History , Latest Feature , Wildlife & Nature Stronefield: a mill, an abandoned settlement, and a lost Jacobite’s cave August 15, 2021 Knapdale has so many quiet glens and bays, each harbouring forgotten stories
Carved crosses , History , Latest Feature Treasures in a Knapdale wood May 29, 2021 Looking for a cross, a well and an old burial ground by the shore of Loch Sween
History , Latest Feature Glengarrisdale and Maclaine’s skull May 02, 2021 A blissful bay with a 370-year-old story of massacre and revenge... and an unburied skull
History , Latest Feature The deer stone April 06, 2021 Sometimes the most fascinating things are the hardest to find...
History , Latest Feature Castle Dounie March 26, 2021 Breathtaking views from this Iron Age hill fort in Knapdale
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History , Latest Feature Kilneuair Chapel January 01, 2021 Is this the 'lost' chapel of St Columba, dreaming its hours and years away beside the waters of Loch Awe?
History , Latest Feature Dunaverty and St Columba’s Footprints November 29, 2020 A tangle of history and legend at the very tip of Kintyre
History , Latest Feature , Scottish castles Inverlochy Castle October 24, 2020 Tucked away in the industrial outskirts of Fort William is this gaunt fortress that once stood at the heart of …
History , Latest Feature The Watchman Stone September 22, 2020 Hidden in woodland near Loch Craignish is this intriguing stone that was once said to have the power of speech...
History , Latest Feature Alexander II and the ‘ghosts’ of his galleys August 18, 2020 Are the ships of a king's fleet immortalised in these curious carvings on the Isle of Luing?
History , Latest Feature , Megalithic sites A folk tale, a battlefield, and a witch’s leap July 19, 2020 A vivid tale is woven around these standing stones at Carse in Knapdale
History , Latest Feature An old story of Craignish February 04, 2020 A tale of skulduggery and honour is attached to the place-name of Port Mhic Isaaic
History , Latest Feature , Megalithic sites Diarmuid and Grainne: a boar hunt and a tragic love story in Glen Lonan November 22, 2019 Old legends lie soft as cobwebs across this landscape of cairns and standing stones
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?
History Tirefuir broch on the Isle of Lismore October 10, 2019 The ruins of this once-magnificent stone structure can be found on Lismore's east coast
History , Megalithic sites A walk to Rí Cruin Cairn September 28, 2019 Hidden in the fabulously ancient landscape of Kilmartin Glen, this Bronze Age cairn has a serenity all of its own
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