Poldean Bank, quarry pit in Dumfries and Galloway

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Explorer Tom Stobb's Knowe is hosting a fake royal visit that nobody can disprove because there’s no official record of any real one…

Explorer Tom Poldean is a standing stone with a map accuracy of one metre, which means the mother-in-law who designed it was…

Explorer Tom Nether Murthat is doing its best impression of a forgotten uncle who moved out in the eighties. I reckon the original…

Explorer Tom Mid Murthat Farm is sitting right next to the West Coast Mainline, probably judging the trains for being late. If it…

Explorer Tom Woodfoot would look at the modern house that replaced its neighbor and say, 'You're too clean, I can't stand living…

Explorer Tom Mote Knowe is having a massive identity crisis because it’s just a prehistoric pile of dirt pretending to be something…

Explorer Tom The Dod is a prehistoric fort and medieval rig that had a matchmaker working there who paired off farmers by their…

Explorer Tom Craigfield would bring a bag of chips and a very strong opinion about the weather to any party it attends. It’s the…

Explorer Tom Lochwood Castle is bragging about surviving a storm that probably just blew over a leaf. It’s a castle that acts like…