A roofline with real character at one of our favourite Scottish castles, Elcho Castle, close to the River Tay a few miles south-east of Perth. The castle is believed to date back to about 1570 and was built by the Wemyss family. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/perth/elchocastle/index.html
Scalloway Castle, seen in dramatic light, was built to exercise control over Shetland in 1600. Its surroundings, once sea on three sides, have changed considerably since it was built and it is now right next to Scalloway's busy harbour. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/scallowaycastle/index.html
The newly opened Borl castle is worth visiting.
It was closed for more than 30 years, and now is partly renovated. Still a lot to do though.
Opened: a coffee bar, 2 halls, a chapel, an exhibition about rivers (Drava), outside wetland.
Also: you can see some free-range pigs at the road, near the castle.
The castle is famous because the English King Richard the Lionheart, who was returning from the Third Crusade, was held here in knightly custody from 1192 to 1193.
Edinburgh in sunset/sunrise mode.
A beautiful city, with fabulous architecture and endless history, there are endless photo opportunities here, especially in that golden hour.
It's has been a long, stressful year, I think we all need a nice golden landscape with a pensive panda in a bee costume in it. Available as a wallpaper at https://ko-fi.com/s/d79e9fdf46
Torwood Castle near Denny in the Falkirk council area. It was probably built in 1566 and today it remains remarkably complete, yet is surprisingly little-known and can be viewed externally only. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/denny/torwoodcastle/index.html
The imposing Castle Menzies near Aberfeldy in Perthshire. The castle had a complex history, both before and after it was built in the 1500s. For centuries it served as the stronghold of the Chiefs of Clan Menzies. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/aberfeldy/castlemenzies/index.html
The Bass of Inverurie, standing within a cemetery at the southern end of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire: all that remains of a motte and bailey castle built by the Earls of Garioch in the 1100s and used by Robert the Bruce in May 1308. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverurie/bass/index.html
The magnificent "pink palace" of Drumlanrig Castle, north of Thornhill in Dumfries & Galloway. It was built between 1675 and 1697 around an earlier castle intended to control routes from the north and north-east into Nithsdale. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/thornhill/drumlanrigcastle/index.html
The remains of Dunure Castle on the Ayrshire coast, once the main fortress of the Kennedy family but already a ruin by the mid 1700s. The castle's origins probably date back at least as far as the 1200s when a stone keep was built here. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunure/dunurecastle/index.html
The superbly located Castle Campbell, built on a spur between the chasm of the Burn of Care on one side and that of the Burn of Sorrow on the other, and overlooked by the Ochil Hills near Dollar in Clackmannanshire. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dollar/castlecampbell/index.html
Craignethan Castle in Lanarkshire. When built in the 1530s this was home to some of the most formidable artillery defences of the day, though the strongest part was demolished in the 1580s following attempted coups by the owners. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lanark/craignethancastle/index.html
On this day in history. Mary Queen of Scots escaped from imprisonment in Lochleven Castle, on its island in Loch Leven, 456 years ago today on 2 May 1568. She would subsequently make an unsuccessful attempt to regain power in Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kinross/lochlevencastle/index.html
The mighty medieval Bothwell Castle, built on a bluff above a bend in the River Clyde. Construction began in the latter half of the 1200s but invasion and repeated siege meant that the original design of the castle was never completed. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/bothwell/bothwellcastle/index.html
Hermitage Castle, in a remote corner of the Scottish Borders south of Hawick. This is a castle with a truly forbidding reputation and atmosphere, and in our picture is oddly reminiscent of the figure in Edvard Munch's "The Scream". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hawick/hermitagecastle/index.html
Huntly Castle in Aberdeenshire, which has seen more than its share of conflict and history. Over a period of six centuries four different castles in three slightly different locations under two different names were attacked eight times. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/huntly/huntlycastle/index.html
Ich liebe ja #Castle und hab bestimmt schon fast jede Folge mehrfach gesehen, aber so langsam könntet ihr doch mal was anderes als #McGyver und Castle im Nachmittagsprogramm wiederholen liebes Kabel1. 😅
Smailholm Tower, between Melrose and Kelso in the Scottish Borders, a reminder this was a deeply unsettled area for centuries. It was built by the Pringle family in about 1450 and remained in use until the early 1700s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stboswells/smailholmtower/index.html
The ruins of Strome Castle, built in the 1400s to stand guard over the mouth of Loch Carron. Until 1970, when a new road was completed along the far, south-east, shore of the loch, it overlooked the terminus of the ferry to Stromeferry. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochcarron/stromecastle/index.html