Mary Queen of Scots is the most intriguing, most studied, and most famous of all Scottish monarchs: probably because she ...

The Art of Scottish Golf is the perfect companion for golfers everywhere, with a mix of golfing lore, history, iconic ...

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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 ...

Whaligoe Haven is surrounded on three sides by 250ft cliffs and forms one of the most remarkable harbours you will find anywhere in Scotland. It is reached by the Whaligoe Steps, which descend to the ...

Many of Scotland's 3,000ft mountains, the Munros, have some distinguishing feature or other. Most northerly, most southerly, most remote, highest, easiest to reach from a public road, scariest, and so ...

Since this page was written the service pattern has changed. Flights now operate separately from Glasgow Airport to Barra Airport and to Benbecula Airport, with no direct connection between the two.

At Bracadale, on the west coast of the Isle of Skye, the main road north to Dunvegan skirts around the head of Loch Beag before climbing a hillside that gives increasingly good views west over Loch ...

South of Ayr the A719 takes a scenic coastal with some superb views out to the Isle of Arran and Ailsa Craig. A detour along a minor road takes you to the pretty village of Dunure and its ruined ...

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 ...

The castle's beginnings lie in the Reformation of 1560 (see our Historical Timeline). This led to the abandonment of the Convent of Greyfriars which had stood on the site now occupied by the castle ...