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Abandoned village of Pollphail

The landscape of Scotland is littered with lost communities, most emptied during the notorious Highland Clearances. But there was one … More

abandoned, Cowal, ghost village, oil, urbex

Pearsie Tin Kirk

This article is an extract from the book Abandoned Angus by James Carron, available as a paperback or ebook from … More

abandoned, angus, church, tin tabernacle, United Free Church

Abandoned Govan dock to re-open

Plans to restore and re-open a long-abandoned maritime facility on the River Clyde in Glasgow have been given the go-ahead … More

abandoned, dry docks, Glasgow, Govan, history, scotland, shipping, travel, urbex

Abandoned Glasgow school demolished

One of Glasgow’s best known abandoned buildings, the former Sir John Stirling Maxwell School, in the southside of the city, … More

abandoned, demolished, Glasgow, school

Tomatin tin tabernacle relocated

Back in 2016, when I was researching my book Tin Tabernacles and other Corrugated Iron Buildings in Scotland, I pulled … More

abandoned, church, Highland, tin tabernacle, Tomatin, United Free Church

Still Game murals

Characters from the popular BBC Scotland TV comedy Still Game have been popping up on walls in Dundee and have … More

Dundee, graffiti art, Still Game, street art, urbex

Thornton Fever Hospital

Located in a remote spot two miles west of the Fife village of Thornton, Thornton Fever Hospital – officially Kirkcaldy … More

abandoned, abandoned hospital, asylum, fife, hotel, school, urbex

Largo House, Fife

Largely concealed from view in its own rectangular patch of overgrown woodland, ruined Largo House, in the East Neuk of … More

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Mount Melville House

Originally Mount Melville House, this imposing early Renaissance mansion located on the western fringe of St Andrews, Fife, latterly served … More

abandoned, fife, hospital, mansion, St Andrews

Colinton Tunnel

abandoned, art, Edinburgh, murals, tunnel, urbex, walk

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