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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 show the view west from McCaig's Tower in Oban, showing the town itself, the island of Kerrera, and the Isle of Mull; and Dunmore Pineapple, one of Scotland's most remarkable buildings.

Clickable Map of Scotland

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In Focus

Wall The A6079 heads north from the A69 near Hexham before crossing the line of Hadrian's Wall near Chesters and continuing on through Chollerton towards its meeting with the A68. There are places along the route that command attention, but Wall, which you pass a mile south of the junction with the B6318, isn't really one of them. At the heart of Wall is an extensive village green largely surrounded by inward facing houses and cottages. ( More ...)

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On This Day

26 March 1402: The murder takes place in Falkland Palace of David Stewart, 1st Duke of Rothesay, the oldest son of King Robert III of Scotland and heir to the throne. He is killed on the orders of his uncle, Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany.

26 March 1797: The death in Edinburgh of James Hutton, considered by many to be the father of modern geology.

26 March 2006: Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed public spaces in Scotland.

Featured Book

Book Cover The High Road by Ken Lussey (15 September 2023). A fast-paced thriller set mainly in central Scotland and the far north-west. Callum Anderson is in Scotland to scatter his father’s ashes when he’s asked by a cousin to look for her missing sister, Alexandra. With his life in London in tatters and suspended from duty by the Metropolitan Police, why not? It soon becomes clear that Alex is on the run from someone who sees Callum as a means of finding her and adding to a trail of bodies across two countries. Can Callum find Alex before his own hunter finds him?
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Scottish Resources

English Borders Index South Central Index Edinburgh Index Fife Index West Central Index Argyll Index Glasgow & Stirling Index Western Isles Index Western Isles Index West Highlands Index Argyll Index East Lothian Index Angus Index West Central Index South-West Index North Central Index Aberdeenshire Index Sutherland Index Caithness Index Orkney Index Shetland Index