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Condemned cottage flats and painted sheds

The white-washed tiers of cottage flats that form what remains of the Ellengowan Drive housing estate in Dundee conceal some … More

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Polar bear at large in Dundee

Dundee’s proud maritime heritage brought frequent visitors to the city over the centuries and, in the years before television and … More

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Lost Village of Rossie

A simple market cross is all that remains of the Perthshire village of Rossie, a once thriving Carse of Gowrie … More

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Mansion Buried below a Bing

West Lothian country seat of the wealthy Steuart family, Westwood House, near West Calder, was an opulent Victorian mansion with … More

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Lost Village of East Benhar

East Benhar Mine was a short-lived enterprise established in 1940 by Messrs Barr and Thorntonand abandoned 17 years later. It … More

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Boarhills Bunker

The Boarhills Bunker – two wartime pillboxes linked by a short tunnel – offers a short subterranean adventure adjacent to … More

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Forgotten Fairey in a Field

This forgotten Royal Navy Fairey Gannet sits abandoned in a field next to a former Second World War airfield in … More

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Coastal notes

A coastal art installation erected by an unknown artist that struck a chord with walkers on the popular Arbroath cliff-top trail, … More

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Tenement Death Tones

The distinctly different tones of these two tenements in Dundee’s Rosefield Street are a reminder of the dark days of … More

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Clay Schoolhouse

The Carse of Gowrie hamlet of Cottown is home to a rare clay-built thatched-roofed schoolhouse, one of only a very … More

abandoned, perthshire, school

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