The attractive village of Longhope. Normally thought of as the largest settlement on the island of Hoy in Orkney, it is actually on the tidal island of South Walls, which since 1912 has been connected to Hoy by a short causeway. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hoy/longhope/index.html

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The beautifully preserved historic village of Fordyce in northern Aberdeenshire, whose origins go back some 1400 years to the foundation of a church here by the Pictish saint, St Tarlarican (or St Tarquin). The castle was built in 1592. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/fordyce/fordyce/index.html

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A magnificent effigy of a knight in the ruined Old Fordyce Church in the village of Fordyce in northern Aberdeenshire. The Findlater and Boyne Tomb, as it is known, dates back to 1510 and is the last resting place of two James Ogilvys. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/fordyce/oldfordycechurch/index.html

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Geology emeritus Professor Ewan Fordyce from Otago University has had a penguin named after him. The 57 million year old penguin, the world's largest weighing in at 150kg, is henceforth known as Kumimanu fordycei.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/penguin-named-after-otago-professor

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