The idle ramblings of a wandering Scotsman
What connects the author Robert Louis Stevenson, the Knights of St John, and a Norseman named Sveinn? Find out on this 4 mile hill walk from the picturesque Edinburgh suburb of Swanston.
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A large yew tree stands in the churchyard of the small highland village of Fortingall. How long has it lived, and what are its connections with a famous Biblical Roman?
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You don’t need to travel to far-off places to find pieces of ancient history. Nestled by the roadside in a quiet residential suburb of Edinburgh stands a prehistoric standing stone known as the Caiy Stane. But who put it there, and why?
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