Scottish history
  • 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
  • History , Megalithic sites

Loch Nell: the Tomb of the Giants and a Serpent Mound

July 26, 2019
Not another chambered cairn! Yes, but this one comes with a twist...
  • History , Megalithic sites

Greadal Fhinn – a chambered cairn and a Norse burial

July 16, 2019
On a windswept hillside in Ardnamurchan, this ancient grave is linked in local lore with a Viking ruler
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

St Conan’s Kirk

June 27, 2019
Nestling by the side of Loch Awe, this extraordinary church was the vision of 19th century architect Walter Douglas Campbell
  • History

Looking for the yew of Easragan

May 20, 2019
The quiet shores of Loch Etive have an age-old connection with bow-makers and Bannockburn
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

Saddell Abbey – in the footsteps of Somerled

January 08, 2019
History? Gravestones? Mysterious phenomena? Appalling weather? Time to go squelching around another ancient ruin!
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BRITISH TREES
  • The enchantment of the rowan
  • A wand of hazel
  • The fire of the ash
  • The darkness of the yew
SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe
  • Carnbane Castle and a banquet for a bard
  • Dunyvaig Castle, Isle of Islay
  • Castle Stalker: plenty to brood on
MEGALITHIC
  • The stone circles of Fortingall
  • Nether Largie: secrets in stone
  • Prehistoric rock art at Achnabreck
  • Greadal Fhinn – a chambered cairn and a Norse burial
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • Kilmore – a quiet chapter
  • Kilmory Knap Chapel – part two
  • Dunstaffnage Chapel – haunted by sadness
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