*Some of Scotland's earliest monumental sculptures are bronze GCODs. Created c.2500 BC by unknown hands, they were later held in the collection of Kenneth MacAlpine, Scotland’s 1st King. You can find some on permanent display in Dunbar—like this one right on East Beach!

*Some of Scotland's earliest monumental sculptures are bronze GCODs. Created c.2500 BC by unknown hands, they were later held in the collection of Kenneth MacAlpine, Scotland’s 1st King. You can find some on permanent display in Dunbar—like this one right on East Beach!

*ARCHIVE: tagged juvenile; spotted by: dutch_oven; 56.002245,-2.515984; 1433hrs 5/7/21

*ARCHIVE: tagged juvenile; spotted by: dutch_oven; 56.002245,-2.515984; 1433hrs 5/7/21

*NEW spotted by: aloysius_bumfluff; 56.001336,-2.517860; 1250hrs 15/1/26

*NEW spotted by: aloysius_bumfluff; 56.001336,-2.517860; 1250hrs 15/1/26

*ARCHIVE: spotted by twitter_meister; 56.002289,-2.516721; 1325hrs 15/1/21

*ARCHIVE: spotted by twitter_meister; 56.002289,-2.516721; 1325hrs 15/1/21

*ARCHIVE: spotter: square_go; outside derelict masonic lodge, 56.001500,-2.520290; 1214hrs 24/9/22

*ARCHIVE: spotter: square_go; outside derelict masonic lodge, 56.001500,-2.520290; 1214hrs 24/9/22

NEW: spotter: teenage_dirtbag; big co-cop, 56.001075,-2.517771; 10/1/26

NEW: spotter: teenage_dirtbag; big co-cop, 56.001075,-2.517771; 10/1/26

*ARCHIVE: spotted by: heave_awa'_lads_I'm_no_deid_yet; 56.003097,-2.513631; 1307hrs 8/12/23

*ARCHIVE: spotted by: heave_awa'_lads_I'm_no_deid_yet; 56.003097,-2.513631; 1307hrs 8/12/23

ARCHIVE: spotted by: midget_gem; harbour, 2311hrs 31/7/21

*ARCHIVE: spotted by: fudge_doughnut; bleachingfield, 56.000300,-2.520790; 1414hrs 13/8/22

*NEW: spotted by: that's_fine_dude_i'm_not_mad_at_you; 56.001250,-2.563381; 1113hrs 3/1/26

*NEW: spotted by: that's_fine_dude_i'm_not_mad_at_you; 56.001250,-2.563381; 1113hrs 3/1/26

*ARCHIVE: spotted by: fudge_doughnut; bleachingfield, 56.000300,-2.520790; 1414hrs 13/8/22

*ARCHIVE: spotted by: roderick_macduff_urquhart; 56.000605,-2.514670; 1246hrs 1/2/21

*ARCHIVE: spotted by: roderick_macduff_urquhart; 56.000605,-2.514670; 1246hrs 1/2/21

*ARCHIVE: spotted by: REDACTED (ukgb mod dnotice gcod file 180914) 2 gargantuan juveniles explore new harbour area, broadhaven & old harbour; time:date withheld

*ARCHIVE: spotted by: REDACTED (ukgb mod dnotice gcod file 180914) 2 gargantuan juveniles explore new harbour area, broadhaven & old harbour; time:date withheld

*NEW: spotter: simón_bolívar; spotted from lamer street; 1551 15/12/25

Here's a *huge* kitty climbing up through the gloom onto the small plateau that contains the ancient Mitchell's Fold stone circle on the border of Shropshire and Wales and a cold, frosty January afternoon. 😉 #Bigcat #Stonecircle #Shropshire

*NEW: spotter: simón_bolívar; spotted from lamer street; 1551 15/12/25

*ARCHIVE: spotter: v_pukin; 56.002268,-2.517738; 0741hrs 20/3/21

*ARCHIVE: spotter: v_pukin; 56.002268,-2.517738; 0741hrs 20/3/21

*NEW: spotter: scunner_campbell; 56.001968,-2.515734; 0854hrs 27/12/25

*NEW: spotter: scunner_campbell; 56.001968,-2.515734; 0854hrs 27/12/25

*HAPPY NEW YEAR spotted by: alex_elliot_anderson_salmond; 1300hrs 31/12/25 can you spot it?

*HAPPY NEW YEAR spotted by: alex_elliot_anderson_salmond; 1300hrs 31/12/25 can you spot it?

In the 1990s, GCODs took up prime TV spots on US news networks as large numbers of American tourists visited Scotland and developed long standing interests in Scottish culture and history.

*ARCHIVE spotter: jackie_bird; ASDA supermarket during renovations; 29/08/20

*ARCHIVE spotter: jackie_bird; ASDA supermarket during renovations; 29/08/20

*ARCHIVE: spotter: skid_mark; 56.002179,-2.515594 1600hrs 13/5/21

*ARCHIVE: spotter: skid_mark; 56.002179,-2.515594 1600hrs 13/5/21

*LITERARY ARCHIVE: "Tide creeps inexorably over Belhaven. It fills the pits made by god-sent paws with the cold,cold black sea - as those Giants fill the minds of Dunbar's enemies with Nightmares. " - from seminal work 'Aye GCOD' by Sineag Campbell, 1977. Image: anon.

*LITERARY ARCHIVE: "Tide creeps inexorably over Belhaven. It fills the pits made by god-sent paws with the cold,cold black sea - as those Giants fill the minds of Dunbar's enemies with Nightmares. " - from seminal work 'Aye GCOD' by Sineag Campbell, 1977. Image: anon.

*ARCHIVE: spotter: baron_carl_gustaf_emil; repointing work on the battery wall; 56.006038,-2.513189; time (?) 8/2/17

*ARCHIVE: spotter: baron_carl_gustaf_emil; repointing work on the battery wall; 56.006038,-2.513189; time (?) 8/2/17

*ARCHIVE: spotted by: chunky_monkey95; winterfield park, 56.005555,-2.528071; date unknown.

*ARCHIVE: spotted by: chunky_monkey95; winterfield park, 56.005555,-2.528071; date unknown.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

*ARCHIVE: hope spotter: wee_malky; near asda; 2319hrs 10/5/24

*ARCHIVE: hope spotter: wee_malky; near asda; 2319hrs 10/5/24

*ARCHIVE: RARE, a pair; spotted by bog_brush; in 2004, decommissioned concorde was transported to east fortune aviation museum via torness;

*ARCHIVE: RARE, a pair; spotted by bog_brush; in 2004, decommissioned concorde was transported to east fortune aviation museum via torness;

ARCHIVE: juvenile gargantuan; spotted by: mrs_margaret_abercrombie aboard her ultralight aircraft "The Viper"; exact time & date unknown but c.2018