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Hello, and welcome to Undiscovered Scotland, the ultimate online guide to Scotland. The site is a combination of visitor guide, accommodation listing and business directory, and aims to show you what the country is really like. We also offer website design, maintenance and hosting services.

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Header Slides

Today's header slides are a view over the Sound of Barra of Eriskay and Fuday from the north end of the island of Barra; and Preston Mill, one of the oldest meal mills in Scotland with its machinery still in working order.

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In Focus

Dornie "Blink and you'll miss it..." A common expression, and one that is especially apt for Dornie. This charming village stands some eight miles east of Kyle of Lochalsh at the meeting point of Loch Duich to the south-east, Loch Alsh to the West, and Loch Long to the north-east. Dornie stretches for over half a mile along Loch Long, and offers a range of services to residents and visitors: but we wonder how many travellers are actually aware of it. ( More ...)

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On This Day

4 March 1756: The artist Sir Henry Raeburn is born in the Stockbridge area of Edinburgh.

4 March 1890: The Forth Rail Bridge is officially opened by the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, a fortnight after the first complete end-to-end crossing by a train.

4 March 1936: The racing driver Jim Clark is born at Kilmany House Farm in Fife.

5 March 1324: The birth of King David II of Scotland.

Featured Book

Book Cover Friend or Foe? by Ken Lussey (14 July 2025). A fast-paced thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. It’s late June 1943. Bob and Monique Sutherland’s journey home from Malta is interrupted in London to hear Soviet claims of a German spy. Back in Scotland, they travel with a Military Intelligence 11 team to Galloway to track down a ghost who may already have uncovered vital military secrets. When two Soviet agents arrive in Galloway to help, Bob and Monique need to decide if the spy exists, or whether he is a Soviet invention intended to lure MI11 into danger.
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Scottish Resources

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