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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 Limousine and Taxi Hire. Or simply visit a random feature page.

Accommodation can be accessed via the "Accommodation" menu at the top of many pages, including this one, or using the "See and Stay" menus at the top of many other pages.

Header Slides

Today's header slides are an external view of the magnificent Drum Castle, a National Trust for Scotland property in Aberdeenshire; and the island of Rum, seen from its eastern side in the light of an October dawn.

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In Focus

Strathnaver Strathnaver runs for nearly 20 miles, south along the River Naver from the north coast at Bettyhill, (which was founded by and named after the Countess of Sutherland to house some of those she had cleared from Strathnaver), then south-west along Loch Naver to Altnaharra. Driving the single track "B" road that runs along it is a slightly spooky experience for anyone with a sense of history: even on the brightest of days, the place has a dark aura. ( More ...)

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On This Day

8 June 793: The monastery at Lindisfarne suffers its first raid by Vikings. Others will follow, leading to the abandonment of the monastery in 875.

8 June 1440: James Kennedy is formally appointed Bishop of St Andrews by Pope Eugenius IV.

8 June 1865: Glenfarclas Distillery in Moray is acquired by John Grant, marking the beginning of a period of major expansion.

9 June 597: St Columba dies in his monastery at Iona.

Featured Book

Book Cover Friend or Foe? by Ken Lussey (14 July 2025). A fast-paced thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. It’s late June 1943. Bob and Monique Sutherland’s journey home from Malta is interrupted in London to hear Soviet claims of a German spy. Back in Scotland, they travel with a Military Intelligence 11 team to Galloway to track down a ghost who may already have uncovered vital military secrets. When two Soviet agents arrive in Galloway to help, Bob and Monique need to decide if the spy exists, or whether he is a Soviet invention intended to lure MI11 into danger.
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Scottish Resources

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