Loch Sween
  • 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 , Wildlife & Nature

Finding the Faery Isles

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

From Arichonan to Kilmory Oib

August 20, 2018
Near this ruined village in Knapdale Forest, clear waters run beneath a cross-carved stone...
  • Wildlife & Nature

The ancient oak woods of Taynish

July 02, 2015
A landscape that is a living piece of Scotland's heritage: these oak woods have been growing in Knapdale for …
  • Carved crosses , Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

Keills Chapel: shadows of time

April 05, 2015
When the sun shines through the tiny windows of Keills Chapel in Knapdale, it reveals some astonishing treasures...
  • Wildlife & Nature

Bird’s foot trefoil

August 02, 2014
Affectionately called 'hen and chickens' or 'bacon and eggs', the flowers of bird's foot trefoil light up sand dunes, …
  • Carved crosses , Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

Kilmory Knap Chapel – part two

June 25, 2013
Continuing the excitement at Kilmory Knap Chapel with the magnificent MacMillan's Cross and a tantalising story...
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

Kilmory Knap Chapel – part one

June 22, 2013
This tiny little chapel on Loch Sween has some pretty big secrets - I can't wait to show you what's …
  • History , Scottish castles

Castle Sween: still watching for the sails

June 13, 2013
Dreaming of times gone by, this wonderful 12th-century castle looks out over Loch Sween and the Sound of Jura.
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BRITISH TREES
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SCOTTISH CASTLES
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MEGALITHIC
  • Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South
  • Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time
  • Nether Largie: secrets in stone
  • Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • St Margaret’s Chapel in Edinburgh Castle
  • Dunfermline Abbey (part 2): pride of kings
  • Ardchattan Priory: a place of serenity on Loch Etive
  • St Moluag’s Cathedral on the Isle of Lismore
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