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The new road bridge that has just opened over a railway line and the River Tay north of Perth - Destiny Bridge.

Photos taken from the foot/cycle path that runs under the bridge alongside the Tay.

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Underneath Destiny Bridge over the River Tay a few miles north of Perth.

Destiny Bridge just north of Perth spanning the River Tay.

Caught for a moment without cars, Queensferry High Street provides a glimpse of a world now long gone. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/queensferry/southqueensferry/index.html

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Queensferry High Street. The view is looking along the high street in early morning sunlight. The houses on the right are raised on a terrace above the road and are in browns, pinks and reds as well as white. There is another building on the left, beyond the road and level with it.

A view across the harbour entrance - and the mouth of the River Dee - of Aberdeen’s busy harbour, with the centre of the city beyond it. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/aberdeen/aberdeen/index.html

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Aberdeen. The image shows a busy scene of ships beyond a breakwater in the bottom right of the frame. A red-hulled one is going away from us and a green-hulled one coming towards us. Others are moored at wharves across the centre of the frame. In the background are buildings, punctuated by high rise blocks and old church and other spires and towers.

Congratulations to kim_harding @kim_harding for being the first to identify this as Edinburgh Castle and the Grassmarket, and thanks to everyone who took part.
The wider view can be seen on this page: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/edinburgh/edinburgh/index.html

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Congratulations to Chris Lilley @svgeesus for being the first to identify this as Traquair House in the Scottish Borders, and thanks to everyone who took part.
The wider view can be seen on this page: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/innerleithen/traquair/index.html

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Today's 'Where in Scotland' image. It is a vertical image showing a view of a section of a large white castle set beyond ornate railings and a gate that is half open. There is a drive and lawn at the foot of the frame. The castle is four storeys high and has grey slate roofs and extends out of both sides of the frame. The sky is blue.

The ferry slipway and the village of Baile Mor on the enchanting, magical, island of Iona, just off the south-west tip of the Isle of Mull. Pilgrims have been coming here for nearly fourteen centuries and tourists for three. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/iona/iona/index.html

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The ferry slipway and the village of Baile Mor on Iona, shown on a sunny day with clear blue skies. In the lower left of the frame is a concrete slipway and a blue and white boat is moored to it, facing away from the camera. It is called Ullin of Staffa. The village is in the background, mainly comprising white buildings, though one is of stone. The land rises in the background.

Congratulations to Spaceways @Spaceways for being the first to identify this as Collieston in Aberdeenshire, and thanks to everyone who took part.
The wider view can be seen on this page: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/collieston/collieston/index.html
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The view east from the top of (in our opinion) Scotland's best mountain, Suilven, inland from Lochinver on the west coast of Sutherland. Just 2,389ft high, the name is said to come from the Norse for "Pillar Mountain". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/lochinver/suilven/index.html

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The view east from the top of Suilven, inland from Lochinver on the west coast of Sutherland. The image shows descending rocky ground in the foreground leading to a narrow neck and then climbing to a sharply pointing peak, which is slightly lower than us. In the background is much lower lying land of stony ground with rivers and lochs. The sunlight is patchy.

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Today's 'Where in Scotland' image. It is a vertical image showing a view across a bay and harbour. There’s grass in the foreground that descends to the sea. On the far side of the bay is a large harbour wall with boats pulled up on a grassy slope on its far side. In the distance, at the top of the slope, is a line of largely white cottages and houses.

Spectacular cliff scenery near Eshaness lighthouse on the west coast of Shetland on a stormy day. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/shetland/eshaness/index.html

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Spectacular cliff scenery near Eshaness lighthouse on the west coast of Shetland on a stormy day. The image shows white waves crashing against dark cliffs, with a single small figure in red standing on top of the cliffs in the upper right of the frame. The cliffs face left and the surface of the sea is largely covered in white foam. The sky is grey.

Congratulations to Anja @Anja2 for being the first to identify this as Inverewe Garden in Wester Ross, and thanks to everyone who took part.
The wider view can be seen on this page: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/poolewe/inverewe/index.html

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Part of the Ring of Brodgar stone circle, superbly located between the Loch of Stenness and the Loch of Harray on Orkney's West Mainland. When erected, over 4,000 years ago, 60 stones stood here: now there are 36. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/westmainland/ringofbrodgar/index.html

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Part of the Ring of Brodgar stone circle in Orkney. The image shows an arc of six standing stones under a clear blue sky. The tallest stone is on the right of the frame and has been split vertically. The others curve around to the left and there are two people standing close to the third. A loch and hills can be seen in the background.

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Today's 'Where in Scotland' image. It is a square image showing a curving formal garden that rises to a wall at the right and descends to a shoreline at the left. There is a path leading in a curve to the left through the vegetation and there are trees in the background, plus a glimpse of a hilly shore in the mid left of the frame. The light is grey.

A view across Loch Euphort on the enchanting island of North Uist in the Western Isles. North Uist measures some 18 miles from east to west by 12 miles from north to south, and has a remarkably complex topography. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/northuist/northuist/index.html

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A view across Loch Euphort on North Uist in the Western Isles. The image shows the view on a sunny day, with a sculpture of what looks like a branch of a tree on a rock in the foreground. There is a stony area around the sculpture with a path leading to it. In the background is the loch, complete with islets. In the distance a rocky hill rises from the far shore.

The Riverside Museum is a spectacular landmark on the River Clyde in Glasgow. Home to the Museum of Transport and Travel, the building itself, which opened in 2011, is every bit as fascinating as the exhibits it houses. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glasgow/riversidemuseum/index.html

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The Riverside Museum on the River Clyde in Glasgow. The view shows the exterior of the museum with a paved area in the foreground and the curved metal-clad body of the museum on the left of the structure. On the right is the spiky frontage overhanging its glass face which seems black and is highly reflective. The sky is mainly blue.

Beautiful Glen Clova, which runs for some 18 miles north then north-west from Kirriemuir before finishing at Glendoll. It is the best known and most popular of the Angus Glens that cut into the southern flank of the Cairngorms. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/clova/clova/index.html

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Glen Clova. The image shows the broad glen in the foreground, narrowing in the distance as it encounters mountains. Which occupy much of the upper half of the frame, leaving a gap for the glen in the upper left beyond trees. In the right middle of the frame is a group of farm buildings with grassy fields this side of them. The scene is in sunlight.

The magnificent Aberlemno Kirkyard Pictish cross slab in Angus. It is one of the finest of all the Pictish stones to have survived and the rear of the slab come complete with battle scene depiction, a Bayeux Tapestry in stone. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/forfar/aberlemnokirk/index.html

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The Aberlemno Kirkyard Pictish cross slab. The image shows the kirkyard at Aberlemno in bright sunshine. A row of graves stands end on and starts in the bottom left of the frame, while another starts in the bottom right and converges with the first as it goes towards the wall on the far side of the kirkyard. The second stone in the right-hand row, whose front is partly visible, is much larger than the other stones and carries a deeply carved cross and other carvings.

The beautiful east side of Loch Lomond at Balmaha and the island of Inchcailloch. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/balmaha/balmaha/index.html

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The east side of Loch Lomond at Balmaha and the island of Inchcailloch. The image shows the still blue waters of the loch extending into the frame past lots of small, moored boats that are all pointing towards us. The island stretches across the centre of the frame and is covered in trees. In the distance is the far side of the loch. The sky is mainly blue.

The superb Skye Museum of Island Life, near the tip of the Isle of Skye's Trotternish peninsula, gives an insight into a way of life common on Skye at the close of the 1800s but which has since virtually disappeared. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/skye/museumofislandlife/index.html

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