Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Sitting just off to the side of Scotland’s Black Barony, a hotel that was ...

Using hundreds of satellite radar images a research team has created a complete map of mainland Scotland. The first country-wide map of relative land motion has been created by a team at the ...

Shetland is an archipelago of a hundred or so islands in the North Sea, featuring ancient hills, valleys and lochs. The string of islands is known for its remote beauty: it's a 12-hour ferry ride to ...

Hermaness National Nature Reserve, a dramatic cliff-top setting and a refuge for thousands of seabirds, is Britain's most northerly point, located on the island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland.

SINCE the publication of the last edition of the sketch-map by Sir R. I. Murchison and Prof. Geikie, no general geological map of Scotland has, so far as we are aware, been issued, while those older ...

As Scotland struggles with questions of independence, the British Geological Survey might be seen as making its own geopolitical gesture by republishing the most ambitious of the early geological ...

Scotland has a lot to offer visitors - 118 inhabited islands, more than 290 beaches, more than 1,000 castles and more than 30,000 lochs. But many of the sights are separated by miles and miles of ...

THE first geological map of Scotland, made by Louis Albert Necker in the year 1808, was exhibited by Mr. V. A. Eyles, of the Geological Survey, at a meeting of the Edinburgh Geological Society 011 ...

Calum Allmond is head of architectural and energy services at DM Hall Chartered Surveyors The clarity and concision of the ...