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Category: Curiosities

Curious and unusual places

Scotland’s first flight ends in Fife field

When aeronautical pioneer Vincenzo Lunardi took off amid much fanfare from Edinburgh in his hot air balloon on what was … More

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Abandoned BMX Track

Google Earth is a great place to spot curiosities in the landscape. Take this apparently abandoned BMX track located in … More

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Land Rovers on the West Highland Line

The West Highland Line is one of the world’s most scenic railway journeys. Yet few passengers may be aware that … More

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Scotland’s oldest iron bridge

Tucked away in a grassy valley separating a modern housing estate and a retirement village, what is believed to be … More

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Perthshire’s Pyramid

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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Was John Taylor Scotland’s oldest man… at 137

Perched above the tiny Scottish village of Leadhills is a cemetery. At first glance it is a perfectly ordinary rural … More

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The Enchanted Forest Garden… and its Nymphs

Searching Tentsmuir Forest, in Fife, for the remains of a wartime Polish Army Camp, I stumbled upon this enchanting, and … More

art, fife, forestry, garden, Ladies, Tentsmuir

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

abandoned, Dundee, Housing, Sheds, street art

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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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

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