Outlander
  • History

Culloden: field of sorrow

January 23, 2017
Remembering a fateful day in Scotland's history, this is one of the most evocative places I've ever been
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

Tullibardine Chapel

September 01, 2016
The hopes, prayers and tragic losses of the Murray family are preserved in this wonderful old chapel in Perthshire
  • History

Culross Palace: glowing with splendour

June 14, 2016
Its walls the colour of saffron, Culross Palace beckons you into a 17th-century world of cobbled streets and quaint townhouses …
  • 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 , 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

Linlithgow Palace

October 14, 2011
Birthplace of Scotland's monarchs, this imposing shell of a palace holds some joyful and tragic memories.
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SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • Dunyvaig Castle, Isle of Islay
  • In a nutshell: Cardoness Castle
  • Linlithgow Palace
  • Carnbane Castle and a banquet for a bard
MEGALITHIC
  • Nether Largie: secrets in stone
  • Kintraw’s lonely watcher
  • Prehistoric rock art at Achnabreck
  • Camas nan Geall: ‘the Bay of the Strangers’
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • Kirkstall Abbey – ancient heart of Leeds
  • Ardchattan Priory: a place of serenity on Loch Etive
  • St Margaret’s Chapel in Edinburgh Castle
  • Dryburgh Abbey
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