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Undiscovered Scotland

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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: www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 10h
After the first one opened on London Road in 1876, public bath and wash houses rapidly became a key part of life in Glasgow, and by 1914, there were 26 of them spread right across the city. Cont./ #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #publicbathhouses #glasgowhistory
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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 9h
Dryburgh Abbey, Borders (Scotland) 'Historic Scotland' image & reconstruction mock-up. Abbey burnt by invading English forces in 1322, 1385 & 1544 during the Wars of Rough Wooing, leading to Ancrum Moor where English Commander, Sir Ralph Evers was skinned for desecrating the Border Abbeys.
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 12h
Bonus vertical kite photo of Edin's Hall / Odin's Hall / Edinshall broch #ScottishBorders showing the full extent of the earlier bivallate hillfort and pre-broch roundhouses Proper lovely 😍 🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011 #HillfortsWednesday
Aerial photograph showing the grass covered ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort with trees, scrub and the stone foundations of a broch or Iron Age tower
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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 3h
Seton Collegiate Church in East Lothian, one of Scotland's finest surviving medieval collegiate churches: churches set up with a college of priests whose full-time job it was to pray for the souls of the founder and their family. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #EastLothian
Seton Collegiate Church in East Lothian. The image shows a honey-coloured stone church. The transepts, tower and choir survive, the latter being on the right. The tower has a truncated stump of a spire on top of it. There are trees on both sides and grass in the foreground. The sky is blue.
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Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 12h
A game of secrets and lies. 'Bloody Orkney' is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland, mainly in Orkney, during WW2. Stromness has changed since 1942 but would still be recognisable to the book's characters. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/blork/index....
This modern image shows Stromness built on rising ground beyond its harbour, with fishing boats moored in the foreground and buildings on the hillside in the background. The scene is in bright sunlight. The front cover of ‘Bloody Orkney’ is shown in the top right corner.
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Edinburgh Images 📷 @colognuh.bsky.social · 13h
Entrance to Old Calton Cemetery from Waterloo Place, Edinburgh.
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 15h
Coire nan Arr yesterday morning.
Glacial valley with a blue loch.
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mosaics of scenes from the history of the Garngad and Royston areas of Glasgow. Created by local community groups working with artist Jane McInally, they can be found in Spire Park surrounding the remains of the former Townhead-Blochairn Parish Church. #glasgow #glasgowhistory #mosaics #royston
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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 13h
The superb beach at Seacliff, three miles east of North Berwick in East Lothian. This place is also home to a remarkable, tiny, harbour and the almost hidden ruins of a castle, plus amazing views of another. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Seacliff #Beach #EastLothian
The beach at Seacliff. The image shows a view along a broad sandy beach that fills the bottom of the frame and curves round to the right, with the blue sea on the right of it. In the background a headland finishes with rocks and an outcrop. There are a few people on the beach and the land rises to the left. The sky is blue.
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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nice, today, to bump into my late art teacher mum's old friend, David Ross Warrillow. David paints remarkably detailed still-lifes, but for a few years, in the 1980s, he did a brilliant series of tenement paintings. Pic: Corner of Henderson St and Mount St, Maryhill (The Fleming Collection).
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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Some great pics from the Roman Open Day at Kinneil Estate on the Antonine Wall www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/people/...
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Popular Roman Open Day returns to Bo'ness in 18 pictures
Visitors to Kinneil Estate stepped back in time on Saturday as they enjoyed the annual Roman Open Day.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape.
There are two photos taped together. The top shows a brown stone building with a brown thatched roof. It's surrounded by green grass, stone walkways, and blue-gray sea. Below is a checked brown tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The one at te top shows a rocky hillside with green and straw-colored grass, gray rocks, and a tan sandy beach below. The blue waters are crashing at the shore. Below is a green herringbone tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The top shows a field of green and straw colored fields with bits of purple flowers. Below is a a series of checked brown tweed that reflect the colors in the landscape above it. A swatch book of solid-colored tweeds. The green tweed has visible flecks of red, gold, and blue.
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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The busy harbour at Burghead in Moray. The town has an ancient history and the large fortress whose remains can still be seen on the headland above the harbour was very probably the capital of the Pictish kingdom of Fortriu. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Burghead #Moray
Burghead in Moray. The image shows a busy harbour in the foreground with lots of small leisure and fishing craft moored to the quayside, which is on the right of the frame. Beyond the quayside is a road and then houses and larger stone buildings. In the background the land rises to the right, with more buildings. The scene is in sunlight.
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Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Relentless pursuit and a grisly murder. ‘Hide and Seek’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Stirling Castle and across Scotland - including Kyle of Lochalsh station - during World War Two. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-has/ind...
This modern image shows Kyle of Lochalsh railway station. There are tracks in the foreground leading to the right and the station is made of wood with a canopy and a slate roof. There’s a glimpse of a loch in the background and beyond it is a wooded hillside. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Hide and Seek’ is shown in the bottom right corner.
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
07:00 this morning. Upper Loch Torridon.
Orange sunrise over the sea.
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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Cave across from Fidra Isle is claimed by oral history to be where Sawney Bean lived as a child. He moved to the West of Scotland & became a Cave dweller there with his Wife & 46 inbred children/grandchildren a Cannibal Clan feasting on over 1,000 Tourists in 25 years.
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've been on the look out for an example of one of these in Glasgow for a while now, and I finally found one! What am I talking about? I'm talking about the large stone in the foreground of this shot of Kirklee Terrace in the city's West End. Cont./ #glasgow #glasgowhistory
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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Provan Hall, dating back in part to the 1460s and built as a base for the Prebendary of Barlanark, before renovation. This little-known gem stands in Auchinlea Park, on the west side of Glasgow's Easterhouse and close to the M8 motorway. More pics and info www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Glasgow
Provan Hall. The image shows a rough stone building of two storeys in height and a circular tower on the corner nearest us. The right side, which extends away from us, is in shadow. This building is connected by a linking stone wall to another range on the left, which is finished in white. There are trees in the background. The sky is mainly blue.
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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just 24 hours left to vote for UK Tree of the Year 2026! Two beautiful Scottish trees are in contention, not that we are biased.😉 ⚡️ Will the Earlstoun Lightning Oak or the Balloch Castle Ash catch your eye?🌳 Voting is open until 5pm on Tuesday September 29th. 👉 buff.ly/2t7YTs8
Massive gnarled tree with exposed, knobbly roots in a sunlit grassy park, its broad branches framing a stone castle tower and battlements against a bright blue sky. Pic by Audrey Baird.A gnarled, tree leaning across a green field, framing a winding dirt track that leads past an old stone farmhouse toward rolling hills and distant snow‑capped mountains beneath a clear blue sky. Pic by Rosanna Forbes.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🔊Calling #Aberdeen #Elgin & #Inverness: I am heading North to come see y'all. There'll be grown-up book talks + school visits on route! Come & say hello. 🔭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎢 📘Th 1st: Aberdeen Science Centre 📗Fr 2nd: Moray Astronomy Club 📙Sa 3rd: Inverness Science in the Atrium ℹ️: www.roe.ac.uk/~heymans/H2D...
A crowd of people sat in a large marquee awaiting the start of the show at Wigtown book festival.  The holding slide says Prof. Catherine Heymans.  Reader - Catherine almost falls of the stage in surprise when she walks out to see a full house waiting to hear her speak!Catherine is looking very excited, sat on a copy cushion with small people all around her.  The text reads "Professor Catherine Heymans inspiring young minds about space" and "Attempting to explain the infinite universe to 5yr olds".  Catherine is not afraid to tackle the biggest questions that the young people want answered!
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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 28/09/2026
19th century tenements on the corner of Ashley and West Princes Streets in the Woodlands area of Glasgow. Photographed here in 1981, they were demolished around 1990 due to subsidence. #Glasgow #history #tenements
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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Ballachulish
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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Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. The Kylesku Bridge appears in the story as well as on the cover. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/bos/index.html
The image shows a high-level view down onto the Kylesku Bridge from above its north end. The roadway comes into the bottom left of the frame and curves left and then right as it is carried over a stretch of water on angled supports. There is a loch in the upper left of the frame and the rough ground beyond the loch and bridge blends into rocky hills in the distance. The viewer is looking into the sun. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom right corner.
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Vauvert Moths @vauvertmoths.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Up early in Edinburgh, from where I can offer this for #StandingStoneSunday from the wonderful National Museum. And it does look like a bike over a windscreen, thus demonstrating superiority of 2 wheeled transport 😉
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shieldaig Island. (The trees were planted in the mid-to-late 1800s to supply poles for drying fishing nets and ship masts - but were never harvested).
Tree covered island.
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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A distant view of mighty Duart Castle, standing guard over the entrance to the Sound of Mull from its location at the eastern tip of the Isle of Mull. A stone defensive structure was probably first built here in the mid-1200s. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #IsleOfMull #Mull
Duart Castle. The image shows a view from the sea of a complex grey stone castle standing above the shore on a rocky crag. It has a surrounding wall and interior buildings that are complete. The landscape is very brown, with lots of dead bracken. The land has trees beyond the castle and then climbs up brown slopes to a mountain whose summit is in cloud.
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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As part of our Glass residency we offer our artists an introduction to stained glass painting, and luckily five minutes from the studio we can show how some of the best artists did it! at Glasgow Cathedral and St Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland
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ambaile.org.uk @ambaile.org.uk · 27/09/2026
The slipway at #Kylerhea, looking across to #Skye, c1970s. This has been a ferry crossing for centuries, with the first car ferry introduced in the 1930s. A service still runs between April and October [source: HLH Libraries]
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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Opened #OTD in 1831, Scotland's first passenger railway, the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway. The line was originally run as a goods service, funded by Charles Tennant & Co manufacturers, with horse-drawn coal trucks operating on the 4ft 6in wide Scotch Gauge line. Pic: David Octavius Hill
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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The superb Commendator's House Museum, forming part of Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders. It lays claim to having the largest collection of medieval artefacts on display anywhere in Scotland. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #MelroseAbbey #Melrose #ScottishBorders
The Commendator's House Museum. The image shows a large pink and honey-coloured stone building with grey slate roofs. It is two storeys in height apart from a three-storey tower on the right side of the end nearest us. The building is on a slope leading away from us down into a broad shallow valley and there are fields and trees visible on the far side. There’s a tree on the right side of the frame and the sky is blue.
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Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You can’t ask a dead man who pulled the trigger. ‘A Tangled Web’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set in northern Scotland. The magnificent beach at Oldshoremore serves as a backdrop to the story. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-atw/ind...
The beach at Oldshoremore. The image shows an extensive length of beach facing to the left out to sea. It has light-coloured sand and is backed by dunes. There is marram grass at the foot of the frame and a headland sweeps to the left beyond the beach, ending in an island. The sea is rough and there are two tiny figures walling along the beach. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘A Tangled Web’ is shown in the bottom right corner.
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Past Glasgow @pastglasgow.co.uk · 26/09/2026
1980, and an operator takes a casual morning stroll 175 feet above Stobcross Quay on the deck of the Finnieston Crane (or Stobcross Crane if we're being accurate).  📷 Newsquest  #Glasgow
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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lochmaben Castle 'Historic Scotland' image & reconstruction. Seized by Maxwell family in 1588 & held for the Spanish King along with Morton & Caerlaverock. Even Spanish Armada troops garrisoned Lochmaben against an English siege using a huge bombard, oked by King James VI of Scots!
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The south face of the Coire na Ba.
Steep cliffs in a glacial valley.
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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The west beach on Vatersay, which has been the most southerly inhabited island in the Western Isles since 1912, when Mingulay was abandoned. Since 1991 Vatersay has been connected by a causeway to the neighbouring island of Barra. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Vatersay
The west beach on Vatersay. The image shows a grassy area in the lower half of the frame with a large pile of grey rounded stones on the left. Beyond the grass is a beach of white sand facing out to the blue sea on the right of the frame. There’s a low headland at the far end of the beach and dunes on the left. The sky is blue.
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Demonstration in support of the Plessey Occupation, March 1982. The Plessey Occupation was a landmark, predominantly female factory sit-in at the Plessey Capacitors plant in Bathgate to resist closure and mass redundancies.
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Andrew Spratt @dirleton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reconstruction mock-up of Finlaggan on Eilean Mór, Islay, (Scotland). Stronghold of Clan Donald from the 1200s. #HistoryRebuilt #Finlaggan
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's designed to do this, but here's the dam at Loch Coire nan Arr being breached this morning, after heavy overnight rain. For reference, how it usually looks in a typical dry Spring.
OverflowingContained.
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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The entrance to St Fillan’s Cave in the lovely East Neuk of Fife fishing village of Pittenweem. This was used as a chapel by St Fillan in the 700s. He is said to have written his sermons in darkness, lit only by a glow from his arm. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Fife
St Fillan’s Cave. The image shows a view up a sloping path with some steps in the lower left of the frame. It has a row of cottages on its left painted in yellow or white, with red pantile roofs. On the right is a large outcrop of honey coloured stone with an ornate gate set into a doorway to a cave, which has a large cross set into it. The scene is in sunlight.
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Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One broch, two millennia, three murders. ‘Thicker Than Water’ is a compelling murder mystery set in northern Scotland. The Castle of Old Wick in Caithness is visited as the hunt for a killer gathers pace. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.kenlussey.com/ttw/index.html
The image shows a view along a fenced path in the bottom right of the frame. It leads to a square roofless stone structure with an uneven wall top near the middle of the frame. To the left of the path the ground drops down steep grassy slopes to cliffs and there is an inlet of the sea with rough water in the bottom left of the frame, with rocks to its left. There is open sea in the background and the scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Thicker Than Water’ is shown in the top right corner.
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Discover Cullen @discovercullen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Imagine ending your day with Moonrise views like this 😍
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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's definitely starting to feel autumnal.
Looking across a loch to dark clouds and sunshine.
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Grosvenor Building on Gordon Street in Glasgow. The lower floors were designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson and were built in 1864. The upper floors were designed by J.H. Craigie and were added in 1902. #glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #architecturephotography #gordonstreet
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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
With origins that date back to the mid-1100s and looking like a French château transplanted into Falkirk, the stunning Callendar House was built close to the line of the Roman Antonine Wall and is now an impressive museum. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Falkirk
Callendar House. The image shows a view along a red gravel approach track between embankments covered in trees. At its end is a lawn and beyond that is an ornate honey coloured stone château with its entrance in line with the centre of the frame. It extends out of both sides of the frame and there are more trees visible beyond it. The scene is in sunlight coming from the left.
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 25/09/2026
I wonder how many rusty cars lie at the bottom of Lake Granton (Sc.G An lochan Baile nan Granndach). Perhaps none, some say it is bottomless...
A flooded quarry surrounded by a cliff edge and trees. In the distance, modern flats. In the foreground overgrowth and a sign saying Danger. Derp Water. No swimming.
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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Love this foliate green man I came across today on Glasgow City Chambers. I've been photographing this building for years, and this was the first time I'd spotted him on a lintel above a door on John Street. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowcitychambers #greenman
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Dig It! @digitscotland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In 1933, a hoard of Roman coins was unearthed in Falkirk which contained another artefact arguably more precious than the ancient silver 😍 The mouth of the pot contained a fragment of the earliest known tartan in Scotland, thought to be around 1,800 years old: www.digitscotland.com/poisonous-wo...
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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The strikingly located Lochranza Castle, standing on a spit of land projecting out into Loch Ranza near the northern end of the Isle of Arran. The origins of the castle date back to the 1200s, though much of it was built in the 1400s. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Arran
Lochranza Castle. The image shows a view from a grassy shore over part of a bay at low tide to a promontory extending across the centre of the frame and sea beyond it, with the hills of land in the distance. There are two yachts in the bay, one completely above the tideline. Slightly to the left of the centre of the frame is a grey stone tower house that is complete to wall head level but without roofs. The sky is cloudy and the light subdued.
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Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can somewhere be loved to death? ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is a fast-paced new murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. The central characters visit Chanonry Point to watch dolphins at the end of the book. Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more: www.arachnid.scot/book-bos/ind...
The image shows a group of people standing on a beach whose edge runs across the foot of the frame, with the sea beyond. Most have their backs to the viewer. There’s a couple on the right, with a man standing to their left looking through a camera mounted on a tripod, then, beyond a gap, a woman carrying a child with two more small children standing in front of her. Everyone except the smallest child is looking at the dorsal fin of a dolphin which can be seen a little offshore. The sea is blue and in the distance there’s a line of land. The scene is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Bridge of Sighs’ is shown in the bottom right corner.
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