- January 5, 2019Cutting through the long tongue on the west coast which comprises Knapdale and Kintyre, the Crinan Canal links the Sound…
- December 27, 2018Built on the last squares of the alluvial plane which spread from the River Forth at Alloa, south of here,…
- December 20, 2018The modern fame of this “ancient city by an ancient sea” is a holiday resort on the Firth of Clyde.…
- December 6, 2018All of Iona’s religious buildings were erected during the Reformation. Nearly all of the ancient Celtic crosses were destroyed then…
- November 28, 2018Of the 49 islands which constitute Orkney (not ‘the Orkneys’, or the ‘the Orkney Islands’), Hoy is the 2nd largest,…
- November 20, 2018The early Scottish castles, Norman in design consisted of a mound called a ‘motte’, was basically earth turned out of…
- November 15, 2018Until 1830 this island was called Lamlash, which is now the name of the town on the Island of Arran…
- November 9, 2018Today the historic harbour of Kinsale is a yachting and fishing centre of great character. Originally it was a fishing…
- November 7, 2018Loch Moidart runs into the sea via two channels, north and south, and in the latter a rocky mound projects…
- October 30, 2018These distinctive tall slim towers are found at many of Irelands early monastic sites. They are almost entirely an Irish…