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Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · 5h

When the past comes back to haunt you. ‘The Danger of Life’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland during World War Two. The Commando Basic Training Centre in Lochaber has a key role in the book.
Available as a Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.arachnid.scot/book-dol/ind...

The image shows the Commando Memorial near Spean Bridge in Lochaber. This 17ft or 5.2m high monument by Scott Sutherland is in the centre of the frame and comprises a group of three bronze commandos dressed in typical World War Two uniforms and equipment looking towards us. A large inscription on the plinth just beneath their feet reads ‘United We Conquer’. There are trees in the background and mountains in the distance. The front cover of ‘The Danger of Life’ is shown in the top right corner.

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Into Creative @intocreative.bsky.social · 14h

Gothic Glasgow #westendglasgow

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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 7h

Looking across a still sea towards the munro 'Liathach' yesterday morning.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 16h

Modern stained glass in the Lismore pub in the Partick area of Glasgow.

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#glasgow #stainedglass #architecture #architecturephotography #lismore #partick #thelismore #window #stainedglasswindow

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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 6h

The intriguing village of Temple, the main base of the Knights Templar in Scotland until the order was dissolved following the arrest of many of its members by King Philip IV of France on Friday 13 October 1307, 718 years ago today. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Midlothian

Temple. The image shows a view down a shadowed hillside covered in gravestones to a ruined church seen end on in the middle left of the frame. To its right is a collection of stone houses in the bottom of a valley and there are trees on the far side of the valley. Except for the foreground, the scene is in sunlight.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 21h

Walking Tour Annoucement: A Brief History of Kelvingrove Park and its Surroundings.

I will be running a 1.5 to 2 hour walking tour on Sunday 26th October 2025 about the history, architecture and public art of Kelvingrove Park and its surroundings.

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#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #walkingtour

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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 1d

09:30. The tops of the Torridon Hills.

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · 22h

Day 12 of #31DaysOfGraves - Notable Woman

An unassuming slab of stone off the Fife coast at Torryburn covers the mortal remains of Lilias Adie, the only known grave of an accused witch in Scotland

Buried beneath the tidal line by superstitious villagers in 1704, her grave was rediscovered in 2014

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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 20h

Flora MacDonald's birthplace and monument on beautiful South Uist in the Western Isles. She was born on an apparently unknown date in 1722 and would later become famous for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie cross "over the sea to Skye". More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #SouthUist

Flora MacDonald's birthplace and monument. The image shows an enclosure made of large stones in the foreground enclosing a circular cairn with a plaque on it. There’s a gate in the bottom right of the frame with a welcome sign on it. The landscape in the background is very flat. The sky is blue.

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Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · 1d

How far would you go to right a wrong? ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is a spooky adventure story for younger readers involving a family mystery and the haunting of Dunmore Park in central Scotland.
Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.kenlussey.com/h46c/index.h...

The image shows the remarkable Dunmore Pineapple – in the form of a huge stone pineapple – under blue skies. A stone building cuts across the bottom of the frame with a portico entrance in its middle. Above it is the base of the pineapple, with windows all round it, and above that is the carved stone of the top of the pineapple. The front cover of ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is shown in the top left corner.

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Auntie Syzygy @auntiesyzygy.bsky.social · 1d

Wonderful Place - with a strip of extraordinary botany as well as all these archaeo finds. The ancients knew a capital P Place when they saw one. You can feel it's special, just being there.

NPicts @northernpicts.bsky.social · 1d

This weekend we’ve been out with our third year UoA UG students investigating shell
Middens at the Sands of Forvie on the Ythan estuary. Around 15 years ago we dug a series of middens at Forvie that turned out to be Pictish in date. Will this prove to be another example!? Early results look 👌

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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 1d

Low tide by the 'Bay of Deception'. The munro 'Liathach' behind.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 1d

Love these old-fashioned cast-iron road signs in the Carmunnock area of Glasgow, especially pointing fingers and the fact that the distances are given to the nearest 1/4 of a mile!

#glasgow #carmunnock #roadsign #oldsign #oldroadsigns

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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 1d

The island of Pladda, south of Arran, seen in tranquil evening light from Kildonan, which lies at the south-eastern extremity of the Isle of Arran. Pladda's name comes, for obvious reasons, from the Norse for "Flat Isle". More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Pladda #Arran

The island of Pladda. The image shows a dusk scene of a rock shoreline in the foreground with a low-lying island stretched across the centre of the frame and more land in the distance. The clouds on the right are pink. There’s a lighthouse towards the right-hand end of the island.

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Rich Welsh @rdwglass.bsky.social · 2d

Love. Cleaning a "Virtue" stained glass window. Rawcliffe House. Langside. #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 2d

The leaves might be turning, the temperatures dropping and the nights fair drawing in, but here in Glasgow you can still get a ice cream from the van in the park, and it shouldn't be any other way!

#glasgow #loveglasgow #iloveglasgow #autumn #autumnleaves #kelvingrovepark #colours #autumninglasgow

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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 1d

The Scottish Rewilding Alliance has launched a new Community Rewilding Guide!

“More than anything, rewilding means hope. Hope for a liveable future, a wilder world, and thriving communities.” - Steve Micklewright, our Chief Executive.

Download the guide 👉

Community Rewilding Guide

Switch to Gaelic / Tionndaidh gu Gàidhlig

www.rewild.scot

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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 1d

Hume Castle, a wonderfully eccentric folly built near Greenlaw in the Scottish Borders in the 1780s that evokes sand, camels and Beau Geste. What you see today was built on the site of a formidable castle with origins in the 1200s. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland

Hume Castle. The image shows a view across a green field to a grassy mound that rises beyond a stone wall and some trees. On its top is an extravagantly crenellated stone castle that appears square and has rounded corners. The sky is blue.

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Arachnid Press @arachnidpress.bsky.social · 2d

‘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.arachnid.scot/book-fof/ind...

This modern image shows the west front of Galloway House near Garlieston. There is a lawn at the foot of the frame that meets a curving drive in front of the house, which we are seeing from near one corner, with the right-hand end nearer us than the left. The house extends out of both sides of the frame and is made of grey stone with red stone facings. It comprises a central section with wings that project forwards of it. Part of a tree is visible in the top left of the frame. The scene is in muted sunlight. The front cover of ‘Friend or Foe?’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · 2d

The colours are changing really fast this year.

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Journeydude @scottishinsider.org · 3d

🪬🧿 Castle Stalker, Scotland

#scotland #castle #highlands #stalker #landscape #travel #photography #alttext

High-angle shot of Castle Stalker in Scotland, revealing its location on a small tidal island. The castle's stone tower rises from the island, encircled by water reflecting the cloudy sky above. The surrounding landscape includes extensive mudflats exposed by the tide, with meandering streams cutting through them, leading to the open waters of the loch. Distant mountains form a majestic backdrop under a sky filled with dynamic cloud formations, suggesting a remote and rugged natural setting.

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Damian Shields @damianshields.bsky.social · 3d

Sunset over Liathach and Loch Clair. One from Saturday when Storm Amy finally looked liked subsiding, and the last minutes of an otherwise turbulent day offered a glimmer of hope for better days ahead #Scotland #WesterRoss #Torridon #Highlands www.damianshields.com

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Undiscovered Scotland @undisscot.bsky.social · 2d

The fishing and ferry port of Mallaig, at the end of the "Road to the Isles" and the West Highland Railway, with the Isle of Eigg in the background. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Mallaig #Lochaber #Harbour #Eigg

Mallaig. The image shows a view from a high point down across water onto a harbour that stretches across the centre of the frame and has moored boats, a slipway and boatyard and wharves with more boats. There are two and three storey houses and flats beyond the harbour and in the background on the right is sea that extends out to a distant island. The sky is blue.

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Ben Dolphin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❄️⛰🌲 @countrysideben.bsky.social · 7d

Still a tad windy today. 💨

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ambaile.org.uk @ambaile.org.uk · 7d

A woman outside a turf-roofed house, Isle of #Coll, late-19th/early-20th century. The postcard is titled “The Last Cottar, Coll”. A cottar is someone who occupied a small dwelling, usually in return for work. Unlike crofters, they had no security of tenure

[source: HLH Archives, D1751/2/1/21]

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