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Tag: Dundee

Climbing the Law Steps

The Law Steps is one of several routes to the summit of Dundee’s landmark Law Hill. Rising over the western … More

Dundee, Law Hill, path, quarry, steps, walk

Beanotown meets Hollywood

A giant Hollywood-style Beanotown sign appeared on Dundee’s skyline. Erected just below the summit of the city’s highest point, the … More

cartoons, comics, Dundee, Law Hill, sign

Abandoned BMX Track

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

abandoned, BMX, cycling, Dundee, graffiti art, track

Dundee’s hidden Seamen’s Chapel

The city of Dundee grew up around its once busy docks and has a rich maritime heritage dating back to … More

chapel, Dundee, harbour, maritime, mission, seamen

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

bridge, Dighty Water, Dundee, Georgian, iron bridge

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

abandoned, asylum, Dundee, hospital, orphanage, urbex

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

abandoned, cemetery, Dundee, grave, infant mortality, plague

Abandoned College

Affectionately known as the ‘Conshy’ due to its location on one of Dundee’s steepest streets – Constitution Road – the … More

abandoned, Brutalist architecture, college, Dundee, urbex

Dundee’s One o’clock Gun

Edinburgh Castle’s famous one o’clock gun is a popular tourist attraction, with lunchtime crowds gathering below the ramparts for the … More

cannon, castle, Dundee, military

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

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