- December 5, 2016From Castlebaldwin, just northwest of the lough, a minor road leads west to Ballymote, famous for its strong castle, flanked…
- December 4, 2016The 5th and 6th Dukes of Devonshire re-planned the town in early 19th century, and a grid layout surrounds the…
- November 30, 2016Inverness, the primary city and shopping centre of the Highlands, has a great location astride the River Ness at the…
- July 24, 2016It’s difficult to believe that Scotland’s last executed witch perished in a vat of boiling tar in Dornoch in 1722,…
- July 20, 2016Rathmullen, a pleasant village overlooking Lough Swilly, was the scene of the ‘Flight of the Earls’ (14 September 1607), when…
- July 17, 2016Ardglass is a fishing village and small resort to the southeast of Downpatrick. It occupies the site of a Viking…
- July 13, 2016The pretty fishing village of Portsoy has an atmospheric 17th century harbour and maze of narrow streets lined with picturesque…
- July 10, 2016Killadysert takes its name from a hermitage of St Murthaile’s. there are remains of a medieval parish church with dwelling-tower.…
- July 6, 2016North of Duns, the low-lying Lammermuir Hills, with their extensive grouse moors, rolling farmland and wooded valleys, run east to…
- July 3, 2016There are the remains of the third largest 13th century castle in Ireland: a quadrangular court with cylindrical angle-towers, a…