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  • British trees , Wildlife & Nature

Sycamore: colonist or custodian?

October 06, 2017
Often seen as an intruder in old woodlands, the sycamore still deserves a second glance for its beauty - and …
  • History , Scottish castles

Old Castle Lachlan: loyalty and loss

October 23, 2016
Ghosts of horses tend to come in different guises, some of them benevolent and some of them more inclined towards …
  • British trees , Wildlife & Nature

The fire of the ash

August 09, 2016
The ash is a beguiling tree, elegant in all seasons, and mother to a host of legends
  • British trees , Wildlife & Nature

Hawthorn – bride of the hedgerow

April 25, 2015
With angelic buds and evil thorns, the hawthorn stands at the threshold of the Underworld
  • History

The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan

August 07, 2013
It's 1580, you're in an advancing army and you see the MacLeods on the other side start to unfurl their …
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BRITISH TREES
  • The song of the aspen
  • The spirit of the alder
  • The power of the elder
  • A wand of hazel
SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • Carnbane Castle and a banquet for a bard
  • Skipness Castle and Kilbrannan Chapel
  • Loch Dochart Castle
  • Smailholm Tower
MEGALITHIC
  • The Ballymeanoch stones, Kilmartin Glen
  • The Tuilyies stones
  • Nether Largie: secrets in stone
  • Castlerigg: out on the wild and windy moors
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • Kirkstall Abbey – ancient heart of Leeds
  • The old chapel of Kilvaree
  • Ardchattan: in the footsteps of St Baodan
  • Kilvickeon: a forgotten sanctuary
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