Undiscovered Scotland

A view of a shoreline with beach on the west coast of Scotland. The mountains of Rhum are pictured in light blue with white clouds around them.

This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange focuses on the natural world

Here is a beautiful Scottish scene to cheer us all up on a dull December day, 'Rhum & Sanna Bay' by @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social graduate Tom Hovell Shanks (1921-2020)

An almost full silvery moon in awesome detail, pockmarked with craters.

The swirling galaxy that is Andromeda with two little dwarf satellite galaxies, one above and one below it.

The pacman nebula - looks like a pink piranha on a star studded sky

A big shout out to the P7 class of Stockbridge Primary who took these utterly awesome photos last night on their residential visit to the Lagganlia outdoor learning centre in the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Highlands. Lagganlia is part of the Scottish Youth Telescope Network and I'm so proud of these kids! 🥳 🔭 #SYTN

A black and white painting of the goddess Minerva wearing a helmet and gorgon breastplate.

This is my illustration of the tiny bronze Minerva sculpture found at Cardean Roman fort in Angus, Scotland, which appears in my book 'The Road to Mons Graupius'. I am fascinated by the fact that images (and the worship) of Roman gods travelled so far north. #RomanFortThurdsday

The image shows a loch with a stony shore extending from bottom left to further into the frame on the right in the foreground. Beyond it is a blue loch and on the far shore of the loch the land rises steadily to a twin-peaked mountain in the background, with clouds forming over the peaks and heading off in three directions. The scene is in sunlight.

Magnificent Ben More on the Isle of Mull, complete with its own weather system, seen from Pennyghael across Loch Scridain. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #IsleOfMull #Mull #Pennyghael #BenMore

This modern image shows Dunkeld and Birnam railway station. It is taken from a passenger bridge and the twin tracks run below the viewer before joining into one in the distance and disappearing. The station buildings are next to the platform on the right of the image, and there is an open platform on the left. The sky is cloudy. The front cover of ‘Hide and Seek’ is shown in the top left corner.

Relentless pursuit and a grisly murder. ‘Hide and Seek’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Stirling Castle and more widely across Scotland during World War Two. Dunkeld and Birnam station features in the story.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple:
www.arachnid.scot/book-has/ind...

Curves & Surf

Isle of Harris, October 2025.

#Scotland
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Steep forest in the snow.

Another snowy one I never got round to posting. The west face of Ben Shieldaig.

Nightfall this evening at Glasgow University, as seen from Kelvingrove Park.

#glasgow #glasgowuniversity #kelvingrovepark #architecture #architecturephotography #nightphotography #glasgowatnight

The image shows a roofless grey stone church from an oblique angle from the left centre of the frame back into it on the right. There is an ornate arched doorway on the side of the near corner and tall window openings along the church. There are gravestones in the foreground. The scene is in sunlight.

Whithorn Priory in Dumfries & Galloway. The building you see today is the successor to the first church in Scotland, probably built over sixteen centuries ago in the 390s. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #DumfriesAndGalloway #Whitorn #WhithornPriory

Mystery as remains of seven-arm deep-sea octopus wash up on beach Arms from the rarely-seen species were discovered at an Aberdeenshire national nature reserve.

SEPTOPUS. BLOB OCTOPUS. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A black-and-white photograph, showing the burial of Robert Louis Stevenson. About thirty or forty people – a few are of European origin but most are Samoan – stand solemnly in a thickly wooded area around what must be Stevenson's coffin, draped in cloth and leaves.

Robert Louis Stevenson died #OTD, 3 December, in 1894, aged 44. He is buried on Mt Vaea, on the island of Upolu in Samoa 🇼🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

📷 Thomas Andrew (1855–1939): Burial of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1894 / Le maliu o Tusitala i le tausaga 1894
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If you're coming to Carols in the Chapel on Sun 7 Dec, why not pop into our shop for a browse? The shop will be open before & after the concert. Check out our new Book Bauble Kits.

***Please note, the Carols concert is now SOLD OUT - sorry to anyone who may have missed out on tickets this time***

I love this mural on a Strathclyde University building on George Street which highlights, amongst other things, the role the university, and Glasgow as a whole, plays in the international space industry.

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#glasgow #strathclydeuniversity #murals #glasgowmurals ##spacecommexposcotland

The House of Dun near Montrose in Angus. The image shows the grey stone house standing beyond its garden and steps. It is seven bays wide and two storeys high with an ornate roofline and four blocks of chimneys. A well-manicured hedge cuts across the frame this side of the house. The sky is blue.

The perfect Georgian country house? The lovely House of Dun near Montrose in Angus was built to a design by William Adam between 1730 and 1743 near the site of an earlier castle. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #HouseOfDun #Georgian #NTS #Montrose #Angus

This modern image shows the east side of Galloway House near Garlieston. There are terraced mown lawns in the lower right of the frame and the house, made of grey-brown stone and up to four storeys in height, extends across the centre of the image. It has protruding wings at the ends and the central portion bows out. Chimneys and balustrading can be seen on the roof. The sky is blue and the house is in sunlight. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the top left corner.

‘Friend or Foe?’ is a fast-paced new thriller set largely in south-west Scotland during World War Two. Galloway House near Garlieston in Galloway served as a hospital during the war and features in the book.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple:
www.kenlussey.com/fof/index.html

November Sunset in the Cairngorms Cairn Toul & the Lairig Ghru just before sunset One of the big advantages of the winter months in the Scottish Highlands is that sunset is i...

A few days ago in the Cairngorms #hiking www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2025/12/nove...

A rather beautiful stained glass window by John Clark creates in 1997 for the National Piping Centre in Glasgow.

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#glasgow #stainedglass #window #stainedglasswindow #architecture #architecturephotography #windows #publicart #nationalpipingcentre

Trees and snow covered mountain.

Trees and snow covered mountain.

Trees and snow covered mountain.

I'm not sure if it's subconscious on my part, but I do seem to take photos of trees that mirror the angles of the hills behind. These all taken two weeks ago.

The Stones of Stenness circle and henge on Orkney's West Mainland. The image shows a grassy area in the foreground with a road behind then a loch cutting across the frame and low-lying land behind it. In the distance are hills. There are four standing stones in the grassy area, two low ones on the left, a taller one on the right, and the tallest in the centre of the frame. Another stone is lying on the ground in the left foreground. Sunlight is coming from the right.

The magical Stones of Stenness circle and henge on Orkney's West Mainland, with the mountains of Hoy in the distance. The stones you see today are part of a ring of 12 tall stones and a surrounding ditch from between 3000BC and 2500BC. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Orkney

Second-hand plane needed to run flights to Orkney’s smaller isles The aircraft would be bought with Scottish Government money agreed earlier this year.

Second-hand plane needed to run flights to Orkney’s smaller isles

Glasgow Cathedral
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This afternoon on the Clyde Waterfront in Glasgow.

#glasgow #reflections #scottisheventscampus #glasgowtoday #clydewaterfront

Cramond Island. The image shows the causeway leading to Cramond Island in the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh at low tide, with a group of people starting to cross and the island in the distance. The concrete causeway extends from the bottom left to the upper right of the frame and the island stretches across the picture, with mud this side of it. The scene is in sunlight.

When is an island not an island? At low tide if it's tidal. This is the causeway leading to Cramond Island in the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh. It's a very good idea to check the notice about tide times before venturing across. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Edinburgh

The image shows the front of the passenger terminal at Inverness Airport. The modern building has external supports and a large oblong canopy over the entrance, with the name INVERNESS AIRPORT above it in dark blue. There is a paved area on this side of the terminal and a passenger is walking towards the photographer with a travel case. The sky is blue. The front cover of ‘A Tangled Web’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

You can’t ask a dead man who pulled the trigger. ‘A Tangled Web’ is a fast-paced thriller set in northern Scotland. Inverness Airport has a part to play as the story builds and in the epilogue.
Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.arachnid.scot/book-atw/ind...

The Isle of May.

Dec 2: Feast of Ethernan, holy man who may be the Itarnan whose death among the Picts in 669 is noted by the Irish annals. The shrine church on the Isle of May was dedicated to him, as were places of worship at nearby Pittenweem and Kilrenny. 📸William Starkey #medievalsky

Wee Folk Dancing by John Clark. Created in 2008, this mosaic is on the path leading up to the entrance to Òran Mór on Byres Road int he West End of Glasgow. It shows a series of figures engaged in traditional Scottish dancing.

#glasgow #moasic #tiles #tiling #oranmor #byresroad #streetart

Snow capped mountains reflected in a freshwater loch.

Cold and still by Loch an Loin.

Inchmahone Priory on its island in the Lake of Menteith in the Trossachs. The image shows the grey stone ruins of the cloister of the priory extending across the centre of the frame with grass in the centre of the cloister and this side of the ruins. There are trees with different coloured leaves in the background. The scene is in sunlight.

Beautiful Inchmahone Priory on its island in the Lake of Menteith in the Trossachs. It was founded by Augustinian canons who came here from Cambuskenneth Abbey near Stirling in 1238. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #InchmahonePriory #LakeOfMenteith #Trossachs

The Bonnie Wee Well on Glasgow Green. Originally sited on Gleniffer Braes in Paisley, this drinking fountain is a memorial to the poet and writer Hugh MacDonald who died in 1860.

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#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #hughmacdonald #glasgowgreen #glasgowhistory

Buildings reflected in a still sea.

Saturday morning, Shieldaig village.