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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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You can navigate the site using clickable maps like the one on this page or the drop down menus. There are other resources to help you, including the Alphabetical Index, the Site Index, the Accommodation Index, the Late Availability listings page, the Search boxes on most pages (usually below a clickable map), the Site Information section, the What's On? and What's New? pages and Scotfax. In addition we have collections of links to resources such as Tour Operators and Property Services. Or simply visit a random feature page.

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Header Slides

Today's header slides are of the view east towards Glen Shiel from the Bealach Ratagain, the high point on the road to Glenelg; and the gateway to Highland Park Distillery on the southern edge of Kirkwall in Orkney.

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In Focus

Museum of Lead Mining Hidden Treasures, The Museum of Lead Mining, can be found high in the Lowther Hills in Wanlockhead, Scotland's highest village at 467m or 1531ft. It is a truly outstanding visitor attraction offering much to see and do in a fascinating setting. Hidden Treasures should be on the "must see" list of anyone visiting southern Scotland. Wanlockhead is only about a seven mile detour from the M74, and a visit should be considered by anyone using the motorway. ( More ...)

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On This Day

7 July 1297: An "official" or nobles' rebellion surrenders to the English at Irvine.

7 July 1307: King Edward I of England dies.

7 July 1548: The Treaty of Haddington is agreed between Scotland and France. Under its terms Mary, Queen of Scots is to marry Dauphin Francis in return for French assistance in ending the siege of Haddington.

7 July 1930: The death of the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

Featured Book

Book Cover Bloody Orkney by Ken Lussey (29 June 2021). Bloody Orkney is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland during World War Two. It’s November 1942. Bob Sutherland, Monique Dubois and the Military Intelligence 11 team fly in to review security in Orkney, home to one of the most important and most heavily defended naval anchorages in the world. But an unidentified body has been found. It becomes clear that powerful men have things they’d rather keep hidden and MI11’s arrival threatens the status quo. Then Bob stumbles over a ghost from his past and things get far too personal.
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