The ancient Caiy Stane, measuring 2.75m high and 1.55m wide and standing beside a residential road in the southern suburbs of Edinburgh. Erected some 5,000 years ago, its modern setting would be totally alien to those who put it here. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/caiystane/index.html

#Scotland #CaiyStane #CarvedStone #Prehistoric #Edinburgh #UndiscoveredScotland

The Burrell Collection in Glasgow's Pollok Park. It reopened in March 2022 after a six-year refurbishment and the end result is amazing. It houses some 8,000 works of art gifted by Sir William Burrell to Glasgow City Council in 1944. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glasgow/burrellcollection/index.html

#Scotland #BurrellCollection #PollokPark #Glasgow #ArtGallery #UndiscoveredScotland

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

#Scotland #KyleskuBridge #Kylesku #Bridge #Sutherland #UndiscoveredScotland

The beautifully colourful Kallin harbour on the island of Grimsay, part of the confused mass of tidal sands, lochs, islands and islets between North Uist and Benbecula in the Western Isles: an area crossed by a causeway since 1960. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/grimsay/grimsay/index.html

#Scotland #Kallin #Grimsay #WesternIsles #Harbour #Hebrides #UndiscoveredScotland

Stobo Kirk, south-west of Peebles in the Scottish Borders. It is one of the oldest standing churches in Scotland, largely dating back to around 1120, and was built near the place where St Mungo is said to have baptised Merlin. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/peebles/stobokirk/index.html

#Scotland #StoboKirk #Church #Stobo #ScottishBorders #UndiscoveredScotland

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

510 years ago today. The Battle of Flodden ended in catastrophic defeat for Scotland on 9 September 1513. Almost an entire generation of Scottish nobility was lost, including King James IV, at a battle that need never have happened. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wooler/floddenfield/index.html

#Scotland #OnThisDay #BattleOfFlodden #Flodden #England #Battlefield #UndiscoveredScotland

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

#Scotland #RuthwellCross #DumfriesAndGalloway #StoneCross #AngilanCross #UndiscoveredScotland

The ruins of Red Castle, enjoying a magnificent location overlooking Lunan Bay, south of Montrose in Angus. A castle first appears to have been built here for William the Lion, King William I of Scotland, in the late 1100s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/montrose/redcastle/index.html

#Scotland #RedCastle #LunanBay #Montrose #Angus #Castle #UndiscoveredScotland

The Kessock Bridge near Inverness, seen from North Kessock. The bridge opened in 1982 and was the most southerly of the "Three Firths" crossings that helped bring the far north much closer to the rest of Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverness/kessockbridge/index.html

#Scotland #KessockBridge #Inverness #NorthKessock #Bridge #UndiscoveredScotland

The amazingly well preserved Clickimin Broch on the south-west edge of Lerwick in Shetland. The site was first occupied around three thousand years ago, with the main structure dating back around two thousand years. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/clickimin/index.html

#Scotland #ClickiminBroch #Broch #Shetland #Lerwick #UndiscoveredScotland

Kyleakin, until 1995 the gateway to the Isle of Skye; and Caisteal Maol, a castle whose predecessor was home to a Norse princess who enforced tolls on ships passing through Kyle Akin, the passage between Skye and the mainland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/skye/kyleakin/index.html

#Scotland #Kyleakin #Skye #IsleOfSkye #CaistealMaol #UndiscoveredScotland

The David Stirling Memorial. It commemorates the World War Two founder of the SAS and members of the regiment who have died in service. It stands near Stirling's ancestral home near Doune and has views towards the southern Highlands. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/doune/stirlingmemorial/index.html

#Scotland #DavidStirlingMemorial #Stirling #Doune #SAS #UndiscoveredScotland

Strathisla Distillery in Keith, Moray. The oldest continuously operating Highland distillery and in our view the prettiest distillery in Scotland. Originally known as Milltown Distillery, Strathisla was established in 1786. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/keith/strathisla/index.html

#Scotland #StrathislaDistiller #Distillery #Strathisla #Scotch #Whisky #Keith #Moray #UndiscoveredScotland

Vatersay township, the main settlement on the beautiful Hebridean island of Vatersay. Connected to Barra by a causeway completed in 1991, this has since 1912 been the most southerly inhabited island in the Western Isles. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/vatersay/vatersay/index.html

#Scotland #Vatersay #WesternIsles #Hebrides #UndiscoveredScotland

The ornate and extravagant Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum. Built between 1897 and 1900, it had electricity, central heating, hi-tech plumbing and an internal telephone system. A slice of Belgravia, and perhaps Bohemia, in Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/rum/kinlochcastle/index.html

#Scotland #KinlochCastle #Castle #Rum #IsleOfRum #UndiscoveredScotland

Anonymous history: a nameless and rather forlorn carved cross-slab in a field near Loch Sween in Argyll. Was it a waymarker for pilgrims? Or did it signify a now lost early place of worship? No-one seems to know. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/crinan/crossslab/index.html

#Scotland #LochSween #Argyll #CrossSlab #UndiscoveredScotland

Scotland's most northerly castle, Muness Castle on the island of Unst in Shetland. It was built from 1598 by Laurence Bruce, a deeply unpopular Sheriff of Shetland. It was attacked by the Earl of Orkney in 1608 and the French in 1627. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/unst/munesscastle/index.html

#Scotland #MunessCastle #Castle #Unst #Shetland #UndiscoveredScotland

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

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

#Scotland #RobertTheBruce #StConansKirk #LochAwe #Argyll #UndiscoveredScotland