mastodon 4.7.2Undiscovered Scotland is a combination of visitor guide, accommodation listing and business directory which aims to show you what the country is really like.
The Sunhoney recumbent stone circle, standing in a copse of trees near Echt in Aberdeenshire and apparently largely undisturbed since it was placed here over 4,000 years ago. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/echt/sunhoneycircle/index.html
The majestic and amazingly complete remains of the abbey church at Jedburgh Abbey in the Scottish Borders. It was founded in 1138 and developed over several centuries, despite repeatedly falling victim to cross-border conflict. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/jedburgh/jedburghabbey/index.html
The recreated crannog on Loch Tay, at the Scottish Crannog Centre. It has since been sadly destroyed but is being replaced nearby. This is a type of dwelling that 2,500 years ago would have been a common sight across Scotland and Ireland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kenmore/crannogcentre/index.html
The mercat cross in Culross, on the north shore of the Firth of Forth in Fife. This is one of Scotland's best conserved and most beautiful villages and the nearest thing you'll find in the country to a 16th century time capsule. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/culross/culross/index.html
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Tobermory, the beautiful island capital of the Isle of Mull. It is probably still known to some visitors as TV's Balamory; and its harbour is said to be home to the sunken wreck of a Spanish Armada ship and its cargo of gold. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/mull/tobermory/index.html
One of Scotland's most painted (and photographed) views, the lovely village of Plockton in Lochalsh, near the seaward end of Loch Carron and five miles north-east of Kyle of Lochalsh. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/plockton/plockton/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
Viking hogback gravestones, part of the amazing collection of carved early medieval stones, known as the Govan Stones, on display in Govan Old Church in the heart of the town. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glasgow/govanstones/index.html
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The little known and highly unusual Saltcoats Castle, hidden away half a mile to the south of Gullane in East Lothian. It probably dates back to the years after 1590, despite a date mark that appears to be two centuries older. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/gullane/saltcoatscastle/index.html
280 years ago today. The last pitched battle fought on the British mainland saw Jacobite forces under Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) suffer a crushing defeat at the Battle of Culloden, east of Inverness, on 16 April 1746. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverness/culloden/index.html
The magnificent Great Hall within the original Lethington Tower at Lennoxlove House near Haddington in East Lothian, which dates back at least six centuries. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/haddington/lennoxlove/index.html
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A glimpse of a world now gone. Inside the evocative Laidhay Croft Museum which stood beside the main A9 road a mile north-east of Dunbeath in Caithness. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunbeath/laidhay/index.html