Rural Perthshire is one of the few places you will find a pyramid in Scotland. Perched atop Carn Tuile, near … More
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Exploring Wartime Relics at Braefoot Point, Fife
During the two world wars, the batteries of the Forth Coastal Defences were established to protect shipping on what was … More
Rise and demise of Strathmartine Hospital, Dundee
The last days of Dundee’s derelict Strathmartine Hospital, established 170 years ago to pioneer the treatment and care of mentally … More
Polish Priest’s Cross
Hidden away in woodland overlooking the Angus village of Newtyle, a lone wooden cross stands amongst the trees. Known as … More
Walking on Water to Vallay
The tiny tidal island of Vallay lies just off the coast of North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides. Abandoned by … More
Dundee’s cemetery of plague, pestilence and infant mortality
Dundee was not a place to be growing up in the mid-19th century, a time when the city had the … More
Leng Memorial Chapel
The Leng Memorial Chapel is a pretty and very striking wee kirk enjoying a prominent spot in the north Fife … More
Drive the Golden Road
The Golden Road is 21-miles of snaking single track asphalt winding its way up (or down, dependent on which way … More
Scalpay’s Historic Lighthouse
The Eilean Glas Lighthouse on the Hebridean island of Scalpay was one of the first four beacons to be erected … More
Shelter Stone
The Shelter Stone, known in Gaelic as Clach Dhion, is sometimes referred to as a bothy but it is more … More