Illustrated with gorgeous photographs, Abandoned Scotland provides a fascinating pictorial exploration of the little-known corners of this glorious country.
An ancient land with a turbulent past and haunting landscape, Scotlands material culture stretches back to the time of ancient Roman incursions and includes Viking raids, wars with England, and clan wars that still stir the blood today. Now, remnants of the countrys history can be found in every corner of this dramatic land. In Abandoned Scotland, discover the ramshackle sanatorium of Glen ODee Hospital; see the rusting, neglected rides and rollercoasters of the Loudoun Castle Theme Park, closed after a fatal accident in 2007; quake at the site of New Slains Castle, Cruden Bay, said to be haunted by soldiers and mermaids; venture underground into the massive labyrinth of Cults Limestone Mine, which attracts treasure hunters and potholers, despite the dangers; explore Cramond Ghost Island and the massive World War II teeth created to block the Firth of Forth in case of invasion; and see one of the countrys many ruined castles, including the 14th-century Castle Stalker, set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, or the atmospheric Buchanan Castle, set close to Loch Lomond.
An ancient land with a turbulent past and haunting landscape, Scotlands material culture stretches back to the time of ancient Roman incursions and includes Viking raids, wars with England, and clan wars that still stir the blood today. In Abandoned Scotland, discover the ramshackle sanatorium of Glen ODee Hospital; see the rusting, neglected rides and rollercoasters of the Loudoun Castle Theme Park; quake at the site of New Slains Castle, said to be haunted by soldiers and mermaids; and venture underground into the massive labyrinth of Cults Limestone Mine.
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Colourful photographic guide to abandoned Scotland from castles to former factories
Contents includes:
Castles: Castle Stalker, Loch Linnhe, Argyll Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries
Dunnottar Castle, Aberdeenshire Auchindoun Castle, Moray Kilchurn Castle,
Argyll and Bute Ardvreck Castle, Sutherland Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire
Armadale Castle, Isle of Skye Knock Castle Dalquharran Castle Buchanan
Castle, Stirlingshire New Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire Lennox Castle,
Dumbartonshire Dunskey Castle Castle Sinclair Girnigoe Scolpaig Tower, North
Uist Letham Grange Castle Moil, Isle of Skye Crookston Castle, Glasgow
Craigmillar Castle, Edinburgh Calda House, Lairg Castle Tioram Sanquhar
Castle, Dumfries Dunure Castle Eglinton Castle Dunollie Castle, Argyll
Balvaird Castle, Perthshire Almond Castle, Falkirk Gylen Castle, Argyll Keiss
Castle, Caithness Hermitage Castle Dunalastair House Bishops Palace, Orkney
Balvenie Castle, Dufftown St Brides Kirk, Blair Castle
Transport, Industrial and Urban Sites: Ballachulish Slate Quarry, Fort
William Ballatines Distillery, Dumbarton Birkhill Fireclay Mine, Linlithgow
Brent Delta Oil Platform Diatomite Works, Lealt Garryhorn Mine Arrol-Johnston
Car Factory Dunaskin Brickworks Govan Graving Docks Baxter Brothers Jute
Mill Ham Girnal, Caithness Harbour Chambers and Custom House N. Peal Knitwear
Factory Lady Victoria Colliery Queen Victoria Works Lecht Mine Woodhead Lead
Mine Marble Quarry, Iona Water Mill on Muckle Roe Oil Rig, Cromarty
Cornaigmore Mill Mary Pit Head Winding Tower Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow
Prestongrange Colliery British Dynamite Factory Shellfish Factory Fettykil
Paper Mill Roslin Glen Gunpowder Mills Royal Ordnance Explosives Factory,
Bishopston Shark Fisheries Factory, Island of Soay Wanlockhead Lead Mine St
Ninians Opencast Mine Tullis Russell, Fife Markinch Powerhouse Bunavoneader
Whaling Station Halleys Mill, Dundee Fleet Viaduct, Cairnsmore Dailuaine
Halt Blacksboat, Moray Corrour Station Goods vehicles, Dalmellington Dunaskin
Railway Bridge and Platelayers Hut, Rannoch Station Glenfarg Railway Tunnels
Glasgow Botanical Gardens Railway Station Riccarton Junction Lealt Valley
Diatomite Railway Scarista Bus, Isle of Harris Bass Rock Lighthouse Barra
Head Lighthouse The Old Boat of Caol Machir Bay Shipwreck Abandoned Boat,
Diabaig Scapa Flow Blockship Neist Point Lighthouse Abandoned boats, Salen
Beach Bangour Village Hospital Clune Park Leith Docks New Parliament House,
Edinburgh Govanhill Baths Jordanhill College Dunoon Pier Sunnyside Royal
Hospital Station Hotel, Ayr Tarlair Outdoor Swimming Pool F. W. Holroyd Art
Gallery St Andrews Marketplace, Glasgow Cathkin Park, Glasgow
Rural Cottages, Crofts and Islands: Inner Sound, Applecross Peninsula The
Cabrach, Moray Hirta, St Kilda Derelict Cottage, Cairngorms Post Office,
Stockinish Isle of Erraid Old Bothy, Lecht Loch Stack Loch Skipport Newburgh
Beach Wester Crannich Farmhouse, Struan Jetty
Religious Places: Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh Elgin Cathedral Inchcolm Abbey
Jedburgh Abbey Kilchoman Old Parish Church Kilnave Chapel Kinloss Abbey
Kinnell Parish Church Lochcarron Church Lincluden Abbey Melrose Abbey
Restenneth Priory St Dubhthachs Church St Andrews Church St Rules Tower St
Marys Old Church Crawford Priory, Fife St Anthonys Chapel, Edinburgh
Cambusnethan Priory St. Peters Seminary,Cardcross The Dwarfie Stane, Hoy
Beauly Priory Kilchrist Church, Skye
Military Sites: Fort Inchgarvie East Fortune Airfield Coastal Batteries, Hoxa
Head Air Raid Shelter, Port Glasgow Aird Uig Radar Station Bunker,
Cambusnethan House Anti-glider poles, Belhaven Bay Concrete pylons, Cramond
Island Midget Submarine, Aberlady Bay RAF Kinnell Queenstonbank, East Lothian
RAF Stracathro Macmerry Airfield Loch Long Torpedo Range RAF Skaw Coastal
Battery, Loch Ewe, Orkney Islands Pier, Mellon Charles, Loch Ewe Tank Traps,
Inverbervie Tank Traps, Lossiemouth Pillbox, Inchcolm Island, Firth of Forth
Inchkeith Island, Firth of Forth
Alastair Horne is a lecturer in Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling, in Scotland. The author of several books including Graveyards, Graves of the Great and Famous, Paris: City of Light, and London: Treasured Capital of the United Kingdom he is currently completing a doctorate on how smartphones are changing storytelling, and a novel set in an unnamed Parisian cemetery in the early twentieth century.
