- December 27, 2018Built on the last squares of the alluvial plane which spread from the River Forth at Alloa, south of here,…
- December 6, 2018All of Iona’s religious buildings were erected during the Reformation. Nearly all of the ancient Celtic crosses were destroyed then…
- November 20, 2018The early Scottish castles, Norman in design consisted of a mound called a ‘motte’, was basically earth turned out of…
- November 7, 2018Loch Moidart runs into the sea via two channels, north and south, and in the latter a rocky mound projects…
- October 26, 2018Ullapool is a large village with pretensions to the status of a small town. Certainly, although having a resident population…
- May 24, 2018In this castle, on the southern side of the Ardnamurchan peninsula, James IV stayed in 1495 while on a campaign…
- February 21, 2018Just a word of warning to all those thinking of visiting Ireland and Scotland in 2018. The hotels that we…
- January 9, 2018When William and Dorothy Wordsworth visited Dryburgh in 1803 during their tour of Scotland (recorded by Dorothy) they were admitted…
- November 13, 2017When it came into the hands of the Earl of Argyll through marriage in the 15th century, this castle was…
- October 30, 2017Since Handa Island was adopted by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in 1962, it has become a…