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  • History , Scottish castles

Blackness Castle

July 22, 2017
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

Holyrood Abbey

January 24, 2016
Following on from my feature on the Palace of Holyroodhouse, I'm taking a wander around the Abbey, where the story …
  • History , Scottish castles

The Palace of Holyroodhouse

January 20, 2016
At one end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile is this sumptuous palace, with a jaw-dropping list of royal occupants and a …
  • History

Mons Meg: a damsel of destruction

December 08, 2015
No one could ever accuse James II of being under-equipped. Take a look at the ultimate in big boys' …
  • History

A bridge to the past in the Sma’ Glen

April 12, 2013
Built by General Wade, this beautiful little bridge is hidden deep in a Perthshire glen - but it has seen …
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BRITISH TREES
  • The enchantment of the rowan
  • The fragrance of juniper
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SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • Carnassarie Castle in Kilmartin Glen
  • Carnbane Castle and a banquet for a bard
  • Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss
  • Dunyvaig Castle, Isle of Islay
MEGALITHIC
  • Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South
  • The Tuilyies stones
  • Kintraw’s lonely watcher
  • The stone circles of Fortingall
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  • Kirkstall Abbey – ancient heart of Leeds
  • St Conan’s Kirk
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