Vikings
  • Churches, abbeys and chapels , History

The island of Gigha

May 12, 2019 1903 Views 10 Comments
Memories of Viking longships haunt this tiny island of windswept sandy bays and cryptic stones
  • History

Tarbert – the ‘place of portage’

August 12, 2018 5840 Views 8 Comments
900 years ago, Magnus Barefoot saw this quiet harbour as a means to an end...
  • History

Walking to the Field of the Heads

July 10, 2018 4487 Views 16 Comments
A quiet bay, a boggy field, and an ancient battle remembered only in a place-name...
  • History , Scottish castles

Castle Coeffin: guarding a broken heart

May 24, 2014 2577 Views 0 Comment
An ancient stronghold overlooking the Sound of Mull... infused in its ivy-clad walls is an irresistible legend.
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BRITISH TREES
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SCOTTISH CASTLES
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  • The Tuilyies stones
  • Temple Wood stone circles, Kilmartin Glen
  • Camas nan Geall: ‘the Bay of the Strangers’
  • A walk to Rí Cruin Cairn
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  • Rosslyn Chapel: catching the light
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