History , Latest Feature , Megalithic sites Diarmuid and Grainne: a boar hunt and a tragic love story in Glen Lonan November 22, 2019 710 Views 4 Comments Old legends lie soft as cobwebs across this landscape of cairns and standing stones
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History The island of Gigha May 12, 2019 2160 Views 10 Comments Memories of Viking longships haunt this tiny island of windswept sandy bays and cryptic stones
History A morning in Kilmartin Glen March 17, 2018 3899 Views 26 Comments A quiet walk around some of my favourite places - Nether Largie and Temple Wood
History , Megalithic sites Standing stone near Loch Ederline July 27, 2017 2367 Views 15 Comments Checking fields at random around Kilmartin Glen will reveal any number of cairns and standing stones. This one, right …
History , Megalithic sites The Ballymeanoch stones, Kilmartin Glen March 13, 2016 2394 Views 21 Comments Clad in silvery garlands of lichen, these stones have been casting long shadows in Kilmartin Glen for thousands of years …
History , Megalithic sites The Tuilyies stones October 25, 2015 2114 Views 29 Comments A windswept shore, standing stones and a blasted oak… it sounds like one of Emily Bronte's dreams!
History , Megalithic sites The Devil’s Arrows: shafts of darkness August 12, 2015 2076 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 Croft Moraig: circle of light January 08, 2015 2713 Views 30 Comments Right by the roadside near Kenmore in Perthshire is this wonderful stone circle - and some of its best friends …
History , Megalithic sites Kintraw’s lonely watcher June 19, 2014 2328 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 2916 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 Nether Largie: secrets in stone October 02, 2013 3576 Views 26 Comments Neither a circle nor a row, the arrangement of stones at Nether Largie in Argyll is puzzling in the extreme. …
History , Megalithic sites Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar March 02, 2012 2050 Views 7 Comments In Glen Lonan, Argyll, an impressive standing stone is said to mark the grave of a legendary Irish hero.
History , Megalithic sites Callanish: a ring to rule them all January 06, 2012 2969 Views 24 Comments On a wind-scoured hillside in the west of Lewis, nothing prepares you for the stark magnificence of Callanish...
