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UndisScot

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

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Part of the Antonine Wall near Rough Castle, two miles west of the centre of Falkirk. The Antonine Wall was built from AD142 to 144 and ran for 37 miles (60km) from Bo'ness on the River Forth to Old Kilpatrick on the River Clyde. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/roughcastle/index.html

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This is of course not the Antonine Wall. Instead, it is part of Hadrian’s Wall near Willowford Farm in Cumbria. Happy Gowk Day or April Fools' Day!
#AprilFoolsDay2024 #AFD #AprilFoolsDay #GowkDay
More pics and info about this section of Hadrian’s Wall: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/haltwhistle/willowford/index.html

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The spectacular Lin's Mill Aqueduct, completed in 1822 to carry the Union Canal 75ft above the River Almond, which at this point forms the boundary between Edinburgh and West Lothian. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ratho/linsmill/index.html

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An unexpected find within sight of the Edinburgh bypass: thatched cottages in Swanston, on the lower slopes of the Pentland Hills overlooking Edinburgh. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/swanston/index.html

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The classic view north-west down Glen Docherty towards Kinlochewe and Loch Maree in Wester Ross, complete with the sweeps of the road. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kinlochewe/kinlochewe/index.html

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A real superstar amongst Scottish castles, this is Ballindalloch Castle on Speyside. Its origins date back to a Z-plan defensive tower house that was built here, probably in 1546, and it's been home to one family ever since. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ballindalloch/castle/index.html

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The amazing Norman carving on the Edrom Arch near Duns in the Scottish Borders. This is all that remains of a church that was built in the early 1100s and demolished in 1732. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/duns/edromarch/index.html

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Urban scenery at its best. A view of Hawick Town Hall, in the heart of Hawick in the Scottish Borders. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hawick/hawick/index.html

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622 years ago today. David Stewart, 1st Duke of Rothesay, son of King Robert III and heir to the Scottish crown, was murdered by his uncle, Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, at Falkland Palace in Fife on 26 March 1402. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkland/falklandpalace/index.html

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Some of the wonderful coastal scenery on offer at Sanna, near the tip of the remote Ardnamurchan peninsula, mainland Britain's most westerly point. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilchoan/sanna/index.html

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1019 years ago today. On 25 March 1005 King Malcolm II killed his predecessor, King Kenneth III, at the Battle of Monzievaird, close to today's Glenturret Distillery near Crieff in Perthshire. More about Malcolm: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/malcolmii.html
And the distillery: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/crieff/glenturret/index.html

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Beautiful Arnisdale, which stands on the north shore of Loch Hourn and looks south-west over the loch to the mountains of the Knoydart peninsula. Rising behind it is Beinn Sgritheall. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/arnisdale/arnisdale/index.html

UndisScot, to Scotland
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Not many cities make use of the third dimension quite as effectively as Edinburgh. Our picture shows Arthur's Seat, with the top of Salisbury Crags in the foreground, Both are in Holyrood Park in the heart of the city. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/holyroodpark/index.html

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Remote and impressive: Ardnamurchan Lighthouse, which has been standing near mainland Britain's most westerly point since it was built in 1849 by Alan Stevenson, one of the Stevenson dynasty of lighthouse engineers. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilchoan/ardnamurchanpoint/index.html

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The Aberlemno roadside cross slab, 2.8m high by 1.0m wide and one of the three amazing Pictish symbol stones standing by the side of the road through Aberlemno in Angus. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/forfar/aberlemnostones/index.html

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Glen Garioch Distillery, which can be found in back streets on the northern edge of Oldmeldrum in Aberdeenshire, looks and feels (and smells) exactly as a distillery should. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/oldmeldrum/glengarioch/index.html

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Beautiful and mysterious Rosslyn Chapel south of Edinburgh. What was actually built was only a small part of what its founder intended before his death in 1484, yet it remains a truly remarkable achievement. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/roslin/rosslynchapel/index.html

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Stanley Mills, built to harness the tremendous power of the River Tay to process cotton on a site north of Perth in the late 1700s. Part of the complex is a fascinating visitor centre telling the story of the mills. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stanley/stanleymills/index.html

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738 years ago today. King Alexander III died in a fall from his horse near Kinghorn in Fife on 19 March 1286. His death ended a golden age in Scottish history and caused a crisis of succession that led to the Wars of Independence with England. This is the monument built near where he died. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kinghorn/kinghorn/index.html

#Scotland #Fife #AlexanderIII #Monument #Kinghorn #Pettycur #OnThisDay #UndiscoveredScotland

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It's well worth going to Achmelvich, north of Lochinver in Sutherland, for the magnificent setting and the beaches. Tracking down the eccentric and elusive Hermit's Castle on its rocky headland adds even further to the enjoyment. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochinver/hermitscastle/index.html

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The Brandsbutt symbol stone in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, which comes complete with Pictish symbols and an inscription in Ogham, a script sometimes referred to as the "Celtic Tree Alphabet". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverurie/brandsbuttstone/index.html

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Fifty-five years ago today, on 17 March 1969, the lifeboat from Longhope in Orkney capsized with the loss of all eight crew. This is the Longhope Lifeboat Museum on Hoy, which tells the story of Longhope's lifeboats. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hoy/lifeboatmuseum/index.html

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The outstanding beach at Calgary Bay, near the north-western tip of the Isle of Mull. In 1876 its name was given to a fort that would become the city of Calgary in the western Canadian province of Alberta. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/calgary/index.html

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Looking south from Flodigarry on the Isle of Skye's Trotternish Peninsula towards Staffin Bay and Staffin Island. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/skye/trotternish/index.html

#Scotland #Flodigarry #Trotternish #IsleOfSkye #Skye #Staffin #UndiscoveredScotland

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Ri Cruin Cairn, all that remains of a structure built some 4,000 years ago as the burial for a single individual and one of the large number of ancient monuments in Kilmartin Glen, north of Lochgilphead in Argyll. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilmartin/ricruincairn/index.html

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