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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-02-04 at 17:01

The Corran Ferry, which carries travellers across Loch Linnhe south of Fort William and serves as a portal to so many remote and wonderful places. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/corran/corranferry/index.html

[#]Scotland #CorranFerry #Ferry #LochLinnhe #Lochaber #FortWilliam

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-02-04 at 07:16

The highly distinctive scenery of Harris in the Western Isles, seen from the road that runs south-east from Tarbert to the island of Scalpay. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/harris/harris/index.html

[#]Scotland #Harris #WesternIsles

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-02-03 at 17:01

A view across the harbour entrance - and the mouth of the River Dee - of Aberdeen’s busy harbour, with the centre of the city beyond it. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/aberdeen/aberdeen/index.html

[#]Scotland #Aberdeen #UndiscoveredScotland

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-02-03 at 07:16

Scotland’s oldest continuously inhabited house, the wonderfully unchanged Traquair House in the Scottish Borders. Parts of it date back at least as far as 1107, when King Alexander I of Scotland signed a royal charter at Traquair. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/innerleithen/traquair/index.html

[#]Scotland #Traquair

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-02-02 at 17:01

A view from the south-west of Fyvie Castle in Aberdeenshire, one of the most magnificent and imposing of Scotland's castles despite its tranquil parkland setting. It started life as a royal castle in about 1200. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/fyvie/fyviecastle/index.html

[#]Scotland #FyvieCastle #Aberdeenshire

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-02-02 at 07:16

The Nether Largie Standing Stones, one of the many prehistoric attractions in Argyll's amazing Kilmartin Glen. The five large standing stones are up to 2.85m in height and the central stone is adorned with 23 carved cup marks. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilmartin/netherlargiestones/index.html

[#]Scotland #Argyll

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-02-01 at 17:01

The crumbling and precarious clifftop ruins of Newark Castle, near St Monans in the East Neuk of Fife, also sometimes known as the Castle of St Monans. A castle was probably first built here in the mid-1200s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stmonans/newarkcastle/index.html

[#]Scotland #StMonans #Fife #NewarkCastle

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-02-01 at 07:16

Strathnaver in northern Sutherland: a place whose beauty on a day like the one shown here belies a dark history, a history of clearance that explains how quiet it can seem today. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/bettyhill/strathnaver/index.html

[#]Scotland #Sutherland #Strathnaver #Loch #Bracken #Clearance

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-01-31 at 17:01

The 30ft high statue of Our Lady of the Isles, offering magnificent views over South Uist in the Western Isles. The statue was the work of the sculptor Hew Lorimer and erected in 1957. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/southuist/geirinis/index.html

[#]Scotland #SouthUist #WesternIsles #Statue #HewLorimer #Geirinis

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-01-31 at 07:16

The traditional burial place of monarchs, Relig Odhráin graveyard near the abbey on the magical island of Iona. It may have been in continual use as a burial place since St Columba's day, nearly 15 centuries ago. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/iona/storanschapel/index.html

[#]Scotland #Iona #ReligOdhrain

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-01-30 at 17:01

The south front of the magnificent Arniston House, near the village of Temple in Midlothian. The house was designed by William Adam in 1726 and completed by his son John Adam in the 1750s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/temple/arniston/index.html

[#]Scotland #ArnistonHouse #Temple #Midlothian

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-01-30 at 07:16

An idyllic hebridean view over the Sound of Barra from the island of Eriskay towards the north end of the island of Barra, both in the Western Isles. The Sound of Barra ferry is just setting off on its crossing between the two islands. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/eriskay/eriskay/index.html

[#]Scotland #Eriskay

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-01-29 at 17:01

The harbour at Lochinver on the west coast of Sutherland in late evening light. If it had been a little clearer the Isle of Lewis would be just about visible on the horizon. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochinver/lochinver/index.html

[#]Scotland #Sutherland #Lochinber #Harbour

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-01-29 at 07:16

The less than obvious remains of the Old Fort, or Fort William, after which the town visible in the background is named. The fort was built in 1690 on the site of a wooden Cromwellian citadel. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/fortwilliam/oldfort/index.html

[#]Scotland #FortWilliam #OldFort #Lochaber

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-01-28 at 17:01

The East Aquhorthies Stone Circle. This can be found a few miles west of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire and was traditionally called "Easter Aquhorthies". It is one of around 90 recumbent stone circles to have survived in Aberdeenshire. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverurie/easteraquhorthies/index.html

[#]Scotland

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-01-28 at 07:16

The amazing village of Pennan, set on a shelf below north-facing cliffs on the north Aberdeenshire coast and still famous for its role in the 1983 film Local Hero. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/pennan/pennan/index.html

[#]Scotland #Pennan #Aberdeenshire #LocalHero

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-01-27 at 17:01

Scrabster Harbour in Caithness, the most northerly large port in mainland Britain and a point of departure for the Orkney Islands. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/thurso/scrabster/index.html

[#]Scotland #Scrabster #Harbour #Caithness

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-01-27 at 07:16

Huntingtower Castle, west of Perth, is a beautifully atmospheric time capsule. It was originally two separate tower houses built three metres apart that were joined together in the 1600s to form one. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/perth/huntingtower/index.html

[#]Scotland #Perth #HuntingtowerCastle

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-01-26 at 17:01

Inside the amazing Unst Boat Haven on Unst in the Shetland Islands: one of the most attractive and interesting museums in Scotland and well worth the trip from Shetland's Mainland to see, along with Unst's other attractions. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/unst/boathaven/index.html

[#]Scotland #Shetland #Unst

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Written by Undiscovered Scotland on 2025-01-26 at 07:16

Defensive Roman pits, or lilia, protecting the Antonine Wall at Rough Castle near Falkirk. For a time this formed part of the north-west frontier of a Roman Empire that stretched all the way to the Middle East. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/roughcastle/index.html

[#]Scotland #Falkirk #RoughCastle

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