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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 of a stormy day at Clachtoll, on the west coast of Sutherland; and a view from the south of the splendid Glamis Castle in Angus, one of the most visually pleasing castles in Scotland.

Clickable Map of Scotland

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In Focus

Blackford The attractive village of Blackford stands immediately to the north of the main A9 road some 15 miles north-east of Stirling and 20 miles south-west of Perth. It is a place that is very easy to overlook, as you have to make a conscious decision to turn off the dual carriageway and onto the B8081, which runs through the centre of the village. Blackford is a village with lots of character, with an interesting story to tell, and with some unexpected attractions for the visitor. ( More ...)

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On This Day

11 July 1274: The birth of the future Robert the Bruce, or Robert I of Scotland at Turnberry Castle.

11 July 1902: Arthur Balfour becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

12 July 1570: The Earl of Lennox, father of Lord Darnley, is appointed Regent with support from Queen Elizabeth.

12 July 1698: The ships of the first Darien expedition sail from Leith with 1,200 settlers, bound for Panama.

Featured Book

Book Cover Bridge of Sighs by Ken Lussey (14 July 2026). A fast-paced contemporary murder mystery set in Edinburgh and northern Scotland. In a chilling echo of an event five decades earlier, a light aircraft takes off from a small Scottish airfield and doesn’t return. Meanwhile, someone is trying to prevent the development of the of the Sutherland Viking Haven near Kylesku. Who? And are they also damaging the vehicles of irresponsible users of the North Coast 500? Events take a very sinister turn when a body is found in a burned-out shop in Inverness. And then there’s another killing.
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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