The Law Steps is one of several routes to the summit of Dundee’s landmark Law Hill. Rising over the western … More
Tag: Dundee
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
Abandoned BMX Track
Google Earth is a great place to spot curiosities in the landscape. Take this apparently abandoned BMX track located in … More
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
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
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
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 College
Affectionately known as the ‘Conshy’ due to its location on one of Dundee’s steepest streets – Constitution Road – the … More
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
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