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Another for St Andrew's Day. The flag of Scotland is the Saltire, the white diagonal cross of St Andrew on a blue field. Read the story of one of the oldest flags in the world, dating back, according to the version of the story you believe, to 832 or further, perhaps to 761: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usfeatures/saltire/index.html

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The image shows a Saltire, a white diagonal cross on a light blue background, fluttering to the left from a flagpole on the right side of the frame. The outer corners of the flag are frayed. The sun is shining through the end of the flag nearest the flagpole on the right. The sky is light blue.

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Happy St Andrew's Day! Scotland's patron saint is St Andrew and his feast day is celebrated by both eastern and western Christian churches on 30 November. The picture is of St Andrews. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/a/standrew.html

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The image shows the town of St Andrews in Fife as seen from the top of St Rule's Tower, giving an almost aerial perspective from the east. The remains of the cathedral are in the lower part of the frame and rooftops and church towers extend into the distance, with fields and hills in the background. The sky is light blue.

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A reminder of summer: blue poppies at the Dawyck Botanic Garden near Stobo in the Scottish Borders, some eight miles south-west of Peebles and a similar distance south-east of Biggar. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/peebles/dawyckgarden/index.html

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Blue poppies at the Dawyck Botanic Garden. The image shows a cluster of light blue poppies in dappled sunlight against a background of green stems and leaves. The two largest flowers are in the left and right centre of the frame.

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Edzell Castle, near Edzell in Angus. The castle you see today was built from the early 1500s to replace a nearby motte built in about 1100. The remarkable walled garden was designed to provide a delightful retreat from the castle. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edzell/edzellcastle/index.html

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Edzell Castle, near Edzell in Angus. The image shows a pinkish stone ruined tower house across the centre of the frame, with the tower on the left and other buildings to the right of it. The tower is complete to roof level. This side of the buildings is a formal garden with low box hedges. The ground rises in the background. The scene is in sunlight.

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Kildrummy Castle in Aberdeenshire, built in about 1250 by the Earl of Mar and once one of Scotland's most magnificent castles. It was located where it could command important routes across the region. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/strathdon/kildrummycastle/index.html

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Kildrummy Castle in Aberdeenshire. The image shows the grey stone ruins of the castle under a clear blue sky. A wall on the right of the frame extends to considerable height and continues round to the middle of the frame. The bases of other stone ruins can be seen, including in the foreground. Areas of grass have daisies growing.

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A view from the west of the lovely harbour at Crail, the most easterly of the line of settlements along the south side of the East Neuk of Fife. It has an ancient history, being well settled by the 800s and thriving by the 1100s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/crail/crail/index.html

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The harbour at Crail. The image is looking down from a high viewpoint onto a harbour bounded by honey-coloured stone rubble walls that come in from the bottom of both sides of the frame to leave an entrance in the bottom middle. The tide is out and small boats in the harbour are high and dry. In the background cottages and buildings of stone or in white and many with red tile roofs climb a hillside. The sea can be glimpsed in the upper right of the frame. The scene is in sunlight.

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The remarkable "firehoose" at Kirbuster Museum on Orkney's West Mainland. This part of the farmstead dates back at least as far as 1595, and the smoke from the peat fire simply makes its way out of a hole or "lum" left in the roof. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/westmainland/kirbustermuseum/index.html

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The "firehoose" at Kirbuster Museum on Orkney's West Mainland. The image shows the interior of a stone farmstead. There is a fire and grate in the centre of the floor, set against a short and low stone wall. Wooden furniture is set around the walls and light is coming from the roof. A rope above the fire is uses to suspend fish to cure.

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A wintry view of the single track road east from remote Achiltibuie, north-west of Ullapool. The prominent peaky mountain is Stac Pollaidh whose character is out of all proportion to its mere 613m or 2,009ft in height. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/achiltibuie/achiltibuie/index.html

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A wintry view of the single track road east from remote Achiltibuie. The image shows a road leading out from the centre of the bottom of the frame with a passing place sign to its left. The road disappears over a hum, leaving snowy land extending out to the start of mountains, which climb to a spiky peak in the top left of the frame and are covered in snow. The scene is in sunlight.

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The ferry slipway and the village of Baile Mor on the enchanting, magical, island of Iona, just off the south-west tip of the Isle of Mull. Pilgrims have been coming here for nearly fourteen centuries and tourists for three. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/iona/iona/index.html

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The ferry slipway and the village of Baile Mor on Iona, shown on a sunny day with clear blue skies. In the lower left of the frame is a concrete slipway and a blue and white boat is moored to it, facing away from the camera. It is called Ullin of Staffa. The village is in the background, mainly comprising white buildings, though one is of stone. The land rises in the background.

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The view east from the top of (in our opinion) Scotland's best mountain, Suilven, inland from Lochinver on the west coast of Sutherland. Just 2,389ft high, the name is said to come from the Norse for "Pillar Mountain". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochinver/suilven/index.html

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The view east from the top of Suilven, inland from Lochinver on the west coast of Sutherland. The image shows descending rocky ground in the foreground leading to a narrow neck and then climbing to a sharply pointing peak, which is slightly lower than us. In the background is much lower lying land of stony ground with rivers and lochs. The sunlight is patchy.

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Spectacular cliff scenery near Eshaness lighthouse on the west coast of Shetland on a stormy day. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/eshaness/index.html

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Spectacular cliff scenery near Eshaness lighthouse on the west coast of Shetland on a stormy day. The image shows white waves crashing against dark cliffs, with a single small figure in red standing on top of the cliffs in the upper right of the frame. The cliffs face left and the surface of the sea is largely covered in white foam. The sky is grey.

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Part of the Ring of Brodgar stone circle, superbly located between the Loch of Stenness and the Loch of Harray on Orkney's West Mainland. When erected, over 4,000 years ago, 60 stones stood here: now there are 36. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/westmainland/ringofbrodgar/index.html

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Part of the Ring of Brodgar stone circle in Orkney. The image shows an arc of six standing stones under a clear blue sky. The tallest stone is on the right of the frame and has been split vertically. The others curve around to the left and there are two people standing clost to the third. A loch and hills can be seen in the background.

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A view across Loch Euphort on the enchanting island of North Uist in the Western Isles. North Uist measures some 18 miles from east to west by 12 miles from north to south, and has a remarkably complex topography. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/northuist/northuist/index.html

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A view across Loch Euphort on North Uist in the Western Isles. The image shows the view on a sunny day, with a sculpture of what looks like a branch of a tree on a rock in the foreground. There is a stony area around the sculpture with a path leading to it. In the background is the loch, complete with islets. In the distance a rocky hill rises from the far shore.

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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

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The Riverside Museum on the River Clyde in Glasgow. The view shows the exterior of the museum with a paved area in the foreground and the curved metal-clad body of the museum on the left of the structure. On the right is the spiky frontage overhanging its glass face which seems black and is highly reflective. The sky is mainly blue.

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Beautiful Glen Clova, which runs for some 18 miles north then north-west from Kirriemuir before finishing at Glendoll. It is the best known and most popular of the Angus Glens that cut into the southern flank of the Cairngorms. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/clova/clova/index.html

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Glen Clova. The image shows the broad glen in the foreground, narrowing in the distance as it encounters mountains. Which occupy much of the upper half of the frame, leaving a gap for the glen in the upper left beyond trees. In the right middle of the frame is a group of farm buildings with grassy fields this side of them. The scene is in sunlight.

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The magnificent Aberlemno Kirkyard Pictish cross slab in Angus. It is one of the finest of all the Pictish stones to have survived and the rear of the slab come complete with battle scene depiction, a Bayeux Tapestry in stone. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/forfar/aberlemnokirk/index.html

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The Aberlemno Kirkyard Pictish cross slab. The image shows the kirkyard at Aberlemno in bright sunshine. A row of graves stands end on and starts in the bottom left of the frame, while another starts in the bottom right and converges with the first as it goes towards the wall on the far side of the kirkyard. The second stone in the right-hand row, whose front is partly visible, is much larger than the other stones and carries a deeply carved cross and other carvings.

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The beautiful east side of Loch Lomond at Balmaha and the island of Inchcailloch. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/balmaha/balmaha/index.html

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The east side of Loch Lomond at Balmaha and the island of Inchcailloch. The image shows the still blue waters of the loch extending into the frame past lots of small, moored boats that are all pointing towards us. The island stretches across the centre of the frame and is covered in trees. In the distance is the far side of the loch. The sky is mainly blue.

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The superb Skye Museum of Island Life, near the tip of the Isle of Skye's Trotternish peninsula, gives an insight into a way of life common on Skye at the close of the 1800s but which has since virtually disappeared. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/skye/museumofislandlife/index.html

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The Skye Museum of Island Life. The image shows two thatched stone single-storey buildings with a green and red cart in the left foreground that has a large barrel mounted on it. Other parts of green or red farming implements are visible bottom left and in the right middle of the frame. The scene is in sunlight.

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"Take me to your leader!" The highly distinctive stills at Pulteney Distillery, Wick. Pulteney is one of only a few Scottish distilleries to be named after a person, Sir William Pulteney, the founder of Pulteneytown. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wick/pulteneydistillery/index.html

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The highly distinctive stills at Pulteney Distillery, Wick. The image shows two stills, with the one in the foreground having a large spherical upper chamber and a viewing window that looks like something from a science fiction comic. The copper of the stills is quite dull and stained.

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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

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The amazing view south from the top of the north cantilever of the Forth Bridge. The image shows the red metal framework of the bridge stretching away below the viewer towards the south bank of the Firth of Forth. An island stands close to the left of the centre of the bridge while in the distance are the Pentland Hills. The scene is in sunlight.

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Elcho Castle, close to the south bank of the River Tay south-east of Perth and one of Scotland's most enjoyable castles. Possibly built on the site of an earlier defensive structure, its origins date back to about 1570. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/perth/elchocastle/index.html

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Elcho Castle, close to the south bank of the River Tay south-east of Perth. The image shows the exterior of Elcho Castle from lower down the hill on which it stands. It is four storeys in height and built of grey stone. It is externally complete and many of the windows are covered in metal grilles. The sky is blue.

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There's nowhere quite like Stromness in Orkney. It stretches for over a mile along the shore of Hamnavoe, an inlet of Scapa Flow. The core of the town is a main street that twists and turns between the shoreline and the hillside behind. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stromness/stromness/index.html

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There's nowhere quite like Stromness in Orkney. The image shows Stromness built on rising ground beyond its harbour, with fishing boats moored in the foreground. The buildings are mainly of stone or finished in white and the scene is in sunlight.

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The intriguing Castlelaw Hill Fort, high on the eastern flank of Castlelaw Hill in the Pentland Hills south of Edinburgh. Its development began around 500BC and continued for centuries. It comes complete with an underground earth house. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/penicuik/castlelaw/index.html

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The intriguing Castlelaw Hill Fort, high on the eastern flank of Castlelaw Hill in the Pentland Hills south of Edinburgh. The image shows a path with three people on it leading down to the hillfort, with its ramparts visible in the background. The scene is in sunlight though there is haze in the distance.

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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

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The ruins of the Earl's Palace seen over the village of Birsay, on Orkney's West Mainland. The image shows a road leading downhill between grassy verges and a wall on the right in the foreground to a village of mixed age. Beyond the village are the extensive honey-coloured ruins of buildings that rise to wall head and chimney height in places. The scene is in sunlight.

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The Corran ferry, which crosses Loch Linnhe south of Fort William and gives access to Morvern, Moidart and Ardnamurchan, waiting for customers at Nether Lochaber on the sort of wintry night that makes you long for summer. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/corran/corranferry/index.html

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The Corran ferry is shown in darkness with the deck floodlit and a lone member of crew waiting for vehicles to drive on. The slipway is in the foreground and the ramp heads to the right onto the ferry. Nothing is visible in the darkness beyond the ferry.

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The main stone circle at Temple Wood, one of many amazing prehistoric monuments in Kilmartin Glen in Argyll. The site was developed in a series of stages between 5,000 years ago and 3,300 years ago. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kilmartin/templewood/index.html

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The main stone circle at Temple Wood. The image shows part of a circle of standing stones surrounding a rocky interior, with bare trees behind. The foreground and interior of the circle are covered in small boulders and a kist is visible in the centre of the circle. The scene is in sunlight.

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Inverlochy Castle near Fort William. Built from around 1280 it was overtaken by history not once, but twice: first by a Cromwellian citadel built in 1654 and then by a Scots baronial style Inverlochy Castle built not far away in 1863. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/fortwilliam/inverlochy/index.html

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Inverlochy Castle near Fort William showing the outside of the castle seen through trees. The grey stone ruins of the castle extend across the centre of the frame, on top of a crassy bank. Nearest us is a ruined circular corner tower, and the curtain walls extend back both sides of it to other ruined towers. The scene is in sunlight with the shadow of trees in the foreground.

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The village of Cullipool, the largest settlement on the island of Luing, one of the Slate Islands off the coast of Argyll south of Oban. It owes its existence to the quarrying of slate. The Isle of Mull can be seen in the distance. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/luing/cullipool/index.html

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The village of Cullipool, the largest settlement on the island of Luing, one of the Slate Islands off the coast of Argyll south of Oban. The picture is a view from slightly above of a village of largely single-storey white cottages. To the left is part of a flooded slate quarry while in the background is the sea, with the Isle of Mull in the distance.

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The Aberdeenshire town of Inverurie, a place that lends its name to two battles, fought in 1308 and 1745, with another, the Battle of Harlaw, one of the most bloody to be fought on Scottish soil, taking place close by in 1411. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverurie/inverurie/index.html

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The Aberdeenshire town of Inverurie. The image shows a war memorial topped by a statue of a kilted soldier in a park surrounded by tubs of large red flowers and set amongst trees. In the background are parked cars and the grey stone town hall, topped off by a white tower. The sky is blue.

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The amazing beach on the west side of the island of Berneray in the Western Isles. Berneray lies in the Sound of Harris and is attached to North Uist by a causeway that was opened in 1999. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/berneray/berneray/index.html

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The beach on the west side of the island of Berneray in the Western Isles. The image shows a long and broad white beach filling the bottom left and centre of the frame and looking left out to a turquoise sea. It is backed by dunes in the bottom right of the frame and curves round to the left in the distance. In the background is the misty outline of an island. The scene is in sunlight.

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Ancient meets modern. The Huly Hill Cairn and what is left of its stone circle are cut by the interchange at which the M8 and M9 motorways meet and are under the final approach to Edinburgh Airport. The cairn dates back to about 2500BC. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ratho/hulyhill/index.html

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The Huly Hill Cairn and a standing stone. The image shows a large dark standing stone in the centre foreground. Its upper parts are covered in yellow lichen. Beyond it is a grassy area leading to a low circular stone wall surrounding a low grassy cairn. The scene is in sunlight.

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The superbly remote Loch Arkaig in Lochaber, said to be the hiding place of a hoard of gold coins landed by the French at Loch nan Uamh in late April 1746 in support of the (by then already failed) Jacobite rising. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/speanbridge/locharkaig/index.html

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Loch Arkaig in Lochaber. The image shows the near shoreline of the loch leading from the bottom right of the frame to the middle left. The loch merges with the grassy shoreline and there’s the base of a stone wall running parallel to it, passing a lone tree. The far shore of the loch, in the upper right of the frame is hilly and there are traces of snow on some of the hills.

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The wonderful library at Drum Castle in Aberdeenshire. One of our favourite rooms in any Scottish castle, it was formed in the 1840s within the upper part of the original tower house that was built here in about 1300. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/peterculter/drumcastle/index.html

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The library at Drum Castle in Aberdeenshire. The image shows the interior of a large room with a vaulted ceiling finished in white. Dark wood bookshelves cover the walls except for a fireplace with a large painting above it on the far wall and a window on the left. There’s a table in the centre of the room and other furniture around the sides.

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The magnificent Neolithic settlement at Skara Brae in Orkney. Here you find a magical window through which it's possible to see the detail of the day-to-day lives of our ancestors who lived here 5,000 years ago. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/westmainland/skarabrae/index.html

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The Neolithic settlement at Skara Brae in Orkney. The image shows mown grass covered stone walls arranged in interwoven circular shapes forming structures with interiors and exteriors. In the background on the left is the sea, with a bay curving round to the left and buildings visible on the far side. A man is leaning against a fence in the top right. The scene is in sunlight.

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308 years ago today. Ormacleit Castle on South Uist, occupied for just seven years after taking seven to build. It is said to have burned down on the day of the Battle of Sheriffmuir, 13 November 1715, at which its laird was killed. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/southuist/ormacleitcastle/index.html

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Ormacleit Castle on South Uist. The image shows the ruins of a T-shaped grey stone castle largely covered in yellow lichen. It stands to the top of the walls and the gables and internal dividers are largely complete. There is rough grass in the foreground. The sky is blue.

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308 years ago today. History can be made in lonely places. The Battle of Sheriffmuir was fought on 13 November 1715. The battle was inconclusive, but it effectively marked the start of the end of the 1715 Jacobite rising. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunblane/sheriffmuir/index.html

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The Battle of Sheriffmuir. The image shows a large square tapering cairn set behind black metal railings with a wall in the right foreground and trees in the background. There’s a road in the bottom left of the frame and the sky is blue.

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The harbour at Newhaven. Once a separate village that formed around a fishing community in the 1480s, this is now an all-too easily overlooked western neighbour of Leith; and is well worth seeking out. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/newhaven/index.html

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The harbour at Newhaven. The image shows a harbour in the foreground with two small white motor boats moored in it. The harbour is defined by a stone pier that runs into the centre of the frame from the right, which has a narrow white lighthouse at its end. On the left of the frame is the tip of a second harbour wall, which leaves an entrance. In the distance is more land. The sky is almost blue.

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The imposing and poignant 5.2m high Commando Memorial near Spean Bridge. Sculpted by Scott Sutherland, it was unveiled in 1952 as a memorial to the commandos; whose wartime basic training centre had been at nearby Achnacarry Castle. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/speanbridge/commando/index.html

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The Commando Memorial near Spean Bridge. The image is looking slightly up at the blue weathered metal statues of three commandos standing on top of a square plinth which is inscribed with UNITED WE CONQUER. At its base are wreaths of poppies. In the lower background is a car park and mountains can be seen in the distance. The scene is in sunlight.

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The imposing Dunrobin Castle near Golspie in Sutherland, set on a prominent bluff a little back from the shore and towering over its gardens. It is first mentioned in writing as a stronghold of the Earls of Sutherland in 1401. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/golspie/dunrobincastle/index.html

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Dunrobin Castle near Golspie in Sutherland. The image shows formal gardens in the foreground which lead back to a steep slope on top of which is a fairy tale style castle in light grey stone. It is up to four storeys in height and topped off with turrets and ornaments. There’s a tree in the left foreground, The light is subdued.

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Stonehaven's war memorial, sited in an imposing hilltop position overlooking the sea just to the south of the town. Its location ensures it is visible from most of Stonehaven and from much of the surrounding area. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stonehaven/warmemorial/index.html

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Stonehaven's war memorial. The image shows an open octagonal stone structure with its top supported by round columns. It is set on a three-tiered rough stone base. There is a bench to the left of the memorial and the sea can be seen at a much lower level in the background. The scene is in strong sunlight.

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Glasgow's amazing Necropolis, one of the city's more unexpected visitor attractions and since 1831 the final resting place of some 50,000 people in around 3,500 tombs. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glasgow/glasgownecropolis/index.html

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Glasgow's amazing Necropolis. The image shows a view up a hill of mown grass with a path in the lower left of the frame. The hillside is covered by extremely large memorials in mid or dark grey. The scale is set by a person in the bottom centre of the frame. The sky is blue.

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44 years ago today. On 9 November 1979 a forestry worker for the Livingston Development Corporation reported an encounter that has become known as the "Livingston Incident" or the "Robert Taylor Incident". UFO encounter, or not? More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/livingston/livingstonincident/index.html

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The site of the Livingston Incident. The image shows a heavily wooded area with trees in the background that are coming into leaf. In the lower centre of the frame is a large stone with a metal plaque attached to it. The ground in the foreground is bare.

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The lovely village of Fortingall in Perthshire, home to what may be the oldest living thing on Earth, the Fortingall Yew, and believed by some to be the birthplace of Pontius Pilate. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/fortingall/fortingall/index.html

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Fortingall in Perthshire. The image shows a view over gardens to a run of thatched terraced cottages slightly below the middle left of the frame. They are finished in white, as are the cottages set at 90 degrees to them in the middle right of the frame. The ground rises to the right, with trees covering it and there are hills visible in the background. The sky is blue.

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The superb glass-encased Shandwick Stone, standing in a magnificent location overlooking the sea near Shandwick in Easter Ross. This 2.7m high Pictish cross slab dates back to the 800s and occupies its original position. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/balintore/shandwickstone/index.html

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The superb glass encased Shandwick Stone. The image shows a diagonal view of a large glass box wrapped around light blue-grey internal metal supports. This largely fills the left-hand two thirds of the frame. Inside it is a large Pictish carved stone with one highly decorated face visible. A fence surrounds the box and in the background the ground slopes away to the sea which is visible in the middle right of the frame. The scene is in sunlight.

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One of our favourite Scottish castles: the magical Drum Castle near Peterculter in Aberdeenshire. Part of the castle dates back as far as the early 1200s, with the rest being added in stages over the following six centuries. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/peterculter/drumcastle/index.html

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Drum Castle near Peterculter in Aberdeenshire. The image shows a castle in the middle distance beyond grass and a path coming in from the bottom left of the frame. The castle comprises an older stone finished part on the left with a tower and a surrounding wall, plus a later mansion on the right finished in light grey harling and rising to three or four storeys in height with slate roofs. The sky is blue.

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The Birnam Oak, close to the south bank of the River Tay at Birnam in Perthshire. The tree is said to have helped inspire Shakespeare's "Macbeth" after a visit by the playwright in 1589. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunkeld/birnamoak/index.html

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The Birnam Oak. The two images both show the oak without leaves. It has a thick central trunk and spreads to cover a large area. Some of the lower branches are supported on thick pillars of wood. The difference between the two images is that one has the sun behind the photographer so shows the oak in full light, with the river glimpsed beyond it. The other is looking into the sun, so the tree is silhouetted and there is a hedge in the background with houses beyond it.

The Birnam Oak. The two images both show the oak without leaves. It has a thick central trunk and spreads to cover a large area. Some of the lower branches are supported on thick pillars of wood. The difference between the two images is that one has the sun behind the photographer so shows the oak in full light, with the river glimpsed beyond it. The other is looking into the sun, so the tree is silhouetted and there is a hedge in the background with houses beyond it.

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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

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The Kildalton Cross. The image shows part of a ruined church on the left of the frame and a graveyard occupying much of the lower part of the frame with trees behind it. There are only a few scattered graves while, in the centre foreground and occupying the whole central strip of the frame is a large greenish-grey decorated stone cross with arcs connecting its arms to the upper and lower parts. The scene is in sunlight.

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The island of Pladda, south of Arran, seen in tranquil evening light from Kildonan, which lies at the south-eastern extremity of the Isle of Arran. Pladda's name comes, for obvious reasons, from the Norse for "Flat Isle". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/arran/kildonan/index.html

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The island of Pladda. The image shows a dusk scene of a rock shoreline in the foreground with a low-lying island stretched across the centre of the frame and more land in the distance. The clouds on the right are pink. There’s a lighthouse towards the right-hand end of the island.

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Inside the spooky and mysterious (and yet to reopen) underground complex at Gilmerton Cove in southern Edinburgh. The mystery arises because no-one knows when this obviously man-made complex was excavated, or by whom, or what it was used for. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/gilmertoncove/index.html

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Gilmerton Cove. The image shows a flat-floored passageway leading from the lower left of the frame to its centre. The walls are made of worked and slightly curved stone which meets above the passageway. This continues out of sight into a dark entrance in the upper part of the frame.

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Broughty Castle, standing guard over the mouth of the Firth of Tay at Broughty Ferry. A castle was first built here from 1454, though what you see today largely dates back to the 1490s. It saw military use as recently as World War Two. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/broughty/broughtycastle/index.html

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Broughty Castle. The image shows a large tower house in the centre of the frame with the left part finished in reddish stone and the right in beige harling. Low walls and the interior of the castle are visible in the foreground and on the right, while to the left is lower-level grass leading down to the shore of a bay that has a town on its far side. The scene is in sunlight.

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The spectacular Ballachulish Bridge across the narrows close to the mouth of Loch Leven in Lochaber. It replaced a ferry, or a 19-mile detour through Kinlochleven, when it opened in 1975. The ferry slipways can still be seen. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ballachulish/ballachulish/index.html

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The Ballachulish Bridge. The image shows a metal girder bridge that starts at the end of an embankment on the right bottom of the frame and extends over a stretch of water to a far bank covered in trees, This climbs to craggy mountains with traces of snow visible. There are some buildings on the far bank to the right of the bridge. The scene is in sunlight.

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The Rodney Stone near Brodie Castle in Moray. One of Scotland’s many Pictish stones, it stands just under two metres high and carries the longest Ogham inscription ever found in Pictland. This seems to include the name "Eddarrnonn". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/forres/rodneystone/index.html

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The Rodney Stone. The image shows the full face of a light grey carved stone in bright sunlight just to the left of the centre of the frame. It carries a deeply incised cross covered in decorations and is rectangular in shape. It is supported by iron stays attached to the corners of the stone. The stone stands in a rough grassy area and there is a narrow road in the background with trees beyond it.

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278 years ago today. The Battle of Prestonpans, a decisive Jacobite victory over Hanoverian government troops, took place on 21 September 1745 just to the north of what is now the A1 between Tranent and Prestonpans in East Lothian. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/prestonpans/battle/index.html

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The Battle of Prestonpans. The image shows the top of the mound that marks the site of the battle, with a square enclosure made of light blue wood and a flagpole flying a red flag on the left side of the enclosure. In the background, views can be glimpsed along the Firth of Forth towards Edinburgh, and Arthur’s seat is visible on the left of the frame. The horizon is very low and much of the frame is filled with blue sky.

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Engineering as a beautiful work of art. This is the Kylesku Bridge on the west coast of Sutherland, seen in summer and in winter. The bridge replaced the Kylesku Ferry - or a 100 mile detour via Lairg - when it opened in 1984. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kylesku/kylesku/index.html

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The Kylesku Bridge. Both images show the Kylesku Bridge from a viewpoint above its northern end. It sweeps in from the bottom and then curves around to the right on tall narrow legs obove an inlet from the sea. In the background is a rough shoreline. One of the images shows the bridge on a day with clear blue skies and green vegetation, while the other shows it after snow, with the landscape largely covered and snow lining both sides of the roadway. The sky in the snowy picture is grey.

The Kylesku Bridge. Both images show the Kylesku Bridge from a viewpoint above its northern end. It sweeps in from the bottom and then curves around to the right on tall narrow legs obove an inlet from the sea. In the background is a rough shoreline. One of the images shows the bridge on a day with clear blue skies and green vegetation, while the other shows it after snow, with the landscape largely covered and snow lining both sides of the roadway. The sky in the snowy picture is grey.

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The awe-inspiring Ruthwell Cross in Dumfries & Galloway, the most magnificent Anglian cross in Scotland. It is 17ft tall and was carved in the 700s at a time when the area was under the control of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ruthwell/ruthwellcross/index.html

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Ruthwell Cross. The image shows the interior of an apse in a church that has terracotta-coloured walls and a grey ceiling, plus three tall windows in the walls and three skylights. Set in a well in the centre of the apse is a very tall stone cross. It has intricate carving on every visible part.

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The larger than life-sized effigy of Robert the Bruce in the magical, beautiful and distinctly eccentric St Conan's Kirk, overlooking the north shore of Loch Awe in Argyll. The effigy is carved from wood with alabaster face and hands. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochawe/stconans/index.html

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An effigy of Robert the Bruce. The image shows the upper half of the larger than life-size effigy lying on its back with its helmeted and crowned head on the right and its arms folded over its stomach on the left. It is dark brown save for a very light alabaster face and hands. There is a window in the background with light coming in over the effigy.

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The impressive ruins of Urquhart Castle on the shore of Loch Ness near Drumnadrochit. Dating back to the 1200s, it possibly stands on the site of a Pictish fort visited by St Columba in 597 and is an ideal location for Nessie spotters. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/drumnadrochit/urquhart/index.html

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Urquhart Castle. The image shows a view down a slope that has a concrete path and steps leading to the bottom. More paths at the lower level connect stone ruins on the lower left and right of the frame and a taller tower that has been cut away by the passage of time in the upper centre of the frame. Beyond the castle, the blue waters of the loch sweep round and there is distant land beyond the loch, The scene is in sunlight.

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Remote and beautiful Huisinis on the west coast of Harris in the Western Isles. The end of the road, and what an amazing road it is, single track and going for 15 miles through some of the most glorious scenery anywhere in Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/harris/huisinis/index.html

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Huisinis. The image shows a view down onto a small white sand beach with grass at the bottom of the frame and blue and green rowing boats pulled up in the centre bottom of the frame. Beyond them is a concrete slipway, and there is another larger slipway in the upper right of the frame with two cars parked at the top of it. In the background is the sea, with areas of land or island beyond it.

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One of the spectacular painted ceilings at Delgatie Castle near Turriff in Aberdeenshire. This one, in the Rohaise Room, is from 1597. The origins of Delgatie Castle are said to date back to a structure built here in 1030. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/turriff/delgatiecastle/index.html

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Delgatie Castle. The image shows a section of wooden ceiling with joists running top right to bettom left which are supporting boards that run top left to bottom right. The spaces on the boards between the joists are highly decorated in coloured paints, while the sides of the joists carry lines of text.

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110 years ago today. Work began to rebuild Eilean Donan Castle on 23 August 1913. It had stood as a ruin since being bombarded by Royal Navy frigates while occupied by Spanish marines during the very brief 1719 Jacobite uprising. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dornie/eileandonancastle/index.html

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Eilean Donan Castle. The image shows a view over water to the island on which the stone castle stands, with large blocks of the building on the left and right and lower connecting elements between them. On the right is the stone bridge linking the castle with the mainland. More water can be seen on the left. The sky is blue.

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Carsluith Castle, looking out over Wigtown Bay three miles south of Creetown in Dumfries & Galloway and dating back to the 1400s. It has a later collection of outbuilding, showing how many castles became the focus of small settlements. More pics and info https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/gatehouseoffleet/carsluithcastle/index.html

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Carsluith Castle. The image shows a small stone three storey plus attic tower house standing on land that slopes from right down to left. It is surrounded by a gravel path, then grass, with stone walls on the right of the frame and a gravel area in the foreground, this side of a low fence. The sky is mainly blue.

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Thatched croft house and mountains: the beautiful setting of Howmore or Tobha Mor on the island of South Uist in the Western Isles. The village is home to one of Scotland's best collections of thatched buildings. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/southuist/howmore/index.html

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Howmore or Tobha Mor on the island of South Uist in the Western Isles. The image shows two thatched cottages stretching across the centre of the frame, overlapping as seen in the photo. The one on the left has much of its roof under repair. This side of them is a shallow green valley with a narrow road on this side of it. The the background are rocky hills. The scene is in sunlight.

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The Fortingall Yew stands in the churchyard of Fortingall Church near the east end of the attractive village of Fortingall in Perthshire. It is believed to be 5,000 years old and is quite possibly the oldest living thing on Earth. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/fortingall/yew/index.html

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The Fortingall Yew. The image shows a view across a grassy graveyard with the end of a church on the extreme left of the frame. Beyond the graves is a path and a stone-walled enclosure with the yew growing up out of it across much of the width of the image. The sky is mainly blue.

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The slightly weird Hill o' Many Stanes in Caithness. It's a hill, with many stones. But why? It is generally believed to have been erected some 4,000 years ago, but no real dating evidence has been found. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lybster/manystanes/index.html

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The Hill o' Many Stanes in Caithness. The image shows a view over a rough moorland area to farmland in the background. The moorland area is punctuated by large numbers of small standing stones. The light is dull.

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The rare and intriguing Yarrow Stone in the Scottish Borders. Its inscription, displayed sideways, is early Christian and in Latin; and commemorates two princes named Nudoss and Dumnogenus, who lived and died in the 400s or 500s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/selkirk/yarrowstone/index.html

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The Yarrow Stone in the Scottish Borders. The image shows a small enclosure with a wooden fence on the near side of a broad valley with animals grazing in the distance. Standing in the enclosure is an upright stone surrounded by tall grass. The stone and enclosure are in sunlight.

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The fragmentary but intriguing ruins of Saddell Abbey, on the east coast of the Kintyre peninsula north of Campbeltown. It was founded in 1140 and is home to a truly remarkable collection of late medieval grave slabs and effigies. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/carradale/saddellabbey/index.html

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Saddell Abbey. The image shows a view over a rough grass graveyard with standing stones, some surrounded by iron railings. On the far side are the partial ruins of a stone structure, with trees in the background and on the left. The scene is in sunlight.

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The amazing collection of early carved grave slabs, mainly dating from the 1300s-1500s, in the Old Session House at Kiel near Lochaline in Morvern. St Columba founded a monastery overlooking the Sound of Mull here in the 500s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochaline/kielstones/index.html

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The Old Session House at Kiel. The image shows the interior of a wood-lined room which has seven visible stone grave markers leaning against its right and rear walls. They are intricately carved and clearly very old.

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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

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Clashmore. The image shows a view along a narrow road that extends from lower left to mid right. There is a scatter of houses and cottages along it. In the background is the line of a ridge with three mountains rising above it in the far distance. The sky is blue.

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St Ninian's Cave, on the shore near Whithorn in Galloway. The cave is said to have been used as a place of personal retreat and prayer by St Ninian in the 390s, and it has been an objective of pilgrims since not long afterwards. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/whithorn/stninianscave/index.html

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St Ninian's Cave. The image shows a stony beach in the foreground leading towards a rocky headland covered in gorse. A path leads to a cleft in the rocks with the entrance to a cave visible in shadow. The scene is in sunlight.

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The massive tower of Dundonald Castle, dominating the Ayrshire landscape for miles around. It was built on an elevated site that had been fortified since around 500 and was the favourite home of King Robert II in the late 1300s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/troon/dundonaldcastle/index.html

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Dundonald Castle. The image shows a view up a grassy bank to an imposing castle made of grey stone that rises high above the viewer in a single block. The sky is partly blue and the castle is in sunlight.

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The wonderful two-mile long beach at Lunan Bay, on the coast of Angus south of Montrose. Backed by dunes and a ruined castle and framed by low cliffs to the north and south, this is high on our list of Scotland's best beaches. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/montrose/lunanbay/index.html

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Lunan Bay. The image shows a view of a white sand dune climbing left out of the frame covered in marram grass. To its right is a broad white beach that darkens as it approaches the sea, which is bright blue. In the distance is a rocky headland topped by farmland. The sky is blue.

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Remote and little-known Morton Castle, standing on the south-west flank of the the Lowther Hills above Nithsdale in Dumfries & Galloway. It was built in the mid-1400s on the site of an earlier castle that had been dismantled in 1357. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/thornhill/mortoncastle/index.html

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Morton Castle. The image shows a broad grassy bank that slopes down to a loch in the bottom left of the frame. In the centre is a ruined stone castle comprising a round tower on the left with ranges extending to its right and back from it. There are trees around the castle and beyond the loch and the land rises to hills in the background. The sky is blue.

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The Dunmore Pineapple, one of Scotland's most remarkable buildings. Perhaps the largest stone pineapple anywhere, its top stands 45ft above the level of the walled garden to its south. It was built as a birthday present in 1761. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/airth/thepineapple/index.html

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The Dunmore Pineapple. The image shows a front view of a brownish grey building stretching across the bottom half of the frame with a classical portico in the centre supported by columns. Built on top of the centre of the structure is a huge stone pineapple with its lower part surrounded by windows. The sky is blue. There are the tops of trees in the background.

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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

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Castle Menzies. The image shows a very large tower house. It is four storeys plus an attic high and has a main block with corner extensions on the far left and near right. At rooftop level is it decorated with small turrets. There is a field in the foreground and a rising slope covered in trees in the background. The scene is in sunshine.

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Restenneth Priory, a mile and a half east of Forfar in Angus. The priory has origins dating back thirteen centuries and occupies the site of a stone church built for King Nechtan of the Picts in the years after 715. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/forfar/restennethpriory/index.html

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Restenneth Priory. The image shows a fenced grass path leading across fields of taller grass towards the tower and spire of a ruined church, which then extends towards the left of the frame. There’s a large tree to the right of the far end of the path and partly behind it is a wall that once formed part of another structure.

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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

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The remains of Dunure Castle. The image shows a coastal scene with a rocky shoreline lower left, leading the grass and rocky slopes which in turn lead to the ruins of a stone castle set partly on the grassy area and partly on a rocky outcrop above the sea. The sea is visible mid left and there’s a boat in the distance. Some people are standing far left of the frame, by the end of the castle.

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Rough Castle Roman Fort, on one of the best preserved stretches of the Antonine Wall near Falkirk. It's a great place to appreciate what the wall was like: and, just possibly, was the origin of the story of King Arthur’s Camelot. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/roughcastle/index.html

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Rough Castle Roman Fort. The image shows a view across a valley with a narrow stream in the bottom which is crossed by a flat bridge. On the far slope are indentations caught in low sunlight coming from the right. The shape of a Roman fort can be made out. In the left middle ground is a larger ditch going away from the viewer. There are trees in the background and power lines cut across the top of the frame. The ground is frosty.