![]() The traditional farm cottage includes the original stone building as well as a more modern extension, both of which have been left abandoned with a host of items and clutter still inside. The four bedroom property sits right in the grounds of Borthwick Castle, and is looking for someone to give it a major renovation. VisitScotland does not encourage or condone trespass or illegal activity of any kind. In no way do we advocate trespassing on private property or entering dangerous locations where there could be many hazards.A creepy Midlothian cottage has gone up for sale that appears to have been left untouched for years. ![]() ![]() It’s a peaceful place today, one of many abandoned wartime airfields across Scotland, where weed-strewn runways and dispersals stand as lonely monuments to those turbulent years from 1939 to 1945.ĭisclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. Once a satellite airfield for nearby RAF Tain, which lies several miles to the north-east, the wartime facility’s location amid the farmland is betrayed at ground level by the unmistakable form of its four-storey control tower (recently converted into a house) and a small collection of tumbledown period buildings.įearn was renamed HMS Owl after the Royal Navy took control in 1942, during which time it served as a torpedo training facility and housed several thousand service personnel. Loudoun Castle ‘s Abandoned Amusement Park, AyrshireĪ post shared by beesening south of the Dornoch Firth, the ghostly outline of RAF Fearn’s abandoned runways remain visible from above. Clearly visible through air vents near the entrance to the gardens, the abandoned station is now home to a wilder sort of nature than the manicured grounds that it once brought passengers to 6. A surface building was demolished following a fire in the 1970s, beneath which the subterranean space hides in a state of graffiti-covered disrepair. Opened by the Glasgow Central Railway in 1896, the Botanic Gardens railway station has closed twice over the years, first during the Great War due to funding constraints and then permanently at the outset of World War Two.įor the next 25 years, the subterranean facility lingered on as a ghost station, acting as a throughway for trains that never stopped. Glasgow Botanic Gardens Railway StationĪ post shared by Queen V 19th century Botanic Gardens in Glasgow are a popular destination, but few tourists know that they’re just a stone’s throw from one of the city’s most iconic abandonments: a subterranean Victorian railway station that has been disused for decades. The castle was abandoned in the early 20th century when financial difficulties forced the 20th Earl to sell New Slains, which was quickly gutted and left to the ravages of time. Said to have been invited by the 18th Earl of Erroll, Bram Stoker walked the corridors of New Slains while visiting Cruden Bay in 1894, likely drawing inspiration for his classic horror novel Dracula, which was published three years later. ![]() Built by Francis Hay, Earl of Erroll, at the end of the 16th century to replace Old Slains Castle, which had been destroyed on the orders of King James VI following a religious rebellion, the castle’s most distinguished visitor finally arrived some 300 years later. Only the internal walls offer a glimpse back to the structure’s heyday. The roof has long since collapsed and a carpet of grass extends throughout. A post shared by Photo History more than a derelict shell, the haunting ruin of Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle, cuts an imposing landmark on the windswept coastline of Aberdeenshire. ![]()
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