The landscape of Scotland is littered with lost communities, most emptied during the notorious Highland Clearances. But there was one … More
Category: abandoned
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 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 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
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
Still Game murals
Characters from the popular BBC Scotland TV comedy Still Game have been popping up on walls in Dundee and have … More
Thornton Fever Hospital
Located in a remote spot two miles west of the Fife village of Thornton, Thornton Fever Hospital – officially Kirkcaldy … More
Largo House, Fife
Largely concealed from view in its own rectangular patch of overgrown woodland, ruined Largo House, in the East Neuk of … More
Mount Melville House
Originally Mount Melville House, this imposing early Renaissance mansion located on the western fringe of St Andrews, Fife, latterly served … More