Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • History , Scottish castles

Doune Castle: seat of power

July 30, 2014
Is this my favourite castle yet? (It might just take the medieval biscuit!) The setting for 'Monty Python …
  • History , Scottish castles

Castle Stalker: plenty to brood on

August 16, 2012
This island fortress has seen more than its fair share of horrible murders, even by Scottish standards; Castle Stalker's …
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BRITISH TREES
  • The power of the elder
  • The spirit of the alder
  • The holly bears the crown
  • Hawthorn – bride of the hedgerow
SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • In a nutshell: Cardoness Castle
  • Smailholm Tower
  • Carnbane Castle and a banquet for a bard
  • Doune Castle: seat of power
MEGALITHIC
  • Temple Wood stone circles, Kilmartin Glen
  • The Ballymeanoch stones, Kilmartin Glen
  • Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time
  • A folk tale, a battlefield, and a witch’s leap
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  • Wenlock Priory: hauntingly beautiful
  • St Andrews: the glorious Cathedral
  • St Margaret’s Chapel in Edinburgh Castle
  • The Govan Stones
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