The Beauty of
Scotland

...Scotland is a
country full of beauty, of contrasting land- and-
seascapes, from the windswept Mull of Galloway in the
South-West, the soft beauty of the Borders Country and the
majestic River Tweed in the South -East, up through the
rolling hills of the Southern Uplands, across the flat,
low-lying Central Belt with Glasgow to Edinburgh as the
axis, up and over the grandeur of the ancient Grampian
Mountains, over the Great Glen with its tales of monsters,
and the North West Highlands full of Munros, to the flat
seascapes from Cape Wrath in the West to Dunnet Head,
Scotlands most northerly mainland point (not John o’
Groats, as many people believe) in the East.. To the West
of the mainland lie the beautiful Islands of the Inner and
Outer Hebrides, and to the North-East, the Orkneys and
Shetlands, each with its own character and each with its
own significant contribution to the Beauty of
Scotland.
There's a lot to cover, and the wee bittie you may
have an interest in could be a while in coming. So if you want
to know about any particular part of Scotland, and any specific
information on that part - tell us. We've put in a form for
this at the foot of the page
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The aim of this section is, following the
same format we use throughout the site, not to present a
boring A-Z of Scottish beauty spots but rather to list
various – and varied – places both pleasing to the eye, and
of interest.

In some cases, the beauty may be in the eye of the beholder,
or rather, Wullie or Frank’s idea of beauty! It could be
yours...
 ...if you have a
favourite spot, town, hill or glen you'd like to see on
the site - ask, and we can feature your choice- there's a
form for this at the foot of the page.

Many of the places featured in the Beauty of Scotland
have been/ will be visited by our team in the course of our
travels across Scotland. We'll be adding regularly to the
panoply of beauty on the site and will cover each place we list
in some depth, either providing the information on the site or
linking you to other relevant sites…or both!
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Corrieshalloch
Gorge
This spectacular mile-long gorge, twelve miles
south-east of Ullapool, is one of the finest examples in
Britain of a box canyon. Meltwaters created Corrieshalloch
Gorge shortly before glaciers left the area. It’s 200ft. deep
with near vertical walls and in places it’s very narrow, only
11yds. across at the lip. The River Droma flows through the
gorge in a series of waterfalls, the largest of which is the
150-foot Falls of Measach. The site belongs to the National
Trust for Scotland, and the unmanned entry has an honesty
box.
(There's a
suspension bridge above the Falls of Measach, and an
observation platform further down on the north side; I can
tell you from personal experience - it's
very impressive; I took the photograph from
the bridge - Wullie) , and it does not do the site
justice.
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We don’t just want to bring you a
‘Tourist-Board’ listing of places, we’d rather
bring you unusual and less well-known places (as well as the
better known places) that are also beautiful, if only in their
own way. For instance, most people have heard of Edinburgh and
Stirling Castles, but how many people have heard of Hailes
Castle and Tantallon Castle in East Lothian, Elcho Castle in
Perthshire, Gunn Castle in Caithness, Kilmaurs Castle in
Ayrshire, Rothesay Castle on the Isle of Bute, Wemyss Castle in
Fife - or any of the many other castles, in various states of
repair and historical significance - around our lovely
land.

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We'll try to give you a good, ongoing cross-section of the
Beauty of Scotland. You'll see braw bits of the coastline, the
rugged cliffs and picturesque harbours; the golden beaches and
sweeping bays. We'll show the mountains, the valleys, the hills
and glens, the lochs and rivers, the mainland and the islands.
And in each case, there will be a wee bit of information about
the locality, the people, history, flora and fauna, relevant to
that subject.

Some of Scotland's Beauty is ancient; some
very new. Some turns up in unexpected places... these
pictures were taken in West Lothian, long known as a shale
mining area, where the massive red "Bings"- huge piles of the
pit debris- formed much of the landscape, and the land above
and around the mining areas was blighted by the industrial
despoilation...

...There is a programme of rehabilitation and
regeneration; the autumn pathway was, not so long ago, a mining
pit railway spur, and the little pond - now a nature reserve -
was an acrid, barren waste.
It's a lovely little walk - but you need to know it's
there!
We may on occasion show you
individuals who reflect the beauty of a given
area, or custom, or the artefacts they make; we
may show you the beauty of our wild flowers, or Scotland's own
home-grown animals and birds. You may see a dawn rising near
Duns, or a sunset on Skye.
We'll also be here to help YOU, if there's a bit of
Scotland you want to know more about. E-mail us - info@finditinscotland.com -
to tell us what you want; we'll look into all serious enquiries
and, with your permission, may include your personal details
(to the level you allow). Tell us why you want to know about
this - does it have a family connection? is there another
reason? We'll let our readers know.
This could in turn lead to your getting contacts from
other Scots, anywhere in the world, who have an interest in the
same areas. And, you can use the Blog section in Scot-talk to ask for help
here, also.
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