Notices by Undiscovered Scotland (undisscot@mastodon.scot)

Remote and little-known Morton Castle, standing on the south-west flank of the Lowther Hills above Nithsdale in Dumfries & Galloway. It was built in the mid-1400s on the site of an earlier castle that had been dismantled in 1357. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/thornhill/mortoncastle/index.html

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A roofline with real character at one of our favourite Scottish castles, Elcho Castle, close to the River Tay a few miles south-east of Perth. The castle is believed to date back to about 1570 and was built by the Wemyss family. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/perth/elchocastle/index.html

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Torwood Castle near Denny in the Falkirk council area. It was probably built in 1566 and today it remains remarkably complete, yet is surprisingly little-known and can be viewed externally only. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/denny/torwoodcastle/index.html

#Scotland #TorwoodCastle #Denny #Falkirk

The Bass of Inverurie, standing within a cemetery at the southern end of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire: all that remains of a motte and bailey castle built by the Earls of Garioch in the 1100s and used by Robert the Bruce in May 1308. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverurie/bass/index.html

#Scotland #Inverurie

Happy birthday to us! Undiscovered Scotland began life 26 years ago today on 5 May 2000. The picture is of Sandwood Bay in north-west Sutherland, one of our favourite places in Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kinlochbervie/sandwoodbay/index.html

#Scotland #Sutherland #SandwoodBay #Beach

The mighty medieval Bothwell Castle, built on a bluff above a bend in the River Clyde. Construction began in the latter half of the 1200s but invasion and repeated siege meant that the original design of the castle was never completed. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/bothwell/bothwellcastle/index.html

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307 years ago today. Spanish marines landed in Loch Duich on 13 April 1719 and took control of Eilean Donan Castle as part of a little-known and short-lived Jacobite uprising. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dornie/eileandonancastle/index.html

#Scotland #EileanDonanCastle #Lochalsh #LochDuich #Jacobites #1719

On this day in history. The Declaration of Arbroath, probably the most important and influential document in Scottish history and considered by UNESCO to be of world significance, was dated 6 April 1320: making it 706 years old today. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/arbroath/arbroathabbey/index.html

#Scotland #Arbroath

The magnificent 3.14m high Fowlis Wester Pictish symbol stone at Fowlis Wester in Perthshire. This is actually a replica placed here in 1991 when the original stone was moved to the shelter of a nearby church, where it is on display. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/crieff/fowliswester/index.html

#Scotland #Perthshire

Not many cities make use of the third dimension quite as effectively as Edinburgh. Our picture shows Arthur's Seat, with the top of Salisbury Crags in the foreground, Both are in Holyrood Park in the heart of the city. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/holyroodpark/index.html

#Scotland #Edinburgh #HolyroodPark

The magnificent St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, started in 1137 by the Norse Earl Rognvald to celebrate the sainthood of his uncle, Earl Magnus, who had been killed in 1117. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/kirkwall/stmagnus/index.html

#Scotland #StMagnusCathedral #Cathedral #Kirkwall #Orkney

@Infoseepage @fitheach To see the questions around restoration made real, you need look no further than the long standing dispute around Castle Tioram: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/acharacle/castletioram/index.html
Things were clearly easier back in the day of the 3rd Marquis of Bute whose restoration efforts went well beyond Scotland but included Falkland Palace: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkland/falklandpalace/index.html
In more modern times is the debate over what was done between the 1960s and 1990s to the Great Hall at Stirling Castle:
https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stirling/stirlingcastle/greathall.html

The remains of Crossraguel Abbey near Maybole in Ayrshire, whose story began in about 1215 and effectively ended soon after the Reformation in 1560. It is one of the best preserved and most interesting of Scotland's many abbey ruins. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/maybole/crossraguel/index.html

#Scotland #Ayrshire

Cuween Hill Cairn can be found on the flank of Cuween Hill, close to the village of Finstown on Orkney's West Mainland. It was in use between about 4,500 and 5,000 years ago. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/westmainland/cuweenhillcairn/index.html

#Scotland #Orkney #CuweenHillCairn #Cuween #Cairn #Finstown

The ultimate off-roader? A beautifully preserved tracked Land Rover, which was on show for many years at Lix Toll Garage beside the A85 near Killin. More pics of and info about Killin: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/killin/killin/index.html

#Scotland #LandRover #Tracked #LixToll #Killin #Stirling

Kilchurn Castle, on a promontory - originally an island scarcely larger than the castle itself - at the north-east end of Loch Awe in Argyll. The earliest parts date back to 1450 and it was abandoned in 1760 after damage by lightning. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochawe/kilchurncastle/index.html

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The harbour at Wick in Caithness. The name comes from the Norse "vik", meaning bay, and it was the Vikings who first used the mouth of the Wick River where it flows into Wick Bay as a harbour for their longships and trading vessels. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wick/wick/index.html

#Scotland #Wick

The 30ft high statue of Our Lady of the Isles, offering magnificent views over South Uist in the Western Isles. The statue was the work of the sculptor Hew Lorimer and erected in 1957. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/southuist/geirinis/index.html

#Scotland #SouthUist #WesternIsles #Statue #HewLorimer #Geirinis

The magnificent blind arches decorating the exterior of St Athernase Church in Leuchars, Fife. Built 840 years ago, the arches have been described as "the second finest piece of Norman work in the whole of Great Britain". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/leuchars/leucharschurch/index.html

#Scotland #Leuchars

The remains of Burghead promontory fort at Burghead in Moray. This Pictish fortress was occupied for up to 500 years until 884, when it was captured by Sigurd the Mighty, the Norse Earl of Orkney. The Norse were evicted in 1010. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/burghead/fort/index.html

#Scotland #Burghead #Moray