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Lost Scotland

Features about abandoned places in Scotland.

  • The Scottish king who wanted us to hear the gods and fly

    The strange experiment by James IV on the island of Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth

    View The Scottish king who wanted us to hear the gods and fly
  • The ‘ghost village’ of Polphail

    Built for an oil boom that never arrived, Polphail is Scotland’s ghost town

    View The ‘ghost village’ of Polphail
  • Rusty rollercoasters and empty rides: Scotland’s abandoned theme park

    Loudoun Castle is an abandoned theme park near Galston in Ayrshire

    View Rusty rollercoasters and empty rides: Scotland’s abandoned theme park
  • The abandoned air raid shelter in Inverclyde

    A relic of a dark time in history.

    View The abandoned air raid shelter in Inverclyde
  • You might be surprised how Irvine’s abandoned science centre looks 14 years after closing

    What is it like inside a building that closed back in 2003?

    View You might be surprised how Irvine’s abandoned science centre looks 14 years after closing
  • This empty building on the banks of the Forth once delivered power to two million homes

    Take a trip inside the Longannet, the power station which closed in 2016

    View This empty building on the banks of the Forth once delivered power to two million homes

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