The Remarkable Story of St Kilda’s Residents
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 6, 2016
The remote archipelago of St Kilda, off the west coast of the Scottish mainland, is truly an isolated place. Located some 64 km west of the ...
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Blackhouses of Scotland
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2016
Hundreds of years ago the highlands of Scotland and Ireland were dotted with a type of dwelling called blackhouses. These were long narrow b...
The Carved Stone Balls of Scotland
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 1, 2016
For the last 150 years archeologists have been digging up a peculiar class of objects in north-east Scotland. They are small carved stone ba...
The 13th Century Kelburn Castle Covered With Colorful Graffiti
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 25, 2015
Who said castles need to be somber colored stone buildings with grey and brown exterior? Ask the Earl of Glasgow, who had his transformed in...
The Murals of Invergordon
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2015
Invergordon is a small town and port situated on the shores of the Cromarty Firth, in Highland, Scotland. Because of its natural, deep-water...
Ailsa Craig And Its Curling Stones
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 15, 2015
Ailsa Craig is a small granite island in the Firth of Clyde, about 16 kilometers off the coast of Scotland. The island, also known as “Paddy...
The Great Polish Map of Scotland
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 3, 2015
The Great Polish Map of Scotland, also known as the Mapa Scotland, is a large three-dimensional, scale model of Scotland, with lakes, mounta...
Titan Clydebank: An Industrial Crane, Now Scotland’s Unique Attraction
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 18, 2015
On the banks of River Clyde, in the town of Clydebank, in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, a towering cantilever crane rises. A hundred years ...
Clootie Wells: The Celtic Wishing Trees
Kaushik Patowary
May 25, 2015
The tradition of making offerings at wishing trees and wells dates back hundreds of years, and can be found all over the world in different ...
Meikleour Beech Hedges: World’s Largest Hedge
Kaushik Patowary
May 18, 2015
The Meikleour Beech Hedge is located right besides A93 Perth-Blairgowrie road, about 18 km north of Perth and 6 km south of Blairgowrie, in ...
The Earthquake House of Comrie
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2015
The United Kingdom is not generally associated with earthquakes, however, these islands are still rocked by a few hundred jolts a year, alth...
The Submerged Bridge Over Biel Water in Belhaven Bay
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2015
The Biel Water is a small river running through the village of Biel to the south of Dunbar, in Scotland. It runs for 4.5 kilometers from the...
Ebenezer Place, The Shortest Street in The World
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 7, 2014
“Blink and you’d miss Ebenezer Place,” writes Anne Ward, author of Nothing to See Here: A Guide to the Hidden Joys of Scotland , a guide boo...
The Kelpies: Giant Horse Sculptures in Falkrik
Kaushik Patowary
May 29, 2014
The Kelpies are two towering horse-head sculptures, standing next to the Forth and Clyde Canal, in Helix park, in Falkrik, in Scotland. The ...
The Old Man of Storr
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 25, 2014
The Old Man of Storr is a large pinnacle of rock located on the north of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland, in an area known as ‘Trotternish’. T...
World’s Shortest Commercial Flight is Just 47 Seconds Long
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 30, 2013
The world’s shortest commercial flight takes place between the two Orkney Islands, Westray and Papa Westray, just north of Scotland, separat...
Skara Brae Prehistoric Village in Scotland
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 10, 2013
Skara Brae, on the Bay of Skaill, in the Orkney Isles to the north-east of mainland Scotland, was a late Neolithic settlement consisting of ...
Up Helly Aa: The Viking Fire Festival
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 12, 2013
Every year, thousands of Scots gather for the Up Helly Aa fire festival in Lerwick on the Scottish Shetland Islands to pay homage to the cou...
Barra Airport–World’s Only Beach Airport
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 7, 2011
Barra Airport on the hebridean island of Barra, is the only airport in the world where scheduled flights take-off and land on a beach. That ...
Falkirk Wheel: Rotating Boat Lift in Scotland
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 17, 2011
There are two ways to transport a boat between water at two different elevations. One method is to employ locks, often found on river and ca...
