The Loanhead of Daviot Stone Circle stone circle stands just off a minor road a short distance north of Daviot in Aberdeenshire. Its uphill location offers broad views to the north and east, while a ...

Glasgow's magnificent Riverside Museum opened to the public in the Summer of 2011 and is justifiably popular. It stands on the north bank of the River Clyde in what is becoming known as Glasgow ...

Just to the south of the A82 and at the east end of the village of Ballachulish are the fascinating and, it must be said, starkly attractive remains of the Ballachulish slate quarries, which employed ...

Five miles north-east of Earlston and just to the west of the village of Gordon, the surprisingly complete remains of Greenknowe Tower, also sometimes known as Greenknowe Castle, stand a hundred yards ...

Although this is the shortest crossing point to Skye, it can also be a daunting place because of the tidal flow funneling between Skye and the mainland. The 1878 Edition of the Royal Tourist Handbook ...

Immediately to the south-east of Fortrose's narrow High Street is the surprisingly spacious Cathedral Square, home to the red stone remains of Fortrose Cathedral. The site was chosen for a new ...

The impressive and nicely proportioned mound on which Ruthven Barracks stands is said to be a natural leftover of the retreat of the glaciers at the end of the last ice age. Its regularity suggests ...

The Caledonian Canal runs for 60 miles along the Great Glen from Corpach near Fort William in the South-West to Inverness in the North-East. The canal was started in 1803 to plans produced by Thomas ...

8500 BC: The date of the oldest human settlement yet found in Scotland, at Cramond, near Edinburgh. 3000 BC: Maeshowe chambered tomb is built on Orkney. 3000 BC: Alleged date of origin of the ...

Crathes Castle is simply one of the most superb castles in Scotland. The beautiful, pink-harled exterior and Disney-esque design are common features of castles in Aberdeenshire, but at Crathes they ...

Port Appin lies on the coast of Appin, just north of Loch Creran as it meets the sea. It looks directly across the strip of water called the Lynn of Lorn to the northern tip of the island of Lismore, ...

As you pass along the A858 in Western Lewis near the township of Shawbost (Siabost) watch out for a brown tourist sign pointing west towards a Norse Mill. From the small car park, a well made path ...