nature

Finding the Faery Isles

October 27, 2019
Is there some ancient magic about these tiny wooded islets in Loch Sween?
  • History

Tirefuir broch on the Isle of Lismore

October 10, 2019
The ruins of this once-magnificent stone structure can be found on Lismore's east coast
  • History , Megalithic sites

A walk to Rí Cruin Cairn

September 28, 2019
Hidden in the fabulously ancient landscape of Kilmartin Glen, this Bronze Age cairn has a serenity all of its own
  • History , Megalithic sites

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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BRITISH TREES
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  • Prehistoric rock art at Achnabreck
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