Just south of Hunterston in West Kilbride, Scotland, is an ancient place of witches, saints and bloody slaughter.

Beneath towering red sandstone cliffs known as the Three Sisters, on a narrow raised beach bordering the Firth of Clyde, lies tiny Hawking Craig Wood. 750 years ago, in the late 13th century, this was a contested location, a place where recorded events have merged with myth-making for 1,400 years.

Nearby, at Largs in 1263, the Scots routed a formidable Norwegian army, ending 500 years of Norse regional domination. Legend tells that prior to the battle, three local witches - sisters, after whom the cliffs were named - conjured a tempest to dash the vast Norse fleet as it lay at anchor. Stragglers blown ashore at Hawking Craig Wood were said to have been promptly slaughtered, and later buried there during a truce.

Overlooking this now peaceful spot, with its fine views of Arran and the expanse of water across which the Norse fleet sailed toward its doom by sorcery, is a cave said to have been associated with the 7th century Saint Mungo, performer of miracles and the founder of Glasgow. A fresh water spring known locally as the Wishing Well - also with sacred connotations - flows below the cave, flooding the woodland with holy water.

This work is presented as a diptych, paired prints made from images taken the same day, winter 2017.