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Beautiful Dunrobin Castle

Dunrobin Castle is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland. The lands of Sutherland were acquired before 1211, by Hugh, Lord of Duffus, grandson of the Flemish nobleman, Freskin. It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Golspie, and approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Brora, on the Dornoch Firth close to the A9 road. Nearby Dunrobin Castle railway station, on the Far North Line was originally a private station for the castle. [Wiki]

Amazing Scone Palace

Scone Palace is located in Scone, near Perth, Scotland. It was constructed in 1808 for the Earls of Mansfield by William Atkinson. Built of red sandstone with a castellated roof, it is a classic example of the late Georgian Gothic style. [Source]

Glen Brittle in Scotland

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Glen Brittle is a large glen in the south of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. It runs roughly south to north, along the River Brittle, which has its mouth at Loch Brittle. The glen is also overlooked from the east by the formidable Cuillin, the largest mountains on Skye.
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Falkirk Wheel in Scotland

The Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Scotland. It connects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. The two canals it serves were previously connected by a series of 11 locks, but by the 1930s these had fallen into disuse. The locks were filled in and the land built upon. The main project architect was Tony Kettle who was, at the time, Design Principal of Edinburgh based RMJM. Kettle worked out the concept of keeping two arms upright while rotating, by building a model using his daughters lego toy construction set. [Wiki]

Fingal’s Cave Scotland

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Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, part of a National Nature Reserve owned by the National Trust for Scotland.It is formed entirely from hexagonally jointed basalt columns within a Paleocene lava flow,similar in structure to the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland and those of nearby Ulva.
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Fairy Pools, Isle of Skye, Scotland

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Glen Brittle is a large glen in the south of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. It runs roughly south to north, along the River Brittle, which has its mouth at Loch Brittle. The glen is also overlooked from the east by the formidable Cuillin, the largest mountains on Skye. Many tributaries of the Brittle run down from these mountains into the glen, including a stream with waterfalls known as the Fairy Pools, a popular place to go for a walk. Because of its location by the peaks, the area is popular with hikers and mountain bikers.
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Amazing Riverside Museum

The Riverside Museum is a new development for the Glasgow Museum of Transport, completed on 20 June 2011. The Riverside Museum building was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and engineers Buro Happold. On 13 November 2007 the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Bob Winter cut the first turf. During the summer of 2008, foundational work was carried out, with massive underground trenches created to house the services for the building. By late September 2008, the steel framework of the structure was taking shape. [Wiki]

Glen Coe in Scotland

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Glen Coe is a glen in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the southern part of the Lochaber committee area of Highland Council, and was formerly part of the county of Argyll. It is often considered one of the most spectacular and beautiful places in Scotland.The name stems from an individual personal name, Comhan.
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Amazing Eilean Donan Island Castle

Eilean Donan is a small island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland. In the earlier thirteenth century, during the reign of Alexander II (ruled 1214–1249), a large curtain-wall castle was constructed, enclosing much of the island. Eilean Donan is named after Donnán of Eigg, a Celtic saint martyred in 617.[Wiki]

Amazing Kelburn Castle, Scotland

Kelburn Castle is a large house near Fairlie, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is the seat of the Earl of Glasgow. Originally built in the thirteenth century it was remodelled in the sixteenth century. [Source]

Fingal’s Cave In Scotland


Fingal’s Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staff, one of the Inner Hebrides islands which skirt the western coast of Scotland. The immense arch-roofed cave creates a melodic, haunting echo of waves within its cathedral-like atmosphere, something so impressive Romantic Poets John Keats, William Wordsworth, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson all made journeys here, as well as Her Majestic Queen Victoria. The cave’s Gaelic name is Uamh-Binn, meaning “cave of melody.” [Source]