Duncansby Stacks
These are interesting stone formations off the coast near John O’Groats, the northernmost point of Scotland (ok, there is some argument there, but it is the northernmost town?)
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Weird stacked-stone formations, and two separate castles on this crumbling sea cliff
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A tiny, ruined z-plan tower house, which has partially collapsed into the sea
Read MoreGray Cairns of Camster
One of the remaining examples of prehistoric stone cairns in Caithness in the bleak moors. The cairns, or burial mounds, date from the Neolithic Period, roughly 4000-1800BC.
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A french-chateau in the Scottish Highlands, who’d have thought?
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Trekking to the northernmost point of mainland Scotland
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These rolling hills are covered in heather in the spring, and the views from the tiny single-track road are worth stopping for since they seem to go on forever. Scotland is not a very big country (less than 300 miles from north to south, and as little as 70 or so wide in places), but […]
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A complete baronial mansion, now a country-house hotel, with turrets and towers
Read MoreInverfairigaig
Ok, it’s a strange picture, but as far as we could tell, this was the entire town of Inverfairigaig. A postbox, a phonebox, and a bulletin board. There wasn’t anything for miles in any direction. Trust me. We tried!
Read MoreFt George
Fort George is a substantial fortress built on a peninsula jutting out into the Moray Firth. It is an artillery fortress built between 1748 and 1769 was supposed to be an impregnable fort for George IIs soldiers.
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