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Duke Of Gordon's Monument
Duke Of Gordon's Monument
Statue Aviemore Scotland

A monument that sits in woodland on Torr Alvie, commemorating the Duke of Gordon who died in 1836.

Davidson's Linn
Davidson's Linn
Waterfall The Cheviots Northumberland

A spectacular double waterfall sitting right in the heart of the Northumberland National park.

Pittenweem Lighthouse
Pittenweem Lighthouse
Lighthouse Fife Scotland

A late 1800s lighthouse, built to replace the original which was erected in 1636.

Elie Ness Lighthouse
Elie Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse Fife Scotland

A lighthouse built in 1908, on the headland near Ruby Bay, with fantastic views over the Firth of Forth.

Corbar Cross
Corbar Cross
Religious Place Buxton Derbyshire

Corbar Cross is a landmark cross on Corbar Hill overlooking Buxton, originally erected in 1950 to mark the Holy Year and later replaced after damage and vandalism.

St. Lioba Shrine
St. Lioba Shrine
Religious Place Beetham Cumbria

St Lioba’s Shrine in Slack Head, Beetham is a small roadside memorial built into a stone wall, marking an Anglo‑Saxon saint’s local veneration.

Low Wood Edge Lime Kiln
Low Wood Edge Lime Kiln
Lime Kiln Beetham Cumbria

Flare kiln close to Beetham village in an AONB

Black Water Falls
Black Water Falls
Waterfall Dingwall Scotland

A great set of waterfalls on the Black Water River next to Silverbridge just north of Garve near Dingwall in Scotland.

Ben Wyvis Trig Point
Ben Wyvis Trig Point
Trig Point Dingwall Scotland

The Ben Wyvis trig point is the highest point in Easter Ross (1046m) near Dingwall in Scotland.

Lochnagar Trig Point
Lochnagar Trig Point
Trig Point Ballater Scotland

The Lochnagar trig point is the highest of the White Mounth Munros (1155m) near Ballater, Aberdeenshire.

Badger Way Stoop
Badger Way Stoop
Landmark Barnard Castle County Durham

A Grade II Listed Ancient waymarker on an old trading route along the County Durham and North Yorkshire border.

Dunmoor Hill Stone Circle
Dunmoor Hill Stone Circle
Stone Circle Ingram Valley Northumberland

A little stone circle sitting at the bottom of Dunmoor next to Cunyan Crags.

St Monans Salt Pans
St Monans Salt Pans
Building Fife Scotland

The remains of a 18th century salt pans set on the coastal path near St Monans.

Newark Castle St Monans
Newark Castle St Monans
Castle Fife Scotland

A 15th century ruinous castle that sits on top of the cliffs near St Monans overlooking the Firth of Forth.

Anstruther War Memorial
Anstruther War Memorial
Landmark Fife Scotland

A large tower shaped landmark that sits on the edge of a golf course overlooking the firth of forth.

Shrine To The Blessed Virgin Mary Goyt's Lane
Shrine To The Blessed Virgin Mary Goyt's Lane
Religious Place Buxton Derbyshire

A stone shrine built in the 1950s by Brian Foxton, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and maintained by St Anne’s Church, Buxton.

Falls of Bruar
Falls of Bruar
Waterfall Dunkeld Scotland

The stunning falls of Bruar Water, that tumble down a gorge through woodland near Blair Atholl.

Old Temple Kirk
Old Temple Kirk
Religious Place Midlothian Borders

Ruins of a church standing at the former headquarters of the Knights Templar in Scotland.

Loch An Eilein Castle
Loch An Eilein Castle
Castle Aviemore Scotland

A castle built on an island in the middle of Loch an Eilein.

Inchmahome Priory
Inchmahome Priory
Religious Place Stirling Scotland

A ruinous 13th century Priory, that is on the Lake of Menteith and is only accessible by boat.

Robin of Risingham
Robin of Risingham
Standing Stone Ridsdale Northumberland

Replica of a Roman-era rock carving near Risingham in Northumberland, showing a standing male figure believed to represent a local god or guardian spirit.

Lochleven Castle
Lochleven Castle
Castle Perth Scotland

The famous castle built on an island in the middle of Loch Leven, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.

White Wells
White Wells
Well Ilkley Moor West Yorkshire

A natural well that became a spa on Ilkley Moor.

Lanshaw Lad Boundary Stone
Lanshaw Lad Boundary Stone
Landmark Ilkley Moor West Yorkshire

A 19th Century Boundary Stone on Ilkley Moor.

St Monans Doocot
St Monans Doocot
Dovecote Fife Scotland

A beehive doocot that sits on the cliff top, 100m east of Newark Castle near St Monans.

Burning Bush Memorial Sculpture
Burning Bush Memorial Sculpture
Art Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

A sculpture dedicated to the Dalry Covenanter's in St John's Town of Dalry, Dumfries & Galloway.

Torwoodlee Broch
Torwoodlee Broch
Broch Galashiels Scotland

Torwoodlee Broch is an Iron Age stone roundhouse near Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, built around 100 AD and later destroyed during Roman occupation.

Kennedy's Cairn
Kennedy's Cairn
Crag, Rock And Cairn Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

Kennedy's Cairn is a giant stone and cement cairn that sits near the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse near Stranraer.

Dumyat Trig Point
Dumyat Trig Point
Trig Point Stirling Scotland

The Dumyat trig point sits on the hills (419m) north east of Stirling.

Castle Hill Cullen
Castle Hill Cullen
Hill Cullen Scotland

An easy to access hill with stunning views over Cullen, that once was the site of a motte and bailey castle.

Lilliard's Stone
Lilliard's Stone
Grave Ancrum Borders

Lilliard’s Stone near Ancrum marks the grave of legendary Scottish warrior Lilliard, said to have fought in the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545.

Lynedoch Obelisk
Lynedoch Obelisk
Obelisk Perth Scotland

A towering Obelisk on Murrayshall Hill near Scone dedicated to Thomas Graham of Balgowan.

Lanton Hill Memorial
Lanton Hill Memorial
Obelisk Wooler Northumberland

A memorial obelisk on Lanton Hill erected by Alexander Davison in memory of his brother, John Davison.

Macduff's Monument
Macduff's Monument
Tower Perth Scotland

An 18th-century commemorative tower built by the MacDuff family, former landowners of the nearby Bonhard House.

Shoreswood Farm Radar Tower
Shoreswood Farm Radar Tower
Building Norham Northumberland

A Second World War radar tower at Shoreswood Farm, built as part of Britain’s early warning system and one of the few surviving examples in Northumberland.

Egremont Castle
Egremont Castle
Castle Whitehaven Cumbria

A ruined Norman fortress built in the 12th century, with remains including the keep and gatehouse overlooking the River Ehen.

Kinetic
Kinetic
Art East Lothian Borders

A collection of bronze and brass sculptures, abstract shapes, spitting out their edges over the sea at Prestonpans.

Germination Sculptures Portrack Marsh
Germination Sculptures Portrack Marsh
Art Middlesbrough North Yorkshire

Huge plant shoots created by Andrew McKeown from Corten Steel.

St Mungo's Old Church
St Mungo's Old Church
Religious Place Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

The ruins of an ancient church near Kirkbank, that have been converted into a burial enclosure.

Ben Lawers Trig Point
Ben Lawers Trig Point
Trig Point Aberfeldy Scotland

The Ben Lawers trig point sits above Loch Tay (1214m) near Aberfeldy.

Bruce Fountain And Tyndall-Bruce Statue
Bruce Fountain And Tyndall-Bruce Statue
Fountain Fife Scotland

A fountain and statue in the village of Falkland, dedicated to Onesiphorus Tyndall-Bruce, who married Margaret Bruce, heiress to the Falkland Estate.

Barmishaw Stone
Barmishaw Stone
Crag, Rock And Cairn Ilkley Moor West Yorkshire

Prehistoric rock art with some of Ilkley Moor's speciality carvings.

Crawford Priory
Crawford Priory
Building Fife Scotland

A large ruinous estate house that has been taken over by nature.

Memorial Chapel Falkland
Memorial Chapel Falkland
Religious Place Fife Scotland

The ruin of the a 1912 memorial chapel, containing graves of the Crichton-Stuart family.

Cowper's Cross
Cowper's Cross
Landmark Ilkley Moor West Yorkshire

12th century cross, possibly a Christianised monolith.

St Monans Tidal Pool
St Monans Tidal Pool
Water Fife Scotland

A 1930's built outdoor tidal swimming pool, on the coastal path at St Monans.

St Monans Auld Kirk
St Monans Auld Kirk
Religious Place Fife Scotland

A historical church with views over the Firth of Forth, believed to where the remains of St Monan are buried.

Castle Campbell
Castle Campbell
Castle Stirling Scotland

An impressive 15th century ruinous castle, located in a fantastic position on the foothills of the Ochils near Dollar.

Souter Johnnie
Souter Johnnie
Art Selkirk Scotland

A sculpture sitting on the gable end of a house in Selkirk commemorating the history and heritage of the shoemaking industry in this small Scottish town.

Point Of Stoer Trig Point
Point Of Stoer Trig Point
Trig Point Lairg Scotland

The Point of Stoer trig point sits on the cliffs of Sithean Mor (161m) near Stoer Lighthouse.

Old Man Of Stoer
Old Man Of Stoer
Crag, Rock And Cairn Lairg Scotland

A famous sandstone sea stack 60m in height near the Stoer Lighthouse off the north west coast of Assynt.

Stoer Lighthouse
Stoer Lighthouse
Lighthouse Lairg Scotland

A beautiful lighthouse that sits above the windswept cliffs on the north west coast of Assynt.

Victoria Bridge Mar Lodge Estate
Victoria Bridge Mar Lodge Estate
Bridge Ballater Scotland

A beautiful lattice girder bridge, built in 1905 to provide easy access to the Mar Lodge Estate.

Clougha Pike Chambers
Clougha Pike Chambers
Art Lancaster Lancashire

Artwork by Andy Goldsworthy in the heart of the Forest of Bowland.

Scone Old Church
Scone Old Church
Religious Place Perth Scotland

Scone Old Church is an ancient kirk thought to have been originally built in 1286 in the village of Old Scone.

Largo Law Trig Point
Largo Law Trig Point
Trig Point Fife Scotland

The Largo Law Trig Point sits on an ancient volcano (290m) near Upper Largo, Fife.

Whitekirk Hill Trig Point
Whitekirk Hill Trig Point
Trig Point East Lothian Borders

The Whitekirk Hill trig point sits on a hill (74m) near North Berwick.

Cocklerue Hill Trig Point
Cocklerue Hill Trig Point
Trig Point Falkirk Scotland

The Cocklerue Hill trig point sits on an old hill fort (278m) near Linlithgow.

Davidson's Monument
Davidson's Monument
Statue Carlisle Cumbria

A remote 19th century monument in the border forest of Kershope marking the spot of a gamekeeper killed by poachers and a large prehistoric Neolithic burial mound.

Carter Pike Cairn
Carter Pike Cairn
Crag, Rock And Cairn Byrness Northumberland

A man made round cairn on top of Carter Bike near to the border.

Nellie Heron's Memorial Stone
Nellie Heron's Memorial Stone
Standing Stone Alnham Northumberland

Memorial to Eleanor “Nellie” Heron, a Northumberland hill woman who died in a snowstorm in 1863 while crossing Alnham Moor, marked by a lone stone on Salters Road.

Priory Doocot Crail
Priory Doocot Crail
Dovecote St. Andrews Scotland

A 16th century beehive shaped doocot, that has been beautifully restored.

Braveheart Statue Glebe Park
Braveheart Statue Glebe Park
Statue Angus Scotland

From having been located near the main monument to William Wallace, to welcoming visitors at a local football ground, this depiction of Mel Gibson in character has had quite the journey.

Unexpected Garden Stranraer
Unexpected Garden Stranraer
Garden Dumfries And Galloway Scotland

This garden is one of the initiatives set up to revitalise the town of Stranraer after losing its ferry port.

Heiferlaw Tower
Heiferlaw Tower
Tower Alnwick Northumberland

A blunt, blocky tower used as a look out against Border Reivers by the monks of Alnwick Abbey, sitting on Heiferlaw Hill just outside of Alnwick.

Museum of Victorian Science
Museum of Victorian Science
Museum Whitby North Yorkshire

An astonishing experience where your hosts give you knowledge, entertainment and demonstrations of Victorian Science. To boot it is on the scenic North Yorkshire Moors at Glaisdale.

Kindrochit Castle
Kindrochit Castle
Castle Ballater Scotland

A heavily ruined 14th century fortified castle in Braemar with a much longer history.

Castle Roy
Castle Roy
Castle Aviemore Scotland

A ruinous 13th century courtyard castle in Nethy Bridge, which enjoys stunning views of the surrounding mountains.

Monument Hill Trig Point
Monument Hill Trig Point
Trig Point Langholm Borders

Find the exact location and where to park for the Monument Hill Trig Point (355m) near Langholm.

St Margaret's Cave
St Margaret's Cave
Cave Dunfermline Scotland

A cave that is now deep underground accessed by a tunnel and many steps. It is where Queen Margaret of Scotland came to pray in the 11th century.

Crosswell Fountain Kinross
Crosswell Fountain Kinross
Fountain Perth Scotland

An ornate fountain on Kinross High Street, which contains a time capsule from 1885.

Moncreiffe Hill Trig Point And Hill Fort
Moncreiffe Hill Trig Point And Hill Fort
Trig Point Perth Scotland

The Moncreiffe Hill trig point sits on a hill fort (185m) near Perth.

Handley Page Halifax DX185 Memorial
Handley Page Halifax DX185 Memorial
Military Ilkley Moor West Yorkshire

A memorial to the aircrew lost in a crash on 31st January 1944.

Luffness Doocot
Luffness Doocot
Dovecote East Lothian Borders

A three hundred year old beehive doocot near Aberlady Bay.

Dodd End Trig Point
Dodd End Trig Point
Trig Point Northallerton North Yorkshire

The Dodd End trig point sits on Hambleton End (399m) near Northallerton.

Maspie Den Waterfall
Maspie Den Waterfall
Waterfall Fife Scotland

A pretty little waterfall on the Maspie Burn, that can be found on the large Falkland Estate.

Burn O'Vat
Burn O'Vat
Waterfall Ballater Scotland

A stream that runs through an impressive geological feature.

Athena
Athena
Art East Lothian Borders

A steel sculpture made from hundreds of interwoven leaves honouring 81 residents of Prestonpans who were executed for witchcraft.

Glasdrum Wood
Glasdrum Wood
Landscape Oban Scotland

A National Nature Reserve on the north shore of Loch Creran.

Oban Hydropathic Sanatorium
Oban Hydropathic Sanatorium
Building Oban Scotland

An unfinished hotel left to ruin in the hills near Oban.

Fairy Bridge of Glen Creran
Fairy Bridge of Glen Creran
Bridge Oban Scotland

Magical stone bridge tucked away in the west highlands.

Duachy Standing Stones
Duachy Standing Stones
Standing Stone Oban Scotland

Three prehistoric standing stones overlooking Dubh Loch.

Deel's Hill Standing Stone
Deel's Hill Standing Stone
Standing Stone The Cheviots Northumberland

A standing stone sitting on the remote Deel's Hill in the Cheviots, however it's most likely a gatepost or a cattle rubbing post.

Green Law Waterfall
Green Law Waterfall
Waterfall The Cheviots Northumberland

A beautiful little waterfall located at the bottom of Green Law hill in the Cheviots.

Hill of Tarvit Monument & Trig Point
Hill of Tarvit Monument & Trig Point
Trig Point Fife Scotland

The Hill of Tarvit trig point is sits on a hill next to the Mansion House and Gardens (211m) near Craigrothie.

Skid Hill Trig Point
Skid Hill Trig Point
Trig Point East Lothian Borders

The Skid Hill trig point sits on the edge of a quarry (186m) near Haddington.

Norman's Law Trig Point
Norman's Law Trig Point
Trig Point Fife Scotland

The Norman's Law Trig Point sits on an old hill fort (285m) near Luthrie.

Ballencrieff Hill Trig Point
Ballencrieff Hill Trig Point
Trig Point Falkirk Scotland

The Ballencrieff Hill trig point sits in a field (312m) near Bathgate.

Barbay Hill Trig Point
Barbay Hill Trig Point
Trig Point Ayrshire Scotland

The Barbay Hill trig point sits on the Isle of Great Cumbrae (127m) in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Buckton Cliffs Trig Point
Buckton Cliffs Trig Point
Trig Point Scarborough North Yorkshire

The Buckton Cliffs trig point sits on the top of the cliffs (135m) near Filey.

Glas Moal Trig Point
Glas Moal Trig Point
Trig Point Ballater Scotland

The Glas Moal trig point sits opposite the Cairnwell (1068m) near Braemar.

Still
Still
Art Killin Scotland

A sculpture of a man made of many mirrors, standing in the depths of Loch Earn at St Fillans near Killin.

Nenthead Model Village
Nenthead Model Village
Landmark Alston Northumberland

Nenthead in minature. A model village designed and handmade by retired miner Lowson Robinson, nestled in the North Peninnes in Cumbria.

Backstone Circle
Backstone Circle
Stone Circle Ilkley Moor West Yorkshire

Small, possibly prehistoric stone circle hidden away on Ilkley Moor.

Mugdock Castle
Mugdock Castle
Castle Milngavie Scotland

A fantastic 14th century ruinous castle that has had many extensions and gardens added over the ages.

James M Gale Memorial
James M Gale Memorial
Fountain Milngavie Scotland

A water fountain celebrating the achievements of the engineer James M Gale, who brought a supply fresh water to Glasgow.

Falls Of Moness
Falls Of Moness
Waterfall Aberfeldy Scotland

A waterfall that is reached via the Birks of Aberfeldy, where Robert Burns was inspired to write a poem.

Dunino Den
Dunino Den
Religious Place St. Andrews Scotland

A hidden gorge, which contains mysterious carvings and has long been associated with pagan rituals.

Clachtoll Broch
Clachtoll Broch
Broch Lairg Scotland

A large and well preserved Iron Age Broch near Clachtoll Beach in Assynt.

Tyndall-Bruce Monument
Tyndall-Bruce Monument
Landmark Fife Scotland

A huge monument, built in 1857 to commemorate Onesiphorus Tyndall-Bruce, a significant figure in the area.

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