Undiscovered Scotland

The world's tallest and longest hedge, the Meikleour Beech Hedge runs alongside and towers over the A93 a few miles south of Blairgowrie in Perthshire. Planted in the autumn of 1745, it has a tragic story to tell. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/blairgowrie/meikleourhedge/index.html

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Scotland has some great coastal scenery, but it's seldom more idyllic than at Luskentyre and Seilebost on Harris in the Western Isles. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/harris/luskentyre/index.html

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The remains of the unusual Burleigh Castle, standing beside the A911 to the east of Milnathort in Perth & Kinross. Its origins date back to 1446 and today it comprises two very contrasting towers, the more ornate being added in 1582. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/milnathort/burleighcastle/index.html

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Port Ellen, the only significant settlement on the island of Islay's south coast and the island's main deep water harbour. It was established in 1821 by Walter Campbell, then Laird of Islay, and named after his first wife Eleanor. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/islay/portellen/index.html

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Doune Castle in Doune, north-west of Stirling. It's a fine castle built in the late 1300s that featured in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail; as Castle Leoch in Outlander; and as Winterfell in the pilot episode of Game of Thrones. More pics and info https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/doune/dounecastle/index.html

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An ideal post for Valentine's Day? Sweetheart Abbey south of Dumfries, founded by Lady Devorgilla in 1273 in loving memory of her husband, John Balliol. In a rather gruesome twist, she carried his embalmed heart around in an ivory box. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/newabbey/sweetheartabbey/index.html

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The start of the inspirational Calum’s Road, built in ten years by one man across two miles of forbidding terrain to give access to the north end of the island of Raasay. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/raasay/calumsroad/index.html

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The harbour at Lochinver on the west coast of Sutherland in late evening light. If it had been a little clearer the Isle of Lewis would be just about visible on the horizon. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochinver/lochinver/index.html

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Huntingtower Castle, west of Perth, is a beautifully atmospheric time capsule. It was originally two separate tower houses built three metres apart that were joined together in the 1600s to form one. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/perth/huntingtower/index.html

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Defensive Roman pits, or lilia, protecting the Antonine Wall at Rough Castle near Falkirk. For a time this formed part of the north-west frontier of a Roman Empire that stretched all the way to the Middle East. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/falkirk/roughcastle/index.html

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