History Tarbert – the ‘place of portage’ August 12, 2018 5984 Views 8 Comments 900 years ago, Magnus Barefoot saw this quiet harbour as a means to an end...
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Kilmartin church and graveyard July 24, 2018 5809 Views 6 Comments In March we braved the wet weather to inspect medieval carved stones in Kilmartin Glen...
History Walking to the Field of the Heads July 10, 2018 4568 Views 16 Comments A secluded bay, a boggy field, and an ancient battle remembered only in a place-name...
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History The old chapel of Kilvaree June 24, 2018 6158 Views 18 Comments These quiet ruins by Loch Craignish are linked to St Maelrubha of Applecross
History , Scottish castles Blackness Castle July 22, 2017 2421 Views 16 Comments 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 Kilbride Kirk, Lerags July 04, 2017 2710 Views 23 Comments In this mossy graveyard close to Loch Feochan, many generations of MacDougalls have been laid to rest
Carved crosses , History The Lerags Cross July 02, 2017 1446 Views 17 Comments Standing beside the road to Lerags in Argyll is this beautiful late medieval cross
Photography Windows: Dunfermline Abbey March 09, 2017 2266 Views 19 Comments The third in my photo-series is this beautiful stained glass window by Douglas Strachan in the old nave of Dunfermline …
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Melrose Abbey January 09, 2017 2128 Views 0 Comment Scotland's first Cistercian monastery, Melrose still has an air of faded opulence
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Kilmorie Chapel by Loch Fyne October 17, 2016 1878 Views 0 Comment Carpeted with moss, this ancient burial ground of the Maclachlans could hold distant echoes of an early saint
History The Lewis Chessmen September 21, 2016 1494 Views 0 Comment Over 800 years old and still full of character, these wonderful little pieces in the National Museum of Scotland will …
Carved crosses , History The Pictish stone of Fowlis Wester August 05, 2016 1589 Views 14 Comments The Picts liked to blend drama, devotion and mystery in their sculptures - or so it seems to us now …
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Culross Abbey July 29, 2016 2118 Views 14 Comments High on the hillside above Culross Palace are the peaceful ruins of a very old monastery with links to St …
History , Scottish castles Rosslyn Castle – falling shadows April 01, 2016 2249 Views 14 Comments Gaunt and brooding, the battered fragments of a spectacular fortress stand in the woodlands of Roslin Glen
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light March 09, 2016 3072 Views 29 Comments This extraordinary church was the vision of one man - William St Clair - and mystery seems to ooze out …
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History St Moluag’s Cathedral on the Isle of Lismore March 01, 2016 2208 Views 18 Comments When it came to choosing an island for his monastery, the 'Apostle of the Picts' wasn't going to let Lismore …
