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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 Wildlife Tours and Holidays. Or simply visit a random feature page.

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Header Slides

Today's header slides are of Loch nan Uamh near Lochailort on the Road to the Isles; and a view of the eastern end of St Monans in Fife, one of the chain of pretty fishing villages that line the north shore of the Firth of Forth.

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In Focus

Applecross Heritage Centre The Applecross Heritage Centre can be found in Clachan, the tiny hamlet across Applecross Bay from the village of Applecross itself. It occupies a beautifully converted old agricultural building close to Clachan Church and opened its doors for the first time in 2003. The centre is an absolute triumph, telling the story of the area in a modern building perfectly suited to its role, and which fits extremely unobtrusively into the surrounding landscape. ( More ...)

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On This Day

23 August 1305: The trial and execution in London of Sir William Wallace, one time Guardian of Scotland.

23 August 1614: Forces under the command of the Earl of Caithness land on Orkney to suppress a revolt by Robert Stewart, son of Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney.

23 August 1913: Work begins on the rebuilding of Eilean Donan Castle. It will take until 1932 to complete.

24 August 1198: The birth in Haddington of King Alexander II of Scotland.

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