Undiscovered Scotland

Undiscovered Scotland is a combination of visitor guide, accommodation listing and business directory which aims to show you what the country is really like.

Website: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk

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2026-07-28 16:01:01 UTC

A view of from its harbour of Lochinver on the west coast of Sutherland, with the summits of Quinag visible in the distance. Lochinver is a busy port and the largest settlement on the west coast of Scotland north of Ullapool. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochinver/lochinver/index.html
#Scotland #Lochinver
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2026-07-17 06:01:01 UTC

The mysterious Torwood Blue Pool near Denny. This circular brick structure is full of remarkably blue water and its origin and purpose continue to be debated, though it was probably an air shaft for a coal mine that closed in 1910. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/denny/bluepool/index.html
#Scotland #Denny
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2026-05-05 16:01:02 UTC

Tobermory, the beautiful island capital of the Isle of Mull. It is probably still known to some visitors as TV's Balamory; and its harbour is said to be home to the sunken wreck of a Spanish Armada ship and its cargo of gold. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/tobermory/index.html
#Scotland #Mull #IsleOfMull
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2026-04-13 06:01:01 UTC

307 years ago today. Spanish marines landed in Loch Duich on 13 April 1719 and took control of Eilean Donan Castle as part of a little-known and short-lived Jacobite uprising. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dornie/eileandonancastle/index.html
#Scotland #EileanDonanCastle #Lochalsh #LochDuich #Jacobites #1719
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2026-04-11 06:01:01 UTC

A view of Ard Neackie projecting into the magnificent Loch Eriboll in the far north of Sutherland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/durness/locheriboll/index.html
#Scotland #Sutherland #LochEriboll #ArdNeackie
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2026-03-09 17:01:01 UTC

The shoreline at tranquil Auchmithie, some three miles north-east of Arbroath in Angus. This is the original home of the smoked haddock known as the Arbroath Smokie. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/arbroath/auchmithie/index.html
#Scotland #Auchmithie #Arbroath #Angus
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2026-02-27 07:01:01 UTC

The world's tallest and longest hedge, the Meikleour Beech Hedge runs alongside and towers over the A93 a few miles south of Blairgowrie in Perthshire. Planted in the autumn of 1745, it has a tragic story to tell. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/blairgowrie/meikleourhedge/index.html
#Scotland #Meikleour #Perthshire
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2026-02-08 07:01:01 UTC

The start of the inspirational Calum’s Road, built in ten years by one man across two miles of forbidding terrain to give access to the north end of the island of Raasay. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/raasay/calumsroad/index.html
#Scotland #Raasay #Island #CalumsRoad
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2026-01-16 07:01:02 UTC

The most amazing place in Scotland? Sandwood Bay, south of Cape Wrath in Sutherland, offers nearly a mile and half of wide pinkish sand backed by huge sand dunes and a loch, plus an impressive sea stack: and a very long walk in. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kinlochbervie/sandwoodbay/index.html
#Scotland #Sutherland
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2026-01-15 07:01:02 UTC

The village of Drumbeg, on the stunningly beautiful and single track Assynt coastal road from Lochinver to Kylesku in western Sutherland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochinver/drumbeg/index.html
#Scotland #Drumbeg #Assynt #Sutherland
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2026-01-14 07:01:02 UTC

Jarlshof in Shetland, one of the most inspirational archaeological sites in Scotland, with overlapping examples of housing from the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Pictish, Norse and Medieval eras, right the way through to the 1600s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/jarlshof/index.html
#Scotland #Shetland
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2026-01-06 17:01:26 UTC

The head of the beautiful 2.57m high Kilchoman Cross, carved in the 1300s or 1400s and still crisp despite the efforts of the lichen population in this north-western corner of the Isle of Islay. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/kilchoman/index.html
#Scotland #Islay #IsleOfIslay #KilchomanCross
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2026-01-02 07:01:02 UTC

Fisher houses in the amazing village of Gardenstown on the north Aberdeenshire coast. Originally known as Gamrie, it was founded in its current form in 1720 by Alexander Garden as a fishing village. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/gardenstown/gardenstown/index.html
#Scotland #Gardenstown #Aberdeenshire #Gamrie
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2025-12-31 07:01:02 UTC

Dirleton Castle in East Lothian, perched proudly on a rocky outcrop and as improbable as it is impressive. A castle was first built here in the late 1200s and it remained in active use until the mid-1600s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dirleton/dirletoncastle/index.html
#Scotland #Dirleton #EastLothian #DirletonCastle
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2025-12-24 07:01:02 UTC

The absolutely spellbinding roof of Wemyss Bay railway station in Inverclyde. The station was built, like the adjoining pier that serves the ferries for the Isle of Bute, in 1903. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wemyssbay/wemyssbay/index.html
#Scotland #Inverclyde #WemyssBay #RailwayStation #Railway #Architecture
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2025-12-23 07:01:02 UTC

The beautiful beaches at Seilebost and Luskentyre on the west side of Harris in the Western Isles, with the Mountains of North Harris in the background. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/harris/luskentyre/index.html
#Scotland #WesternIsles #Seilebost #Luskentyre #Beach #Harris
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2025-12-19 17:01:37 UTC

The spectacular and extremely remote shoreline at Redpoint, south of Gairloch in Wester Ross. It lies at the end of the 8 miles single track B8056, which branches off the main A832 a little south of Gairloch's harbour at Charlestown. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/gairloch/redpoint/index.html
#Scotland #WesterRoss
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2025-12-19 07:01:02 UTC

The view from the south of the splendid Glamis Castle in Angus, as near a perfect Scottish castle as you could imagine. Never quite symmetrical from any angle, this is one of the most visually pleasing castles in Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glamis/glamiscastle/index.html
#Scotland #GlamisCastle #Angus
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2025-12-15 07:01:02 UTC

Engineering at its most magnificent. The unique and uniquely beautiful Falkirk Wheel rotary boat lift opened in 2002. It fulfils a role originally accomplished by a flight of 11 locks when the Union Canal opened in 1822. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/falkirkwheel/index.html
#Scotland #Falkirk
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2025-12-09 17:01:17 UTC

Not as well known as its near neighbours on the Isle of Islay, the wonderful Isle of Jura Distillery was established in the village of Craighouse on Jura in 1810 as the island's first legal distillery. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/jura/distillery/index.html
#Scotland #IsleOfJura #Jura #Scotch #Distillery
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2025-12-05 07:01:03 UTC

The view along Loch Shiel from above its head at Glenfinnan in Lochaber, showing the mountains on its south-east shore and Eilean Ghleann Fhionainn. It was at Glenfinnan that Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his standard in August 1745. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glenfinnan/glenfinnan/index.html
#Scotland #Lochaber
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2025-11-24 07:01:02 UTC

The Riverside Museum is a spectacular landmark on the River Clyde in Glasgow. Home to the Museum of Transport and Travel, the building itself, which opened in 2011, is every bit as fascinating as the exhibits it houses. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glasgow/riversidemuseum/index.html
#Scotland #Glasgow
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2025-11-21 07:01:02 UTC

The amazing view south from the top of the north cantilever of the Forth Bridge, the first of three great bridges built in three different centuries that cross this part of the Firth of Forth. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/queensferry/forthrailbridge/index.html
#Scotland #ForthBridge #Queensferry #Edinburgh
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2025-11-19 07:17:39 UTC

The ruins of the Earl's Palace seen over the village of Birsay, on Orkney's West Mainland. It was built using forced labour between 1569 and 1574 by the deeply unloved Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/westmainland/earlspalace/index.html
#Scotland #Orkney #Birsay #WestMainland
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2025-11-03 17:01:06 UTC

The view north-west over beautiful Loch Earn towards the village of Lochearnhead. The centre of the village stands where the main road from Stirling to the Highlands meets the road from Crieff along the north side of the loch. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochearnhead/lochearnhead/index.html
#Scotland #Stirling
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2025-10-26 07:01:03 UTC

The impressive remains of Ruthven Barracks near Kingussie, built in the years to 1721 on the site of a castle first recorded in 1229 and later used by Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan, better known as the Wolf of Badenoch. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kingussie/ruthvenbarracks/index.html
#Scotland #Kingussie
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2025-10-22 16:01:21 UTC

Tarbert, on the east coast of the sparsely populated island of Jura, with mainland Argyll in the distance. Here Jura is nearly cut in half by deeply indenting Loch Tarbert, narrowing the island to under three quarters of a mile. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/jura/roadnorth/index.html
#Scotland #Jura #Argyll
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2025-10-15 06:01:03 UTC

The magnificent Kildalton Cross in the south-eastern corner of Islay: Scotland's finest intact early Christian high cross. Beautifully preserved and standing 2.65m high by 1.32m wide, it was carved towards the end of the 700s. More pics and images: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/kildalton/index.html
#Scotland #Islay
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2025-10-12 16:01:03 UTC

Flora MacDonald's birthplace and monument on beautiful South Uist in the Western Isles. She was born on an apparently unknown date in 1722 and would later become famous for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie cross "over the sea to Skye". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/southuist/southuist/index.html
#Scotland #SouthUist
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2025-10-04 06:01:02 UTC

The view along one of Scotland's loneliest "A" roads. The A846 runs up part of the east side of the wonderful island of Jura, the wildest and emptiest of all of Scotland's inhabited islands. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/jura/jura/index.html
#Scotland #Jura #Island #IsleOfJura #Hebrides #Argyll
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2025-08-30 06:01:04 UTC

A sunset view of Dunblane Cathedral. The cathedral was built from around 1150 and the tower was originally free-standing. After being open to the elements for the better part of three centuries the nave was re-roofed in 1889-93. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunblane/cathedral/index.html
#Scotland #Dunblane
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2025-08-20 06:01:04 UTC

A beautiful combination of turquoise blue sea and white sand at Luskentyre on the Isle of Harris in the Western Isles. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/harris/luskentyre/index.html
#Scotland #Beach #Luskentyre #Harris #WesternIsles #Hebrides
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2025-08-15 16:01:05 UTC

Dunnet Head lighthouse stands above 300ft cliffs, close to the most northerly point in mainland Scotland. The views from here on a clear day are magnificent and include the Orkney Islands on the far side of the Pentland Firth. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunnet/dunnet/index.html
#Scotland #Caithness
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2025-07-29 16:01:04 UTC

The towering Old Man of Hoy, with people on the cliff adding scale. The Old Man is barely part of Hoy, the second largest of Orkney’s islands at about 10 by 5 miles. Hoy’s name fittingly comes from the Old Norse for 'High Island'. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hoy/hoy/index.html
#Scotland #Hoy #Orkney
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2025-07-20 06:48:58 UTC

#Mastodon users beware: someone's using the platform as a phishing pond this morning...
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2025-07-19 06:01:03 UTC

The lovely Dawyck Botanic Garden and arboretum, on 60 acres or 24 hectare of land that rises above the River Tweed near Stobo, south-west of Peebles in the Scottish Borders. It is the result of over 300 years of tree collecting. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/peebles/dawyckgarden/index.html
#Scotland #ScottishBorders
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2025-07-15 06:01:12 UTC

The forlorn ruins of Sanquhar Castle, on the southern edge of Sanquhar in Dumfries & Galloway. The castle was built by the Crichton family from around 1400 and abandoned in 1900 after partial restoration by the 3rd Marquess of Bute. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/sanquhar/castle/index.html
#Scotland #Sanquhar
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2025-07-10 06:01:03 UTC

A beautiful place with beautiful views over the Sound of Sleat towards the mainland: Aird of Sleat can be found near the southern tip of the Isle of Skye. Mallaig and the mountains of Knoydart can be seen in the background. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/skye/airdofsleat/index.html
#Scotland #Skye #Sleat
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2025-06-30 06:01:04 UTC

The magnificent 30m high Kelpies, the world's largest equine sculptures, created in 2013 by Andy Scott and standing close to the Forth and Clyde Canal and the M9 motorway in the Falkirk council area. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/kelpies/index.html
#Scotland #Kelpies #Falkirk #Grangemouth
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2025-06-27 16:01:05 UTC

The scattered settlement of Clashmore, on the Stoer peninsula north of Lochinver in Sutherland: complete with a distant glimpse of the magnificent mountains of Assynt. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochinver/stoerpeninsula/index.html
#Scotland #Clashmore #Stoer #Lochinver #Sutherland #Assynt
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2025-05-27 16:01:05 UTC

The harbour in the attractive seaside resort of Millport, the only significant settlement on the island of Great Cumbrae, in the Firth of Clyde just off the Ayrshire coast. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/cumbrae/millport/index.html
#Scotland #Millport #GreatCumbrae #Ayrshire #Harbour
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2025-05-24 16:01:04 UTC

One of the magnificently decorated interiors at Kinneil House near Bo’ness: with some of the most extensive and best-preserved wall and ceiling paintings to be found anywhere in Scotland. The house has origins dating back to the 1400s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/boness/kinneil/index.html
#Scotland #Bo’ness
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2025-05-05 06:16:02 UTC

Happy birthday to us! Undiscovered Scotland began life 25 years ago today on 5 May 2000. The picture is of Sandwood Bay in north-west Sutherland, one of our favourite places in Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kinlochbervie/sandwoodbay/index.html
#Scotland #Sutherland #SandwoodBay #Beach
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2024-12-30 17:01:06 UTC

A glimpse of the finished product in the bonded warehouse at Tullibardine Distillery in Blackford, Perthshire. The distillery was established here in the late 1940s on the site of a very much older brewery. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/auchterarder/tullibardinedistillery/index.html
#Scotland #TullibardineDistillery #Blackford
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2024-12-30 07:16:04 UTC

Looking west along stunningly beautiful Loch Voil in Balquhidder Glen, Stirlingshire. The glen is a true cul-de-sac, with its western end concluding in the complex mountainous country north of Loch Katrine and south of Ben More. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/balquhidder/balquhidder/index.html
#Scotland #Balquhidder
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2024-12-29 17:01:05 UTC

The 1.5m high Hunters Hill Stone, a Pictish symbol stone in woods to the east of Glamis in Angus. It probably still stands where it was first erected and is carved with a cross on one side and a snake and two symbols on the other. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glamis/huntershillstone/index.html
#Scotland #Angus
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2024-12-29 07:16:03 UTC

South Haven and Sheep Rock on beautiful Fair Isle. This is Scotland's most remote inhabited island, some 25 miles south-west of the southern tip of Mainland Shetland and some 30 miles north-east of the nearest of the Orkney Islands. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/fairisle/fairisle/index.html
#Scotland #FairIsle
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2024-12-28 17:01:03 UTC

The tiny and very remote settlement of Reiff in Coigach, north-west of Achiltibuie and at the far north-western tip of Wester Ross. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/achiltibuie/reiff/index.html
#Scotland #Reiff #Achiltibuie #WesterRoss #Coigach
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2024-12-28 07:16:03 UTC

The imposing Cawdor Castle south-west of Nairn, traditional home of the Thanes of Cawdor. According to tradition it was built from 1370 around a hawthorn tree whose trunk can still be seen in the castle cellars. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/cawdor/cawdorcastle/index.html
#Scotland #CawdorCastle #Cawdor #Nairn
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2024-12-27 17:01:01 UTC

St Mary's Dalmahoy, a beautiful little Scottish Episcopal church standing close to the entrance to the grounds of Dalmahoy House and a haven of tranquillity a few miles west of Edinburgh. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ratho/stmarysdalmahoy/index.html
#Scotland #Edinburgh #StMarysDalmahoy #Dalmahoy
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2024-12-27 07:16:03 UTC

Perhaps Scotland's most famous phone box, in the beautiful village of Pennan on the north Aberdeenshire coast. The one actually used in the film "Local Hero", which was partly made in the village in 1983, was a prop placed nearby. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/pennan/pennan/index.html
#Scotland #Pennan
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2024-12-26 17:01:04 UTC

A wintry view across Loch Inver on the west coast of Sutherland to the village of Lochinver, the largest settlement on the west coast of Scotland north of Ullapool. Beyond the village are the mountains of Canisp and Suilven. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochinver/lochinver/index.html
#Scotland #Assynt #Lochinver
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2024-12-26 07:16:03 UTC

Inside Mousa Broch on the now uninhabited island of Mousa in Shetland. Mousa Broch rises to 13m high and is both magnificent and awe inspiring. It is also by some margin the best preserved of Scotland's 500 or so brochs. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mousa/mousabroch/index.html
#Scotland #Shetland #MousaBroch
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2024-12-25 17:01:04 UTC

Orkney's amazing Italian Chapel, built in 1943-1944 by Italian prisoners of war on the island of Lamb Holm. They had been brought to Orkney to work on the construction of the Churchill Barriers. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/eastmainland/italianchapel/index.html
#Scotland #Orkney #LambHolm #ItalianChapel #Italian
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2024-12-25 07:22:01 UTC

Scotland's midwinter festivities have origins going back 5,000 years. As 2024 draws to a close, we wish you a very happy Christmas from Undiscovered Scotland. Find out more about Christmas and Hogmanay in Scotland here: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usscotfax/society/yule.html
#Scotland
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2024-12-24 17:01:04 UTC

Scotland has some strange and spooky places, but few were - until its clearance of offerings - stranger or spookier than the Clootie Well on the Black Isle north of Inverness, which had become a rather weird remnant of an ancient tradition. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/munlochy/clootiewell/index.html
#Scotland
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2024-12-24 07:16:02 UTC

The absolutely spellbinding roof of Wemyss Bay railway station in Inverclyde. The station was built, like the adjoining pier that serves the ferries for the Isle of Bute, in 1903. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wemyssbay/wemyssbay/index.html
#Scotland #Inverclyde #WemyssBay #RailwayStation
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2024-12-23 17:01:19 UTC

The crumbling ruins of Dunbar Castle. Ancient in origin and once one of the mightiest castles in Scotland, the sea is now steadily reclaiming what the builders of the adjacent Victorian harbour left standing. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunbar/dunbarcastle/index.html
#Scotland #East Lothian #Dunbar #DunbarCastle
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2024-12-23 07:16:06 UTC

The beautiful beaches at Seilebost and Luskentyre on the west side of Harris in the Western Isles, with the Mountains of North Harris in the background. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/harris/luskentyre/index.html
#Scotland #WesternIsles #Seilebost #Luskentyre #Beach #Harris
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2024-12-22 17:01:04 UTC

The south side of the extremely beautiful and wonderfully eccentric St Conan's Kirk on the north shore of Loch Awe in Argyll. It was built in the years from 1907, drawing on elements of many different church styles. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochawe/stconans/index.html
#Scotland #LochAwe #StConansChurch
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2024-12-22 07:16:04 UTC

A signpost with real character, on the old line of the A84 main road at Balquhidder. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/balquhidder/balquhidder/index.html
#Scotland #Balquhidder #Stirling #Stirlingshire #Signpost
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2024-12-21 17:01:04 UTC

The formidable south tower of Blackness Castle, standing on the south shore of the Firth of Forth north-east of Linlithgow. In the years around 1540 it was transformed into one of strongest artillery fortifications of its age. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/blackness/blacknesscastle/index.html
#Scotland #Blackness
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2024-12-21 07:16:03 UTC

At the head of a deep loch sheltered by Davaar Island and surrounding hills lies Campbeltown, one of the largest towns in Argyll. Campbeltown is far from other centres of population, but well worth the effort it takes to get to. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/campbeltown/campbeltown/index.html
#Scotland #Campbeltown
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2024-12-20 17:01:03 UTC

Stirling Castle seen from the west at night as it sits high on its volcanic rock, looking every bit as formidable as it does during the day. The castle's origins are unclear but the site was probably fortified from a very early date. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stirling/stirlingcastle/index.html
#Scotland #Stirling
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2024-12-20 07:16:03 UTC

The spectacular view east from remote Reinigeadal on Harris in the Western Isles towards the Shiant Islands. Reinigeadal was inaccessible except by boat or on foot until 1989. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/harris/reinigeadal/index.html
#Scotland #Reinigeadal #Harris #ShiantIslands #WesternIsles
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2024-12-19 17:01:28 UTC

The spectacular and extremely remote shoreline at Redpoint, south of Gairloch in Wester Ross. It lies at the end of the 8 miles single track B8056, which branches off the main A832 a little south of Gairloch's harbour at Charlestown. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/gairloch/redpoint/index.html
#Scotland #Redpoint
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2024-12-19 07:16:02 UTC

The view from the south of the splendid Glamis Castle in Angus, as near a perfect Scottish castle as you could imagine. Never quite symmetrical from any angle, this is one of the most visually pleasing castles in Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glamis/glamiscastle/index.html
#Scotland #GlamisCastle
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2024-12-18 17:01:07 UTC

The richly-furnished Queen's Bedchamber in the magnificent Palace at Stirling Castle. The Palace was built in the years from 1538 by James V for his new queen, Marie de Guise, though it was finished after his death in 1542. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stirling/stirlingcastle/palace.html
#Scotland #StirlingCastle
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2024-12-18 07:16:03 UTC

Abernethy Round Tower, which stands close to the centre of Abernethy, south-east of Perth. It is 74ft/22.5m high and was probably built in around 1100. It is one of only two circular freestanding towers surviving in Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/abernethy/roundtower/index.html
#Scotland #Abernethy
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2024-12-17 17:01:08 UTC

Part of the Twelve Apostles Stone Circle north of Dumfries, mainland Scotland’s largest stone circle. The eleven stones (there would originally have been eighteen) form a slightly "squashed" circle about 86m in diameter. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/twelveapostles/index.html
#Scotland #TwelveApostles
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2024-12-17 07:16:03 UTC

Many castles are spooky: only Slains Castle, standing above cliffs near Cruden Bay in Aberdeenshire, inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula after a stay at the castle. This was the second Slains Castle to be built on this stretch of coast. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/crudenbay/slainscastle/index.html
#Scotland #SlainsCastle
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2024-12-16 17:01:08 UTC

A distant view of Ben Macdui, said to be home to Scotland's answer to the Sasquatch or Yeti. The legend of the Big Grey Man or Am Fear Liath Mòr dates back to an incident that took place on the mountain in 1891. Read about it here: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usscotfax/outdoors/greyman.html
#Scotland #Cairngorms #BenMacdui
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2024-12-16 07:16:03 UTC

The Inveravon Pictish Stones, displayed in the old porch of Inveravon Parish Church near Ballindalloch on Speyside. This collection of four carved stones probably dates back to the period between 600 and 800. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ballindalloch/inveravonstones/index.html
#Scotland #Inveravon #PictishStones #Picts
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2024-12-15 17:01:04 UTC

The surprisingly extensive ruins of St Blane's Church near the southern end of the Isle of Bute. The church fell into disuse after the Reformation and most of the remains of the nave and the chancel you see today date back to the 1100s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/bute/stblaneschurch/index.html
#Scotland #Bute
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2024-12-15 09:45:17 UTC

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It connects the Union Canal with the Forth and Clyde Canal, allowing traffic to move between the two. https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/falkirkwheel/index.html

2024-12-15 07:16:02 UTC

Engineering at its most magnificent. The unique and uniquely beautiful Falkirk Wheel rotary boat lift opened in 2002. It fulfils a role originally accomplished by a flight of 11 locks when the Union Canal opened in 1822. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/falkirkwheel/index.html
#Scotland #Falkirk #FalkirkWheel
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2024-12-14 17:01:04 UTC

Barry Mill near Carnoustie in Angus, a rare example of a working water-powered oatmeal mill. It is powered by the water of the Barry Burn, better known as an obstacle on the famous Carnoustie Golf Links a short distance downstream. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/carnoustie/barrymill/index.html
#Scotland #Carnoustie
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2024-12-14 07:16:03 UTC

Stronuich Reservoir, near the wonderfully remote western end of little-known 25 mile long Glen Lyon. The glen starts near Fortingall in Perthshire and it ends only four miles short of the West Highland Railway near Bridge of Orchy. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glenlyon/glenlyon/index.html
#Scotland #GlenLyon
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2024-12-13 17:01:06 UTC

The magnificent Wallace Sword and the Hall of Heroes in the 220ft tall National Wallace Monument, standing on a 300ft high outcrop of volcanic rock on the north side of the River Forth near Stirling. The monument was completed in 1869. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stirling/wallace/index.html
#Scotland
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2024-12-13 07:16:04 UTC

The remains of Burghead promontory fort at Burghead in Moray. This Pictish fortress was occupied for up to 500 years until 884, when it was captured by Sigurd the Mighty, the Norse Earl of Orkney. The Norse were evicted in 1010. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/burghead/fort/index.html
#Scotland #Burghead
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2024-12-12 17:01:03 UTC

Inside Cromarty East Church in Cromarty on the Black Isle, painstakingly restored to its original state to serve as a nationally important example of the changes that swept across Scotland's churches after the Reformation of 1560. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/cromarty/eastchurch/index.html
#Scotland #Cromarty
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2024-12-12 07:16:03 UTC

The Forth Bridge, also known as the Forth Rail Bridge, seen from the harbour at Queensferry or South Queensferry. This was the first of three major bridges built across this part of the Firth of Forth in three different centuries. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/queensferry/southqueensferry/index.html
#Scotland #ForthBridge
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2024-12-11 17:01:14 UTC

The mighty main wall of Tantallon Castle in East Lothian, seen from Seacliff. It is built across the neck of a rocky headland surrounded by cliffs. The castle's origins date back to the mid 1300s and it saw three centuries of conflict. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/northberwick/tantalloncastle/index.html
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2024-12-11 07:16:02 UTC

The stunning Coilleag a'Phrionnsa, or Prince's Beach, on the island of Eriskay. Linked by causeway to South Uist and by ferry to Barra, the island is a highlight of any tour of the Western Isles. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/eriskay/eriskay/index.html
#Scotland #WesternIsles #Eriskay #Beach
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2024-12-10 17:01:11 UTC

The striking remains of Muthill Old Church and its once free-standing tower in Muthill, Perthshire. The tower probably dates from the 1170s; and the body of the church from around 1425. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/muthill/oldchurch/index.html
#Scotland #Muthill #OldChurch #Church #Perthshire
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2024-12-10 07:16:03 UTC

The magnificent palace at Stirling Castle, seen across its garden. It was built from 1538 for Queen Marie de Guise, wife of King James V, who also oversaw its completion after James's death. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stirling/stirlingcastle/palace.html
#Scotland #Stirling #StirlingCastle #Castle #Palace
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2024-12-09 17:01:03 UTC

Not as well known as its near neighbours on the Isle of Islay, the wonderful Isle of Jura Distillery was established in the village of Craighouse on Jura in 1810 as the island's first legal distillery. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/jura/distillery/index.html
#Scotland #IsleOfJura #Jura #Scotch #Whisky
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2024-12-09 07:16:03 UTC

Remote Kilchoan on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, the most westerly village on the mainland. Until about 1900 it was accessible only by sea, and is now reached via a long single track road or by ferry from Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilchoan/kilchoan/index.html
#Scotland #Kilchoan
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2024-12-08 17:01:03 UTC

The pretty village and golf resort of Gullane in East Lothian. Gullane's origins are ancient and a church was established here in the 800s. This was replaced in the 1100s by St Andrew's Kirk, whose ruins still stand. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/gullane/gullane/index.html
#Scotland #Gullane #EastLothian
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2024-12-08 07:16:03 UTC

On this day in history. Mary Queen of Scots was born 482 years ago today on 8 December 1542 in Linlithgow Palace. Mary is the most intriguing, most studied, and most famous of all Scottish monarchs: probably because she seems the most human. More here: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/maryqos.html
#Scotland #OnThisDay
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2024-12-07 17:01:05 UTC

The spectacular Black Cuillin, seen under menacing clouds from the pier at Elgol on the Isle of Skye. Other places are closer to the main Cuillin ridge, but from Elgol you can look right into the heart of this amazing mountainscape. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/skye/elgol/index.html
#Scotland #IsleOfSkye
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2024-12-07 07:16:03 UTC

Craigievar Castle south of Alford in Aberdeenshire. One of Scotland's best preserved and most authentic tower houses, it was described as a "strange and curious old castle" by Queen Victoria after an unannounced visit in 1879. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/alford/craigievar/index.html
#Scotland #Craigievar
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2024-12-06 17:01:13 UTC

A touch of the tropics close to the far south-western tip of Scotland. Logan Botanic Garden lies in the Rhinns of Galloway some 14 miles south of Stranraer and is one of the gardens of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/logan/botanicgarden/index.html
#Scotland #LoganBotanicGarden
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2024-12-06 07:16:02 UTC

Portencross Castle in North Ayrshire, showing how a building can be returned from the brink of collapse by careful restoration. Parts of what you see today date back to about 1360. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/westkilbride/portencrosscastle/index.html
#Scotland #Ayrshire #NorthAyrshire #Portencross #Castle
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2024-12-05 17:01:03 UTC

The impressive statue of a Border Reiver standing outside Galashiels Burgh Chambers in the heart of Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/galashiels/galashiels/index.html
#Scotland #ScottishBorders #Galashiels #Statue #Reiver
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2024-12-05 07:39:30 UTC

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Congratulations to NormanDunbar @npub10j8…r43d for being the first to identify this as Plockton in Lochalsh, and thanks to everyone who took part.
The wider view can be seen on this page: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/plockton/plockton/index.html
#Scotland #WhereInScotland #Quiz

2024-12-05 07:16:03 UTC

The view along Loch Shiel from above its head at Glenfinnan in Lochaber, showing the mountains on its south-east shore and Eilean Ghleann Fhionainn. It was at Glenfinnan that Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his standard in August 1745. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glenfinnan/glenfinnan/index.html
#Scotland #Glenfinnan
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2024-12-04 17:01:04 UTC

WHERE IN SCOTLAND?
Where is this?
This is a detail from an image that appears somewhere on Undiscovered Scotland. Please reply with your answers. We'll award kudos to the first correct response before posting the next in the series tomorrow.
#Scotland #WhereInScotland #Quiz
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2024-12-04 13:01:03 UTC

Magnificent Ben More on the Isle of Mull, complete with its own weather system, seen from Pennyghael across Loch Scridain. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/pennyghael/index.html
#Scotland #IsleOfMull #Mull #Pennyghael #BenMore
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2024-12-04 07:28:27 UTC

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Congratulations to Bob Downie @npub19sg…czpg for being the first to identify this as Pennan in Aberdeenshire, and thanks to everyone who took part.
The wider view can be seen on this page: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/pennan/pennan/index.html
#Scotland #WhereInScotland #Quiz