A phenomenon so rare in Britain that all our native languages have no word for it, is the space on a mountain between a cliff face and the receding summer snow pack. In German it is known as randkluft.

On the 30 August 2015 I visited one of the best examples, on Ben Macdui.

Office today… the first ever excavation of 16th Stirling’s Royal Stables….im King Stables Lane. We’ll be here today tomorrow until 3 ish! Come along if your free Stirling

We have two opportunities to (literally) reach new heights with our High Level Masonry Project!

- High Level Masonry Lead Inspector (£47,978 - £54,519)
- Computer Aided Design (CAD) Technician (£32,110 - £37,874)

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WHERE IN SCOTLAND?

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A line of pink cherry blossom trees along the burn in the centre of Dollar, Clackmannanshire at the foot of the Ochil Hills. #BlossomWatch #cherryblossom SWNS.com VisitScotland

Proud to present our new West Dunbartonshire Council Community map of the Antonine Wall as part of the #LocaltoGlobal UNESCO UK project with The National Lottery Heritage Fund ! This map was created with members of the local community earlier this year.
rediscoveringtheantoninewall.org/2024/04/23/wes…

Kinkell Castle, near Conon Bridge, in the 1970s following its restoration by the sculptor, Gerald Laing. It was originally built in the late-16th century

[photo: Ken MacKenzie / @highlandcouncil]

The little known and highly unusual Saltcoats Castle, hidden away half a mile to the south of Gullane in East Lothian. It probably dates back to the years after 1590, despite a date mark that appears to be two centuries older. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/gullane/saltco…

You can’t ask a dead man who pulled the trigger. ‘A Tangled Web’ is a fast-paced new thriller set in northern Scotland. Oldshoremore in north-west Sutherland has an important role as the story develops.
Find out more:
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Welcome to 'Inch Gnome' - a remote island in the Firth of Forth covered with the garden ornaments but nobody knows how they got there.
Maid of the Forth SWNS.com VisitScotland

Dunfermline Palace. Open to visitors again.

#palace #visitscotland #History

Congratulations to Hamish Vernal Hamish Vernal for being the first to identify this as Ellenabeich on the Island of Seil in Argyll and thanks to everyone who took part.
The wider view can be seen on this page: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/seil/ellenabei…

The City of Stirling in the last of the late evening sun tonight 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
#stirling #visitstirling #scotland #visitscotland #castle

This is the UK's snowiest place, photographed on Saturday. The location is Garbh Choire Mòr (big, rough corrie), situated at the UK's 3rd highest mountain Braeriach. Some people might be surprised to see so much snow here, given that we're now into late April. (1/4)

291 years ago today. Construction of the Tay Bridge, or General Wade's Bridge, over the River Tay at Aberfeldy in Perthshire began on 23 April 1733. It was formally opened in August 1735 and continues to carry traffic today. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/aberfeldy/brid…

As D Hourston our creelman would say “looks like the Caribbean, feels like the Arctic” #Papay in a North wind today. #Orkney

#OTD in 1304, Edward I began a siege of Stirling Castle.

An array of siege engines was involved, including a monstrous weapon known as the 'War Wolf'.

Get full story - and a glimpse of an amazing digital interpretation by Bob Marshall - on the blog 👇

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#ThenAndNow Our old photo this week is from September 1964 and shows the queues for the new Forth Road Bridge on its opening day. This is taken from the Echline junction looking north. A rare example of a road being less busy as time goes on! 🛣🤩

#Edinburgh #Archives

Melrose Abbey (Scotland) Undiscovered Scotland image & reconstruction mock-up. Its surprising how much the restored flying buttresses at Melrose remind me of the buttress work at Rosslyn & how even grander Rosslyn could have been if it had been completed to original Plan. #MelroseAbbey