History , Megalithic sites Greadal Fhinn – a chambered cairn and a Norse burial July 16, 2019 1414 Views 6 Comments On a windswept hillside in Ardnamurchan, this ancient grave is linked in local lore with a Viking ruler
History A morning in Kilmartin Glen March 17, 2018 3839 Views 26 Comments A quiet walk around some of my favourite places - Nether Largie and Temple Wood
History , Megalithic sites Clava Cairns February 25, 2017 2333 Views 0 Comment Rays from the midwinter sunset filter into the deep heart of these passage graves, built 4,000 years ago in northern …
History , Megalithic sites Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie South July 07, 2016 1643 Views 10 Comments Stepping down through the layers of time into the darkness of a Neolithic chambered cairn
History , Megalithic sites Temple Wood stone circles, Kilmartin Glen April 25, 2016 3071 Views 38 Comments We might have forgotten what went on there, but we're still drawn to stone circles like moths to a flame …
History , Megalithic sites The Devil’s Arrows: shafts of darkness August 12, 2015 1941 Views 22 Comments The people who put up these standing stones in North Yorkshire were obviously thinking big - but what on earth …
History , Megalithic sites Camas nan Geall: ‘the Bay of the Strangers’ July 20, 2015 5551 Views 30 Comments A chambered cairn, a standing stone and an ancient graveyard… this beautiful bay on the coast of Ardnamurchan holds some …
History , Megalithic sites The stones of Kilmory Oib May 26, 2015 1551 Views 14 Comments Ancient stones don't get much more enigmatic than this site just north of Tayvallich. I don't even know whether …
History , Megalithic sites Castlerigg: out on the wild and windy moors March 09, 2015 2182 Views 0 Comment What on Earth went on here 5,000 years ago? The stones aren't going to tell us, but they …
Reviews Book review: ‘The Old Straight Track’ by Alfred Watkins July 14, 2014 2480 Views 0 Comment One of my very favourite books… for many people, 'The Old Straight Track' will need no introduction. This is …
History , Megalithic sites Kintraw’s lonely watcher June 19, 2014 2224 Views 0 Comment Marking the midsummer sunset, this ancient monolith stands guard over two burial mounds high above Loch Craignish in Argyll
History , Megalithic sites The stone circles of Fortingall May 11, 2014 2746 Views 0 Comment Stirred by recent human activity, these ancient circles present an enduring puzzle. Sometimes it really is better to leave …
History , Megalithic sites Dunchraigaig: the darkness of time October 18, 2013 2354 Views 31 Comments Set within a copse of trees, this 4,000-year-old burial chamber once lay at the heart of the people who lived …
History , Megalithic sites Nether Largie: secrets in stone October 02, 2013 3442 Views 26 Comments Neither a circle nor a row, the arrangement of stones at Nether Largie in Argyll is puzzling in the extreme. …
Carved crosses , History The mystery of the Kilchoan Cross February 27, 2013 1544 Views 0 Comment On the southern shore of Knoydart, flanked by moorland and mountains, stands an ancient and very enigmatic cross... …
History , Megalithic sites Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar March 02, 2012 1896 Views 7 Comments In Glen Lonan, Argyll, an impressive standing stone is said to mark the grave of a legendary Irish hero.
