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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2026-03-09 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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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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2025-08-20 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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2025-05-27 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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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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2024-12-26 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 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 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 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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2024-12-15 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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2024-12-09 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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2024-12-04 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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2024-12-03 17:01:02 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. Some signs have been obscured.
#Scotland #Quiz
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2024-12-03 10:59:39 UTC

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We tend to go with what we think will be most readily understood by a potentially widely-based visitor base. This can lead to inconsistencies: we tend to use Galloway instead of D&G, but also D&G rather than Dumfriesshire.

2024-12-03 07:37:38 UTC

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This is Garlieston in Galloway, and thanks to everyone who took part.
The wider view can be seen on this page: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/garlieston/garlieston/index.html
#Scotland #WhereInScotland #Quiz

2024-12-02 17:01:03 UTC

2024-12-02 07:16:03 UTC

Beautiful Inchmahone Priory on its island in the Lake of Menteith in the Trossachs. It was founded by Augustinian canons who came here from Cambuskenneth Abbey near Stirling in 1238. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/aberfoyle/inchmahomepriory/index.html
#Scotland #InchmahonePriory #LakeOfMenteith #Trossachs
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2024-12-01 17:01:03 UTC

2024-12-01 13:01:03 UTC

The harbourmaster's office in the lovely village of St Abbs in the Scottish Borders. The name has ancient origins. In 635 a Northumbrian Princess who later became St Aebbe founded a monastery close to what is now St Abbs Head. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stabbs/stabbs/index.html
#Scotland #StAbbs
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2024-12-01 07:53:39 UTC

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Congratulations to crossgolf_rebel [@crossgolf_rebel](https://moppels.bar/@crossgolf_rebel ) for being the first to identify this as Culloden, and thanks to everyone who took part.
The wider view can be seen on this page:
https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverness/culloden/index.html
#Scotland #WhereInScotland #Quiz

2024-12-01 07:16:02 UTC

The single track road north of Kingairloch in Morvern, running along the shore of Loch Linnhe. More about where to find Scotland's single track roads and how to drive them here: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usfeatures/singletrack/index.html
#Scotland #SingleTrackRoad #Road #Morvern
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2024-11-30 17:01:03 UTC

2024-11-30 13:01:02 UTC

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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2024-11-30 07:41:31 UTC

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Congratulations to Stevie's Yer Da' @npub1w4a…gxn9 for being the first to identify this as St Andrews in Fife, and thanks to everyone who took part.
The wider view can be seen on this page: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/standrews/standrews/index.html
#Scotland #WhereInScotland #Quiz

2024-11-30 07:16:03 UTC

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
#Scotland #StAndrewsDay #StAndrews #Fife
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2024-11-29 17:01:03 UTC

2024-11-29 13:01:03 UTC

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
#Scotland #ScottishBorders #Dawyck
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2024-11-29 07:47:27 UTC

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Congratulations to Chrysalis @npub1f7u…ddgf for being the first to identify this as Inveraray in Argyll, and thanks to everyone who took part.
The wider view can be seen on this page: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inveraray/inveraray/index.html
#Scotland #WhereInScotland #Quiz

2024-11-28 17:01:04 UTC

2024-11-28 13:01:03 UTC

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
#Scotland #Kildrummy #Castle #Aberdeenshire
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2024-11-28 07:16:03 UTC

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
#Scotland #Crail
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2024-11-27 17:01:03 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. Some signs have been obscured.
#Scotland
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2024-11-27 07:29:59 UTC

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Congratulations to Chris Lilley @npub1cqv…0eaf for being the first to identify this as Traquair House in the Scottish Borders, and thanks to everyone who took part.
The wider view can be seen on this page: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/innerleithen/traquair/index.html
#Scotland #WhereInScotland #Quiz #UndiscoveredScotland

2024-11-26 17:01:07 UTC

WHERE IN SCOTLAND?
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#Scotland #WhereInScotland #Quiz #UndiscoveredScotland
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2024-11-24 17:01:01 UTC

WHERE IN SCOTLAND?
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#Scotland #WhereInScotland #Quiz #UndiscoveredScotland
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2024-11-23 12:14:11 UTC

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You comments are well made, but... When there was a mass exodus from Twitter in November 2022(?) the main beneficiary was Mastodon. But the exodus since this 5 November has been mainly in the direction of the site your post is about (I'm avoiding the name to avoid your muting). We have five times as many followers on MS than on BS, but are seeing far more engagement on BS at the moment. It feels like MS has lost the interest of its users: perhaps because of lack of app development?

2024-11-21 07:16:00 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 #Bridge #UndiscoveredScotland
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2024-11-20 17:01:00 UTC

WHERE IN SCOTLAND?
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2024-11-19 17:01:00 UTC

WHERE IN SCOTLAND?
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2024-11-17 17:01:01 UTC

WHERE IN SCOTLAND?
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#Scotland #WhereInScotland #Quiz #Game #UndiscoveredScotland
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2024-11-12 07:16:00 UTC

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
#Scotland #CommandoMemorial #SpeanBridge #Commandos #UndiscoveredScotland
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2024-11-04 16:01:09 UTC

Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Cottage and Museum in Cromarty, telling the story of the town’s most famous son, the geologist and writer Hugh Miller, who lived from 10 October 1802 to 24 December 1856. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/cromarty/hughmiller/index.html
#Scotland #HughMillersBirthplace #HughMiller #Cromarty #BlackIsle #UndiscoveredScotland
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2024-10-06 15:01:01 UTC

The ruins of Kelso Abbey, once the grandest of the great abbeys of the Scottish Borders. The repeated attentions of Henry VIII's army during the "rough wooing" of the 1540s ensured that little of this once magnificent building survives. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kelso/kelsoabbey/index.html
#Scotland #KelsoAbbey #ScottishBorders #Kelso #UndiscoveredScotland
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2024-09-18 06:16:01 UTC

The ruins of the Jacobite-era Bernera Barracks near Glenelg. Built between 1719 and 1723, they were intended to guard what was at the time the main route to and from the Isle of Skye. The barracks were abandoned by the military in 1797. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glenelg/bernerabarracks/index.html
#Scotland #BerneraBarracks #Glenelg #Jacobites #Lochalsh #UndiscoveredScotland
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2024-09-17 06:16:01 UTC

Gladstone's Land on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, a time machine that takes you back to the Old Town of the 1600s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/gladstonesland/index.html
#Scotland #GladstonesLand #Edinburgh #RoyalMile #UndiscoveredScotland
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2024-09-09 15:01:05 UTC

The beautiful beach at Achmelvich, just three miles north-west of Lochinver in Sutherland and one of Scotland's very best beaches: or more accurately a small collection of beaches nestled amongst the rocky bays and headlands here. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochinver/achmelvich/index.html
#Scotland #Achmelvich #Sutherland #Beach #UndiscoveredScotland
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2024-09-02 15:01:00 UTC

Spitfire "Red Lichtie" on display at the superb Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre on the north side of Montrose in Angus, celebrating the unexpected home of Britain's first operational military airfield. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/montrose/airstation/index.html
#Scotland #MontroseAirStation #AirMuseum #Spirfire #Montrose #Angus #UndiscoveredScotland

2024-08-27 15:01:00 UTC

The massive and brutal edifice of Cessford Castle, south of Kelso. The walls of the keep are over 12ft thick and show that this was a place where defence against attack was considered to be a much higher priority than comfort. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/yetholm/cessfordcastle/index.html
#Scotland #CassfordCastle #Castle #ScottishBorders #UndiscoveredScotland
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