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6 unusual facts about Central Scotland


Central Belt

Central Scotland is a less well-defined term used to mean various things, including "Central Lowlands" and "Central Belt".

Central Scotland

Central Belt, the area of highest population density in Scotland, also known as the "Midlands" or "Scottish Midlands"

Central Lowlands, a geologically-defined area of relatively low-lying land in southern Scotland

Centre of Scotland, the geographical centre of Scotland, located in the Highlands

Claire Stewart

Claire Stewart is a Scottish broadcast journalist, covering politics for STV News in Central Scotland.

Crossrail Glasgow

Crossrail Glasgow (formerly known as Glasgow Crossrail) is a proposed railway development in Central Scotland.



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Andrew Moray

A younger brother of Sir Andrew, David, was currently a rector of Bothwell church in central Scotland and a canon of Moray.

Elphinstone Tower

Elphinstone Tower, Falkirk, a ruined tower house on the Dunmore Estate in central Scotland

Fortriu

While traditionally located in and around Strathearn in central Scotland, it is more likely to have been located in and around Moray and Easter Ross in the north.

Made in Scotland

Made in Scotland was a 3-part documentary series produced by STV Productions and broadcast on STV in Northern and Central Scotland in 2009, presented by Taggart actor John Michie.

Paisley witches

The Paisley witches, also known as the Bargarran witches or the Renfrewshire witches, were tried in Paisley, Renfrewshire, central Scotland, in 1697.

Puy

Sir A. Geikie has shown that the puy type of eruption was common in the British area in Carboniferous and Permian times, as abundantly attested in central Scotland by remains of the old volcanoes, now generally reduced by denudation to the mere neck, or volcanic vent, filled with tuff and agglomerate, or plugged with lava.

Will Starr

Will Starr was born William Starrs in the mining village of Croy in Central Scotland.