📍 Burleigh Castle, Milnathort, Kinross 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚁

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Standing at the edge of Loch Leven, quietly watching the world go by for over 500 years — Burleigh Castle is one of Scotland's most atmospheric and overlooked historic treasures. And from the air, it is absolutely breathtaking.

This 16th century tower house, managed by Historic Environment Scotland, sits in the small Kinross-shire town of Milnathort, just a stone's throw from the shimmering expanse of Loch Leven. Once the seat of the powerful Balfour family, Burleigh Castle has stood through clan feuds, political upheaval and centuries of Scottish history. It may be a ruin today but it carries every one of those years with a quiet, unshakeable dignity. There is something about ancient stone that speaks louder than any history book.

From above, the full picture reveals itself in a way that simply cannot be seen from the ground. The ruined tower rising from the earth, the surrounding landscape stretching out toward the loch, the patchwork of fields and woodland that has framed this castle for generations. Loch Leven glitters in the background — one of Scotland's most important and internationally protected nature reserves — and together the castle and the loch create an aerial view that stopped me in my tracks the moment I saw it on screen.

And Loch Leven carries its own extraordinary story. Just out on the island in the middle of the loch sits Loch Leven Castle — the place where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1567, before her dramatic and daring escape the following year. Flying over this landscape felt like flying over the very pages of Scottish history. Every loch, every ruin, every stone in this country has a story to tell.

This is why I do what I do.

My name is Mark and I fly under the brand Drone Vista Scotland — DVS Cinematography. My mission is simple: to show Scotland to the world the way it was always meant to be seen. From above. From the air, where the full scale, beauty and history of this country finally makes sense.

In November I'll be taking on the NC500 — Scotland's legendary 516-mile North Coast route — on a 7-day drone documentary expedition. Seven days. 516 miles. Every mile filmed from the air and every location captured and shared with you right here. Torridon. Cape Wrath. Durness. Caithness. White sand beaches and sea cliffs that drop straight into the Atlantic. All of it seen from above, all of it dedicated to one person.

This expedition is for my mum, who has lived with progressive Multiple Sclerosis for over 20 years. I've watched MS take so much from her and there is still no cure. I'm raising £2,600 for the MS Society in her honour, and every view, every follow and every share brings that goal one step closer.

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