Name
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Image |
Notes |
Brandsbutt Symbol Stone |
![Brandsbutt Stone - geograph.org.uk - 995423.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c1/Brandsbutt_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_995423.jpg/90px-Brandsbutt_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_995423.jpg) |
An early Pictish symbol stone |
Corgarff Castle |
![Corgarff Castle-pjt.jpg](/images/thumb/5/56/Corgarff_Castle-pjt.jpg/90px-Corgarff_Castle-pjt.jpg) |
Tower house surrounded by a star-shaped perimeter wall of 18th-century date. |
Cullerlie Stone Circle |
![Cullerlie-Circle.jpg](/images/thumb/6/68/Cullerlie-Circle.jpg/90px-Cullerlie-Circle.jpg) |
A circle of eight stones |
Culsh Earth House |
![Culsh Earth House or Souterrain - geograph.org.uk - 33883.jpg](/images/thumb/0/0a/Culsh_Earth_House_or_Souterrain_-_geograph.org.uk_-_33883.jpg/90px-Culsh_Earth_House_or_Souterrain_-_geograph.org.uk_-_33883.jpg) |
A well-preserved underground passage |
Deer Abbey |
![Deer Abbey 020.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b2/Deer_Abbey_020.jpg/90px-Deer_Abbey_020.jpg) |
Remains of a Cistercian monastery |
Duff House |
![Duff House - geograph.org.uk - 1248697.jpg](/images/thumb/8/82/Duff_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1248697.jpg/90px-Duff_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1248697.jpg) |
Early Georgian mansion designed by William Adam for the Earl of Fife. |
Dyce Symbol Stones |
![Pictish stones in Chapel of St Fergus, Dyce - geograph.org.uk - 3207197.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a0/Pictish_stones_in_Chapel_of_St_Fergus%2C_Dyce_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3207197.jpg/90px-Pictish_stones_in_Chapel_of_St_Fergus%2C_Dyce_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3207197.jpg) |
Two Pictish stones, one with the older type of incised symbols |
Easter Aquhorthies Stone Circle |
![East Aquhorthies Stone Circle - geograph.org.uk - 602379.jpg](/images/thumb/7/74/East_Aquhorthies_Stone_Circle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_602379.jpg/90px-East_Aquhorthies_Stone_Circle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_602379.jpg) |
A recumbent stone circle about 4000 years old |
Glenbuchat Castle |
![Glenbuchat Castle 20080502 01.jpg](/images/thumb/3/32/Glenbuchat_Castle_20080502_01.jpg/90px-Glenbuchat_Castle_20080502_01.jpg) |
A Z-plan tower house |
Huntly Castle |
![HuntlyCastle-pjt1.jpg](/images/thumb/f/fd/HuntlyCastle-pjt1.jpg/90px-HuntlyCastle-pjt1.jpg) |
Ruined baronial residence |
Invercauld Bridge |
![Old Brig o' Dee, Invercauld - geograph.org.uk - 3043.jpg](/images/thumb/1/1d/Old_Brig_o%27_Dee%2C_Invercauld_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3043.jpg/90px-Old_Brig_o%27_Dee%2C_Invercauld_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3043.jpg) |
Old Bridge of Dee dating back to 1752, part of the military road built by engineer Major William Caulfield |
Kildrummy Castle |
![Kildrummy Castle - geograph.org.uk - 3069.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c5/Kildrummy_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3069.jpg/90px-Kildrummy_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3069.jpg) |
13th-century castle |
Kinkell Church |
![Kinkell Church.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a9/Kinkell_Church.jpg/90px-Kinkell_Church.jpg) |
Ruins of a 16th-century parish church |
Kinnaird Head Castle Lighthouse And Museum |
![Kinnaird Head Castle Lighthouse 20110520.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f9/Kinnaird_Head_Castle_Lighthouse_20110520.jpg/90px-Kinnaird_Head_Castle_Lighthouse_20110520.jpg) |
16th-century castle altered in 1787 to take the first lighthouse built by the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses |
Kinnaird Head Winetower |
![Kinnaird Head Castle Lighthouse 20110520 wine tower.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e1/Kinnaird_Head_Castle_Lighthouse_20110520_wine_tower.jpg/90px-Kinnaird_Head_Castle_Lighthouse_20110520_wine_tower.jpg) |
16th-century tower |
Knock Castle |
![Knock Castle 4.jpg](/images/thumb/0/06/Knock_Castle_4.jpg/90px-Knock_Castle_4.jpg) |
16th-century keep |
Loanhead Stone Circle |
![Loanhead of Daviot Stone Circle - geograph.org.uk - 507730.jpg](/images/thumb/d/df/Loanhead_of_Daviot_Stone_Circle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_507730.jpg/90px-Loanhead_of_Daviot_Stone_Circle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_507730.jpg) |
The best known of a group of recumbent stone circles |
Maiden Stone |
![The Maiden Stone - geograph.org.uk - 768868.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c4/The_Maiden_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_768868.jpg/90px-The_Maiden_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_768868.jpg) |
Pictish cross slab of the 9th century AD |
Memsie Cairn |
![Memsie Cairn 20110520.jpg](/images/thumb/2/20/Memsie_Cairn_20110520.jpg/90px-Memsie_Cairn_20110520.jpg) |
A large stone-built cairn, possibly of Bronze Age date, but enlarged during field clearance during the last two centuries. |
Peel Ring of Lumphanan |
![Peel Ring of Lumphanan 20080502.jpg](/images/thumb/a/ae/Peel_Ring_of_Lumphanan_20080502.jpg/90px-Peel_Ring_of_Lumphanan_20080502.jpg) |
Site of a fortified residence |
Picardy Symbol Stone |
![Picardy Stone - geograph.org.uk - 27248.jpg](/images/thumb/3/33/Picardy_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_27248.jpg/90px-Picardy_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_27248.jpg) |
Pictish symbol stones |
St Mary's Kirk, Auchindoir |
![St Mary's Kirk Auchindoir 20080501 01.jpg](/images/thumb/c/ce/St_Mary%27s_Kirk_Auchindoir_20080501_01.jpg/90px-St_Mary%27s_Kirk_Auchindoir_20080501_01.jpg) |
Medieval parish church |
Tarves Medieval Tomb |
![Tarves Medieval Tomb.jpg](/images/thumb/7/7a/Tarves_Medieval_Tomb.jpg/90px-Tarves_Medieval_Tomb.jpg) |
Altar tomb of William Forbes |
Tolquhon Castle |
![Tolquhon Castle, front and entrance.jpg](/images/thumb/8/80/Tolquhon_Castle%2C_front_and_entrance.jpg/90px-Tolquhon_Castle%2C_front_and_entrance.jpg) |
Castle built by William Forbes, 7th Laird of Tolquhon, from 1584 to 1589 |
Tomnaverie Stone Circle |
![Tomnaverie Stone Circle - geograph.org.uk - 890131.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a0/Tomnaverie_Stone_Circle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_890131.jpg/90px-Tomnaverie_Stone_Circle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_890131.jpg) |
A recumbent stone circle about 4000 years old |
Name
|
Image |
Notes |
Aberlemno Sculptured Stones |
![Pierres pictes.jpg](/images/thumb/6/68/Pierres_pictes.jpg/90px-Pierres_pictes.jpg) |
Range of Pictish sculptured stones depicting a hunting scene, battle scene and an army of men |
Affleck Castle |
|
15th-century, L-shaped tower house |
Arbroath Abbey |
![Arbroath Abbey ruins - geograph.org.uk - 526756.jpg](/images/thumb/2/21/Arbroath_Abbey_ruins_-_geograph.org.uk_-_526756.jpg/90px-Arbroath_Abbey_ruins_-_geograph.org.uk_-_526756.jpg) |
Arbroath Abbey is famous for its association with the Declaration of Arbroath |
Ardestie Earth House |
![Ardestie Earth House.jpg](/images/thumb/5/5d/Ardestie_Earth_House.jpg/90px-Ardestie_Earth_House.jpg) |
A curved underground gallery |
Brechin Cathedral Round Tower |
![Brechin Round Tower and Brechin Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 536646.jpg](/images/thumb/9/92/Brechin_Round_Tower_and_Brechin_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_536646.jpg/90px-Brechin_Round_Tower_and_Brechin_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_536646.jpg) |
One of the two remaining round towers of the Irish type in Scotland |
Carlungie Earth House |
![Carlungie1.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f7/Carlungie1.jpg/90px-Carlungie1.jpg) |
A complex underground structure of Iron Age date |
Caterthuns |
![White Caterthun Hill Fort from Brown Caterthun - geograph.org.uk - 936081.jpg](/images/thumb/6/6d/White_Caterthun_Hill_Fort_from_Brown_Caterthun_-_geograph.org.uk_-_936081.jpg/90px-White_Caterthun_Hill_Fort_from_Brown_Caterthun_-_geograph.org.uk_-_936081.jpg) |
Two large hill forts |
Eassie Sculptured Stone |
![Sculptured Stone, Eassie Church - geograph.org.uk - 1275848.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e0/Sculptured_Stone%2C_Eassie_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1275848.jpg/90px-Sculptured_Stone%2C_Eassie_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1275848.jpg) |
An elaborately sculptured Pictish cross-slab |
Edzell Castle |
![Edzell Castle.jpg](/images/thumb/4/40/Edzell_Castle.jpg/90px-Edzell_Castle.jpg) |
Ruined 16th-century castle with an early-17th-century walled garden |
Lindsay Burial Aisle |
![Lindsay Burial Aisle 20090616.jpg](/images/thumb/4/4e/Lindsay_Burial_Aisle_20090616.jpg/90px-Lindsay_Burial_Aisle_20090616.jpg) |
Remains of the 14th-century Edzell Old Church |
Maison Dieu Chapel, Brechin |
![Maison Dieu - geograph.org.uk - 905127.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f7/Maison_Dieu_-_geograph.org.uk_-_905127.jpg/90px-Maison_Dieu_-_geograph.org.uk_-_905127.jpg) |
Part of the south wall of a chapel, belonging to a medieval hospital founded in the 1260s |
Restenneth Priory |
![Restenneth Priory (geograph 13755).jpg](/images/thumb/5/58/Restenneth_Priory_%28geograph_13755%29.jpg/90px-Restenneth_Priory_%28geograph_13755%29.jpg) |
A monastic house of Augustinian canons founded in 1153 |
St Orland's Stone |
![St Orlands Stone - geograph.org.uk - 138248.jpg](/images/thumb/8/89/St_Orlands_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_138248.jpg/90px-St_Orlands_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_138248.jpg) |
A tall, Pictish cross-slab with a prominent, ornate cross |
St Vigeans Sculptured Stones |
![St Vigeans Museum 20090616.jpg](/images/thumb/3/3f/St_Vigeans_Museum_20090616.jpg/90px-St_Vigeans_Museum_20090616.jpg) |
A collection of over 30 Pictish carved stones |
Tealing Dovecot |
![The Tealing Dovecote - geograph.org.uk - 12168.jpg](/images/thumb/d/d7/The_Tealing_Dovecote_-_geograph.org.uk_-_12168.jpg/90px-The_Tealing_Dovecote_-_geograph.org.uk_-_12168.jpg) |
A dovecot of the late 16th century |
Tealing Earth House |
![Tealing Souterrain - geograph.org.uk - 316583.jpg](/images/thumb/3/39/Tealing_Souterrain_-_geograph.org.uk_-_316583.jpg/90px-Tealing_Souterrain_-_geograph.org.uk_-_316583.jpg) |
An Iron Age earth house or souterrain |
Name
|
Image |
Notes |
Ardchattan Priory |
![ArdchattanPriory-pjt.jpg](/images/thumb/1/16/ArdchattanPriory-pjt.jpg/90px-ArdchattanPriory-pjt.jpg) |
The ruins of a Valliscaulian priory founded in 1230 and later converted to secular use. |
Bonawe Historic Iron Furnace |
![Bonawe Iron Furnace - geograph.org.uk - 93133.jpg](/images/thumb/2/2e/Bonawe_Iron_Furnace_-_geograph.org.uk_-_93133.jpg/90px-Bonawe_Iron_Furnace_-_geograph.org.uk_-_93133.jpg) |
The most complete charcoal-fuelled ironworks in Britain, founded in 1753. |
Carnasserie Castle |
![CarnasserieCastle002.jpg](/images/thumb/3/30/CarnasserieCastle002.jpg/90px-CarnasserieCastle002.jpg) |
Home of John Carswell, first Protestant Bishop of the Isles |
Castle Sween |
![Castle Sween - geograph.org.uk - 407507.jpg](/images/thumb/2/2c/Castle_Sween_-_geograph.org.uk_-_407507.jpg/90px-Castle_Sween_-_geograph.org.uk_-_407507.jpg) |
One of the earliest castles in Scotland |
Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel |
![Dunstaffnage Castle 20080428.jpg](/images/thumb/5/5a/Dunstaffnage_Castle_20080428.jpg/90px-Dunstaffnage_Castle_20080428.jpg) |
Stronghold of the MacDougalls |
Eileach an Naoimh |
![The monastery chapel, Eilach an Naoimh.jpg](/images/thumb/3/35/The_monastery_chapel%2C_Eilach_an_Naoimh.jpg/90px-The_monastery_chapel%2C_Eilach_an_Naoimh.jpg) |
Ruins of Early Christian beehive cells, a chapel and a graveyard on a small island in the Firth of Lorne |
St Cormac's Chapel, Eilean Mor |
![Eilean Mor Chapel.jpg](/images/thumb/7/7d/Eilean_Mor_Chapel.jpg/90px-Eilean_Mor_Chapel.jpg) |
A chapel on a small island in the Sound of Jura. Site includes St Cormac's Cross and St Cormac's Cave |
Inchkenneth Chapel |
![Inchkenneth Chapel 20120418 view from east.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f0/Inchkenneth_Chapel_20120418_view_from_east.jpg/90px-Inchkenneth_Chapel_20120418_view_from_east.jpg) |
Medieval church |
Iona Abbey |
![Abbey on the Isle of Iona - geograph.org.uk - 1459438.jpg](/images/thumb/8/85/Abbey_on_the_Isle_of_Iona_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1459438.jpg/90px-Abbey_on_the_Isle_of_Iona_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1459438.jpg) |
One of Scotland's most historic and sacred sites. |
Iona: Maclean's Cross |
![Maclean's Cross - geograph.org.uk - 742929.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e4/Maclean%27s_Cross_-_geograph.org.uk_-_742929.jpg/90px-Maclean%27s_Cross_-_geograph.org.uk_-_742929.jpg) |
A 15th-century free-standing cross |
Iona Nunnery |
![Iona Nunnery 14745.JPG](/images/thumb/4/4c/Iona_Nunnery_14745.JPG/90px-Iona_Nunnery_14745.JPG) |
One of the best-preserved medieval nunnery churches in the British Isles. |
Keills Chapel |
![Keills Chapel 20080427.jpg](/images/thumb/1/10/Keills_Chapel_20080427.jpg/90px-Keills_Chapel_20080427.jpg) |
A small West Highland chapel housing a collection of 12th-century grave slabs |
Kilberry Sculptured Stones |
![Kilberry Sculptured Stones 20100927 effigies.jpg](/images/thumb/5/55/Kilberry_Sculptured_Stones_20100927_effigies.jpg/90px-Kilberry_Sculptured_Stones_20100927_effigies.jpg) |
A collection of late-medieval sculptured stones gathered from the Kilberry estate. |
Kilchurn Castle |
![KilchurnCastle-pjt2.jpg](/images/thumb/3/3e/KilchurnCastle-pjt2.jpg/90px-KilchurnCastle-pjt2.jpg) |
Four-storey tower built in the mid-15th century by Sir Colin Campbell |
Kildalton Cross |
![Kildalton Church, stone cross - geograph.org.uk - 1650.jpg](/images/thumb/0/0b/Kildalton_Church%2C_stone_cross_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1650.jpg/90px-Kildalton_Church%2C_stone_cross_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1650.jpg) |
The finest intact high cross in Scotland carved in the late 8th century |
Kilmartin Glen: Achnabreck Cup And Ring Marks |
![Cup and Ring marked stone at Achnbreck, Argyllshire - geograph.org.uk - 1536578.jpg](/images/thumb/f/fb/Cup_and_Ring_marked_stone_at_Achnbreck%2C_Argyllshire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1536578.jpg/90px-Cup_and_Ring_marked_stone_at_Achnbreck%2C_Argyllshire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1536578.jpg) |
The exposed crest of a rocky ridge with well-preserved cup and ring marks of early prehistoric date. |
Kilmartin Glen: Ballygowan Cup And Ring Marks |
![Ballygowan Cup And Ring Marks 20120414.jpg](/images/thumb/e/ea/Ballygowan_Cup_And_Ring_Marks_20120414.jpg/90px-Ballygowan_Cup_And_Ring_Marks_20120414.jpg) |
Cup and ring marks on natural rock faces, of early prehistoric date. |
Kilmartin Glen: Baluachraig Cup And Ring Marks |
![Cup and ring markings - geograph.org.uk - 363148.jpg](/images/thumb/1/17/Cup_and_ring_markings_-_geograph.org.uk_-_363148.jpg/90px-Cup_and_ring_markings_-_geograph.org.uk_-_363148.jpg) |
Several groups of early prehistoric cup and ring marks on natural rock faces. Close to Dunchraigaig cairn. |
Kilmartin Glen: Cairnbaan Cup And Ring Marks |
![Cup and Ring markings on inscribed stone.jpg](/images/thumb/2/21/Cup_and_Ring_markings_on_inscribed_stone.jpg/90px-Cup_and_Ring_markings_on_inscribed_stone.jpg) |
Carved stone of the Bronze Age within Kilmartin Glen |
Kilmartin Glen: Dunadd Fort |
![Dunadd-Hillfort-CarvedPathway.JPG](/images/thumb/7/73/Dunadd-Hillfort-CarvedPathway.JPG/90px-Dunadd-Hillfort-CarvedPathway.JPG) |
Well-preserved hill fort of Kilmartin Glen |
Kilmartin Glen: Dunchraigaig Cairn |
![Dunchraigaig Cairn - geograph.org.uk - 1490827.jpg](/images/thumb/f/fb/Dunchraigaig_Cairn_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1490827.jpg/90px-Dunchraigaig_Cairn_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1490827.jpg) |
Bronze Age cairn within Kilmartin Glen |
Kilmartin Glen: Glebe Cairn, Kilmartin |
![Glebe Cairn and Kilmartin glen - geograph.org.uk - 831076.jpg](/images/thumb/f/fe/Glebe_Cairn_and_Kilmartin_glen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_831076.jpg/90px-Glebe_Cairn_and_Kilmartin_glen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_831076.jpg) |
Early Bronze Age burial cairn |
Kilmartin Glen: Kilmartin Sculptured Stones |
![Kilmartin Stones 05.jpg](/images/thumb/4/46/Kilmartin_Stones_05.jpg/90px-Kilmartin_Stones_05.jpg) |
Early-medieval and medieval crosses of Kilmartin Glen |
Kilmartin Glen: Kilmichael Glassary Cup And Ring Marks |
![Cup and Ring Mark Rock at Kilmichael Glassary - geograph.org.uk - 976382.jpg](/images/thumb/8/81/Cup_and_Ring_Mark_Rock_at_Kilmichael_Glassary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_976382.jpg/90px-Cup_and_Ring_Mark_Rock_at_Kilmichael_Glassary_-_geograph.org.uk_-_976382.jpg) |
Early prehistoric cup and ring carvings of Kilmartin Glen |
Nether Largie Cairns |
![NetherLargieSouth1.jpg](/images/thumb/9/9c/NetherLargieSouth1.jpg/90px-NetherLargieSouth1.jpg) |
A Neolithic and two Bronze Age cairns of Kilmartin Glen |
Ri Cruin Cairn |
![Ri Cruin Cairn - geograph.org.uk - 995038.jpg](/images/thumb/1/12/Ri_Cruin_Cairn_-_geograph.org.uk_-_995038.jpg/90px-Ri_Cruin_Cairn_-_geograph.org.uk_-_995038.jpg) |
Bronze Age burial cairn within Kilmartin Glen |
Temple Wood Stone Circles |
![Temple Wood Stone Circles 03.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f0/Temple_Wood_Stone_Circles_03.jpg/90px-Temple_Wood_Stone_Circles_03.jpg) |
Standing stones of Kilmartin Glen dating to about 3000 BC |
Kilmodan Sculptured Stones |
![Kilmodan Stones (8 and 9) - geograph.org.uk - 852041.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b2/Kilmodan_Stones_%288_and_9%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_852041.jpg/90px-Kilmodan_Stones_%288_and_9%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_852041.jpg) |
A group of West Highland carved grave slabs exhibited in a burial aisle within Kilmodan churchyard. |
Kilmory Knap Chapel |
![Kilmory Knap Chapel 20080427 - exterior.jpg](/images/thumb/7/72/Kilmory_Knap_Chapel_20080427_-_exterior.jpg/90px-Kilmory_Knap_Chapel_20080427_-_exterior.jpg) |
A small medieval chapel with a collection of typical West Highland grave slabs and some early medieval sculpture. |
Rothesay Castle |
![Rothesay Castle - geograph.org.uk - 952204.jpg](/images/thumb/d/d8/Rothesay_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_952204.jpg/90px-Rothesay_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_952204.jpg) |
Castle with a long and close association with the Stewart Kings of Scotland |
Skipness Castle and Chapel |
![Skipness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 408410.jpg](/images/thumb/5/5f/Skipness_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_408410.jpg/90px-Skipness_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_408410.jpg) |
A 13th-century castle with a 16th-century tower house in one corner |
St Blane's Church, Kingarth |
![St Blane's Church - outside.JPG](/images/thumb/8/8d/St_Blane%27s_Church_-_outside.JPG/90px-St_Blane%27s_Church_-_outside.JPG) |
A 12th-century Romanesque chapel |
St Mary's Chapel, Rothesay |
![High Kirk Churchyard, Rothesay - geograph.org.uk - 1289836.jpg](/images/thumb/6/6e/High_Kirk_Churchyard%2C_Rothesay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1289836.jpg/90px-High_Kirk_Churchyard%2C_Rothesay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1289836.jpg) |
Late-medieval remains of the chancel of the Parish Church of St Mary |
Name
|
Image |
Notes |
Barsalloch Fort |
![Barsalloch Fort 20080423 ditch.jpg](/images/thumb/3/33/Barsalloch_Fort_20080423_ditch.jpg/90px-Barsalloch_Fort_20080423_ditch.jpg) |
An Iron Age promontory fort, defended by a deep u-shaped ditch. |
Big Balcraig |
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Cup and ring marked rocks. |
Caerlaverock Castle |
![Caerlaverock Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1211185.jpg](/images/thumb/8/8c/Caerlaverock_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1211185.jpg/90px-Caerlaverock_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1211185.jpg) |
Castle with moat, twin towered gatehouse and imposing battlements |
Cairn Holy Chambered Cairns |
![Cairn Holy 2 August 2013.png](/images/thumb/7/79/Cairn_Holy_2_August_2013.png/90px-Cairn_Holy_2_August_2013.png) |
Two Neolithic burial cairns, of a type characteristic of Galloway. |
Cardoness Castle |
![Cardoness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 20368.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e0/Cardoness_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_20368.jpg/90px-Cardoness_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_20368.jpg) |
A well-preserved six-storey tower house of the McCulloch dating back to the 15th century. |
Carsluith Castle |
![Carsluith Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1733954.jpg](/images/thumb/6/6a/Carsluith_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1733954.jpg/90px-Carsluith_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1733954.jpg) |
A well-preserved ruin of a tower house of 16th-century date. |
Castle of Park |
![Castle of Park Glenluce exterior.JPG](/images/thumb/0/09/Castle_of_Park_Glenluce_exterior.JPG/90px-Castle_of_Park_Glenluce_exterior.JPG) |
16th-century L-plan tower house |
Chapel Finian |
![Chapel Finian.jpg](/images/thumb/b/bb/Chapel_Finian.jpg/90px-Chapel_Finian.jpg) |
Remains of a small chapel built in the Irish style |
Druchtag Motte |
![Druchtag Motte 01.jpg](/images/thumb/1/15/Druchtag_Motte_01.jpg/90px-Druchtag_Motte_01.jpg) |
An example of a motte castle |
Drumcoltran Tower |
![Drumcoltran Tower - geograph.org.uk - 20375.jpg](/images/thumb/e/ec/Drumcoltran_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_20375.jpg/90px-Drumcoltran_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_20375.jpg) |
A well-preserved mid 16th-century tower |
Drumtroddan Cup And Ring Marked Rocks |
![Cup and ring marked rocks near Drumtroddan farm - geograph.org.uk - 88204.jpg](/images/thumb/b/ba/Cup_and_ring_marked_rocks_near_Drumtroddan_farm_-_geograph.org.uk_-_88204.jpg/90px-Cup_and_ring_marked_rocks_near_Drumtroddan_farm_-_geograph.org.uk_-_88204.jpg) |
Three groups of well-defined cup and ring marks on bedrock probably carved in the Bronze Age |
Drumtroddan standing stones |
![Drumtroddan standing stones - geograph.org.uk - 91414.jpg](/images/thumb/7/71/Drumtroddan_standing_stones_-_geograph.org.uk_-_91414.jpg/90px-Drumtroddan_standing_stones_-_geograph.org.uk_-_91414.jpg) |
An alignment of three prehistoric stones |
Dundrennan Abbey |
![Dundrennan Abbey 2012 (1).jpg](/images/thumb/7/7b/Dundrennan_Abbey_2012_%281%29.jpg/90px-Dundrennan_Abbey_2012_%281%29.jpg) |
Cistercian abbey built in the latter half of the 12th century |
Glenluce Abbey |
![Glenluce Abbey (12c Cistercian) - geograph.org.uk - 490895.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c8/Glenluce_Abbey_%2812c_Cistercian%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_490895.jpg/90px-Glenluce_Abbey_%2812c_Cistercian%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_490895.jpg) |
Abbey founded around 1192 |
Kirkconnel Churchyard |
![Kirkconnel Church and Cemetery, Springkell - geograph.org.uk - 679426.jpg](/images/thumb/b/be/Kirkconnel_Church_and_Cemetery%2C_Springkell_-_geograph.org.uk_-_679426.jpg/90px-Kirkconnel_Church_and_Cemetery%2C_Springkell_-_geograph.org.uk_-_679426.jpg) |
Ruined church and tombstones |
Kirkmadrine Early Christian Stones |
![Kirkmadrine Stones - geograph.org.uk - 746592.jpg](/images/thumb/7/70/Kirkmadrine_Stones_-_geograph.org.uk_-_746592.jpg/90px-Kirkmadrine_Stones_-_geograph.org.uk_-_746592.jpg) |
Three of the earliest Christian memorial stones in Britain |
Laggangairn Standing Stones |
![Laggangairn Standing Stones - geograph.org.uk - 456.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f4/Laggangairn_Standing_Stones_-_geograph.org.uk_-_456.jpg/90px-Laggangairn_Standing_Stones_-_geograph.org.uk_-_456.jpg) |
Stones carved with early Christian crosses |
Lincluden Collegiate Church |
![Lincluden Collegiate Church - geograph.org.uk - 179803.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c1/Lincluden_Collegiate_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_179803.jpg/90px-Lincluden_Collegiate_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_179803.jpg) |
Remains of a collegiate church and the accommodation for its canons founded in 1389. |
Lochmaben Castle |
![Lochmaben Castle 01.jpg](/images/thumb/3/3c/Lochmaben_Castle_01.jpg/90px-Lochmaben_Castle_01.jpg) |
A Z-plan tower house |
MacLellan's Castle |
![MacLellan's Castle geograph.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e1/MacLellan%27s_Castle_geograph.jpg/90px-MacLellan%27s_Castle_geograph.jpg) |
Late 16th-century noble residence |
Merkland Cross |
![Merkland Cross, Kirtlebridge - geograph.org.uk - 1278111.jpg](/images/thumb/9/94/Merkland_Cross%2C_Kirtlebridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1278111.jpg/90px-Merkland_Cross%2C_Kirtlebridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1278111.jpg) |
A carved wayside cross of the 15th century |
Monreith Cross |
![Monreith Cross.JPG](/images/thumb/9/92/Monreith_Cross.JPG/90px-Monreith_Cross.JPG) |
A 10th-century carved stone cross |
Morton Castle |
![Morton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1510994.jpg](/images/thumb/d/db/Morton_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1510994.jpg/90px-Morton_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1510994.jpg) |
A late-13th-century hall house, a stronghold of the Douglases |
New Abbey Corn Mill |
![New Abbey Mill, Dumfriesshire - geograph.org.uk - 967282.jpg](/images/thumb/9/9f/New_Abbey_Mill%2C_Dumfriesshire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_967282.jpg/90px-New_Abbey_Mill%2C_Dumfriesshire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_967282.jpg) |
Fully restored water-powered corn mill |
Orchardton Tower |
![Orchardton Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1173682.jpg](/images/thumb/9/9c/Orchardton_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1173682.jpg/90px-Orchardton_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1173682.jpg) |
Tower house of the mid-15th-century |
Rispain Camp |
![Massage defensive ditch at Rispain Settlement - geograph.org.uk - 1552524.jpg](/images/thumb/2/27/Massage_defensive_ditch_at_Rispain_Settlement_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1552524.jpg/90px-Massage_defensive_ditch_at_Rispain_Settlement_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1552524.jpg) |
Rectangular settlement defended by a bank and ditch |
Ruthwell Cross |
![The Ruthwell Cross - geograph.org.uk - 116180.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e0/The_Ruthwell_Cross_-_geograph.org.uk_-_116180.jpg/90px-The_Ruthwell_Cross_-_geograph.org.uk_-_116180.jpg) |
Anglian Cross dating from the end of the 7th century |
St Ninian's Cave |
![St Ninian's Cave - entrance.jpg](/images/thumb/f/fa/St_Ninian%27s_Cave_-_entrance.jpg/90px-St_Ninian%27s_Cave_-_entrance.jpg) |
Cave traditionally associated with St Ninian |
St Ninian's Chapel |
![St Ninians Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 867425.jpg](/images/thumb/4/44/St_Ninians_Chapel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_867425.jpg/90px-St_Ninians_Chapel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_867425.jpg) |
Restored ruins of a 13th-century chapel, probably used by pilgrims on their way to Whithorn |
Sweetheart Abbey |
![Sweetheart Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 1393548.jpg](/images/thumb/9/96/Sweetheart_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1393548.jpg/90px-Sweetheart_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1393548.jpg) |
Abbey founded by Lady Dervorgilla of Galloway in memory of her husband John Balliol |
Threave Castle |
![Threave Castle 20080422.jpg](/images/thumb/7/74/Threave_Castle_20080422.jpg/90px-Threave_Castle_20080422.jpg) |
A 14th-century tower built by Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway, on an island in the River Dee |
Torhouse Stone Circle |
![Torhousekie Stone Row - geograph.org.uk - 1231667.jpg](/images/thumb/5/52/Torhousekie_Stone_Row_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1231667.jpg/90px-Torhousekie_Stone_Row_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1231667.jpg) |
A Bronze Age stone circle consisting of 19 boulders |
Wanlockhead Beam Engine |
![Wanlockhead Hydraulic Engine 05-08-29 22.jpeg](/images/thumb/0/0c/Wanlockhead_Hydraulic_Engine_05-08-29_22.jpeg/90px-Wanlockhead_Hydraulic_Engine_05-08-29_22.jpeg) |
An early-19th-century wooden water-balance pump for draining a lead mine |
Whithorn Priory |
![Whithorn Priory - interior of the nave - geograph.org.uk - 939571.jpg](/images/thumb/5/53/Whithorn_Priory_-_interior_of_the_nave_-_geograph.org.uk_-_939571.jpg/90px-Whithorn_Priory_-_interior_of_the_nave_-_geograph.org.uk_-_939571.jpg) |
Cradle of Christianity in Scotland |
Wren's Egg |
![Wren's Egg and Nest, bronze age cists, Blairbuy Farm.jpg](/images/thumb/7/7a/Wren%27s_Egg_and_Nest%2C_bronze_age_cists%2C_Blairbuy_Farm.jpg/90px-Wren%27s_Egg_and_Nest%2C_bronze_age_cists%2C_Blairbuy_Farm.jpg) |
Standing stone and Bronze Age cists |
Name
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Image |
Notes |
Abbey Strand |
![Abbey Strand buildings - geograph.org.uk - 1336710.jpg](/images/thumb/8/8f/Abbey_Strand_buildings_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336710.jpg/90px-Abbey_Strand_buildings_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1336710.jpg) |
Late 15th-century abbey church |
Corstorphine Dovecot |
![Corstorphine doocot, Dovecot Road - geograph.org.uk - 1407556.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b3/Corstorphine_doocot%2C_Dovecot_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1407556.jpg/90px-Corstorphine_doocot%2C_Dovecot_Road_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1407556.jpg) |
A large circular ‘beehive’ dovecot |
Craigmillar Castle |
![Craigmillar Castle 20061211.jpg](/images/thumb/d/d2/Craigmillar_Castle_20061211.jpg/90px-Craigmillar_Castle_20061211.jpg) |
A well-preserved medieval castle, with a tower house, courtyard and gardens. |
Eagle Rock, Cramond |
![Eagle Rock - geograph.org.uk - 34584.jpg](/images/thumb/2/23/Eagle_Rock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_34584.jpg/90px-Eagle_Rock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_34584.jpg) |
A much-defaced carving on natural rock |
Edinburgh Castle |
![EdinburghCastle-pjt.jpg](/images/thumb/6/6b/EdinburghCastle-pjt.jpg/90px-EdinburghCastle-pjt.jpg) |
World-famous castle which dominates the sky-line of the city of Edinburgh, |
Holyrood Abbey |
![Holyrood Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 568988.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f2/Holyrood_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_568988.jpg/90px-Holyrood_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_568988.jpg) |
The ruined nave of the 12th- and 13th-century abbey church, and a three-storey building on Abbey Strand from the late 15th or early 16th century |
Holyrood Palace |
![Holyrood Palace Edinburgh.jpg](/images/thumb/3/30/Holyrood_Palace_Edinburgh.jpg/90px-Holyrood_Palace_Edinburgh.jpg) |
16th-century residence of Scottish royal family |
Holyrood Park |
![Holyrood Park Arthurs seat DSC04961.JPG](/images/thumb/0/00/Holyrood_Park_Arthurs_seat_DSC04961.JPG/90px-Holyrood_Park_Arthurs_seat_DSC04961.JPG) |
Historic landscape in the heart of the city, with dramatic crags and hills |
St Triduana's Chapel, Restalrig Collegiate Church |
![St. Triduana's Well, Restalrig.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b7/St._Triduana%27s_Well%2C_Restalrig.jpg/90px-St._Triduana%27s_Well%2C_Restalrig.jpg) |
Shrine of St Triduana, a Pictish saint |
Trinity House |
![Trinity House Leith - geograph.org.uk - 2616099.jpg](/images/thumb/7/78/Trinity_House_Leith_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2616099.jpg/90px-Trinity_House_Leith_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2616099.jpg) |
Home to a collection of maritime memorabilia |
Name
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Image |
Notes |
Antonine Wall: Castlecary |
![Castlecary, Roman Fort - geograph.org.uk - 2786156.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b9/Castlecary%2C_Roman_Fort_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2786156.jpg/90px-Castlecary%2C_Roman_Fort_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2786156.jpg) |
The low earthworks of a fort |
Antonine Wall: Rough Castle |
![Antonine Wall near Rough Castle Fort.jpg](/images/thumb/5/5e/Antonine_Wall_near_Rough_Castle_Fort.jpg/90px-Antonine_Wall_near_Rough_Castle_Fort.jpg) |
Best-preserved length of rampart and ditch |
Antonine Wall: Seabegs Wood |
![Antonine Wall at Seabegs Wood - geograph.org.uk - 930380.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a7/Antonine_Wall_at_Seabegs_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_930380.jpg/90px-Antonine_Wall_at_Seabegs_Wood_-_geograph.org.uk_-_930380.jpg) |
A stretch of rampart and ditch with the military way behind |
Antonine Wall: Watling Lodge |
![Antonine's Wall at Watling Lodge - geograph.org.uk - 1140335.jpg](/images/thumb/5/5a/Antonine%27s_Wall_at_Watling_Lodge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1140335.jpg/90px-Antonine%27s_Wall_at_Watling_Lodge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1140335.jpg) |
A stretch of rampart and ditch |
Blackness Castle |
![Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1122497.jpg](/images/thumb/4/4d/Blackness_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1122497.jpg/90px-Blackness_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1122497.jpg) |
Castle built by one of Scotland's most powerful families, the Crichtons |
Kinneil House |
![Kinneil House.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a7/Kinneil_House.jpg/90px-Kinneil_House.jpg) |
15th-century tower remodelled by the Earl of Arran |
Westquarter Dovecot |
![Westquarter Dovecote - geograph.org.uk - 1292134.jpg](/images/thumb/4/4e/Westquarter_Dovecote_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1292134.jpg/90px-Westquarter_Dovecote_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1292134.jpg) |
Rectangular dovecot with a heraldic panel dated 1647 |
Name
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Image |
Notes |
Aberdour Castle |
![Aberdour Castle -tower ruins.jpg](/images/thumb/d/d6/Aberdour_Castle_-tower_ruins.jpg/90px-Aberdour_Castle_-tower_ruins.jpg) |
Castle with a walled garden and terraces with a dovecot |
Culross Abbey |
![Culross Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 1309404.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e4/Culross_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1309404.jpg/90px-Culross_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1309404.jpg) |
The remains of a Cistercian monastery founded in 1217 |
Dogton Stone |
![Dogton Class III Pictish Cross Slab - geograph.org.uk - 938666.jpg](/images/thumb/4/4e/Dogton_Class_III_Pictish_Cross_Slab_-_geograph.org.uk_-_938666.jpg/90px-Dogton_Class_III_Pictish_Cross_Slab_-_geograph.org.uk_-_938666.jpg) |
Once a free-standing cross probably of 9th-century date |
Dunfermline Abbey |
![Dunfermline Abbey 20080503 from the south.jpg](/images/thumb/1/1e/Dunfermline_Abbey_20080503_from_the_south.jpg/90px-Dunfermline_Abbey_20080503_from_the_south.jpg) |
The Abbey Church is the last resting place of many Scottish kings and queens |
Dunfermline Palace |
![Scotland Dunfermline 20070725 0034.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f2/Scotland_Dunfermline_20070725_0034.jpg/90px-Scotland_Dunfermline_20070725_0034.jpg) |
Former Scottish royal palace |
Inchcolm Abbey |
![Inchcolm Abbey, Inchcolm, Firth of Forth, Scotland-9April2011.jpg](/images/thumb/1/1b/Inchcolm_Abbey%2C_Inchcolm%2C_Firth_of_Forth%2C_Scotland-9April2011.jpg/90px-Inchcolm_Abbey%2C_Inchcolm%2C_Firth_of_Forth%2C_Scotland-9April2011.jpg) |
Group of monastic buildings located on the island of Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth |
Ravenscraig Castle |
![Ravenscraig Castle - geograph.org.uk - 937193.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c1/Ravenscraig_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_937193.jpg/90px-Ravenscraig_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_937193.jpg) |
One of the earliest artillery forts in Scotland |
Scotstarvit Tower |
![Scotstarvit Tower.jpg](/images/thumb/7/76/Scotstarvit_Tower.jpg/90px-Scotstarvit_Tower.jpg) |
Renowned as the home of Sir John Scot |
St Andrews Castle |
![St Andrews Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1240215.jpg](/images/thumb/9/99/St_Andrews_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1240215.jpg/90px-St_Andrews_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1240215.jpg) |
The main residence of the bishops and archbishops of St Andrews |
St Andrews Cathedral |
![St Andrews Cathedral Ruins Front.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b1/St_Andrews_Cathedral_Ruins_Front.jpg/90px-St_Andrews_Cathedral_Ruins_Front.jpg) |
Remains of medieval Scotland's largest and most magnificent church |
St Andrews: Blackfriars Chapel |
![Black Friars Chapel, St Andrews - geograph.org.uk - 139882.jpg](/images/thumb/6/68/Black_Friars_Chapel%2C_St_Andrews_-_geograph.org.uk_-_139882.jpg/90px-Black_Friars_Chapel%2C_St_Andrews_-_geograph.org.uk_-_139882.jpg) |
A vaulted side apse survives of this church of Dominican friars, which was built in about 1516. |
St Andrews: St Mary's Church, Kirkheugh |
![St Mary's Church Kirkheugh 20080503.jpg](/images/thumb/0/0a/St_Mary%27s_Church_Kirkheugh_20080503.jpg/90px-St_Mary%27s_Church_Kirkheugh_20080503.jpg) |
Earliest collegiate church in Scotland |
St Andrews: West Port |
![West Port, St Andrews - geograph.org.uk - 139791.jpg](/images/thumb/8/8f/West_Port%2C_St_Andrews_-_geograph.org.uk_-_139791.jpg/90px-West_Port%2C_St_Andrews_-_geograph.org.uk_-_139791.jpg) |
One of the few surviving city gates in Scotland |
St Bridget's Kirk |
![St. Bridget's Kirk.jpg](/images/thumb/5/56/St._Bridget%27s_Kirk.jpg/90px-St._Bridget%27s_Kirk.jpg) |
The shell of a medieval church |
Name
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Image |
Notes |
Ardclach Bell Tower |
![Ardclach Bell Tower 20110521.jpg](/images/thumb/3/3c/Ardclach_Bell_Tower_20110521.jpg/90px-Ardclach_Bell_Tower_20110521.jpg) |
A fortified bell tower built in 1655 on the hill above the parish church of Ardclach |
Beauly Priory |
![Beauly Priory - geograph.org.uk - 481286.jpg](/images/thumb/d/d9/Beauly_Priory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_481286.jpg/90px-Beauly_Priory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_481286.jpg) |
The ruined church of a Valliscaulian priory, one of three founded in 1230 |
Bridge of Oich |
![Bridge of Oich - geograph.org.uk - 889985.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a7/Bridge_of_Oich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_889985.jpg/90px-Bridge_of_Oich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_889985.jpg) |
Suspension bridge |
Cairn o'Get |
![Cairn of Get.. - geograph.org.uk - 1365221.jpg](/images/thumb/8/81/Cairn_of_Get.._-_geograph.org.uk_-_1365221.jpg/90px-Cairn_of_Get.._-_geograph.org.uk_-_1365221.jpg) |
A horned and chambered burial cairn |
Carn Liath |
![Carn Liath - geograph.org.uk - 422935.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f4/Carn_Liath_-_geograph.org.uk_-_422935.jpg/90px-Carn_Liath_-_geograph.org.uk_-_422935.jpg) |
A typical Sutherland broch |
Castle of Old Wick |
![OldCastleWick.jpg](/images/thumb/d/da/OldCastleWick.jpg/90px-OldCastleWick.jpg) |
The ruin of the best-preserved Norse castle in Scotland |
Clava Cairns |
![Clava Cairns - geograph.org.uk - 476673.jpg](/images/thumb/d/d0/Clava_Cairns_-_geograph.org.uk_-_476673.jpg/90px-Clava_Cairns_-_geograph.org.uk_-_476673.jpg) |
A well-preserved Bronze Age cemetery |
Cnoc Freiceadain Long Cairns |
![Cnoc Freiceadain 20090614 South Cairn.jpg](/images/thumb/3/3e/Cnoc_Freiceadain_20090614_South_Cairn.jpg/90px-Cnoc_Freiceadain_20090614_South_Cairn.jpg) |
Two unexcavated long-horned burial cairns of Neolithic date |
Corrimony Chambered Cairn |
![Inner chamber of Corrimony Cairn - geograph.org.uk - 1320229.jpg](/images/thumb/6/68/Inner_chamber_of_Corrimony_Cairn_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1320229.jpg/90px-Inner_chamber_of_Corrimony_Cairn_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1320229.jpg) |
An excavated passage grave of probable Bronze Age date |
Dun Beag |
![Dun Beag Broch - geograph.org.uk - 961829.jpg](/images/thumb/5/5a/Dun_Beag_Broch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_961829.jpg/90px-Dun_Beag_Broch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_961829.jpg) |
A fine example of a Hebridean broch |
Dun Dornaigil |
![Dun Dornaigil broch - geograph.org.uk - 263968.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a7/Dun_Dornaigil_broch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_263968.jpg/90px-Dun_Dornaigil_broch_-_geograph.org.uk_-_263968.jpg) |
A well-preserved broch |
Fort George |
![Mortar at Fort George. - geograph.org.uk - 115142.jpg](/images/thumb/c/ca/Mortar_at_Fort_George._-_geograph.org.uk_-_115142.jpg/90px-Mortar_at_Fort_George._-_geograph.org.uk_-_115142.jpg) |
The mightiest artillery fortification in Britain |
Fortrose Cathedral |
![Fortrose Cathedral Ross & Cromarty - Black Isle - Scotland.jpg](/images/thumb/8/83/Fortrose_Cathedral_Ross_%26_Cromarty_-_Black_Isle_-_Scotland.jpg/90px-Fortrose_Cathedral_Ross_%26_Cromarty_-_Black_Isle_-_Scotland.jpg) |
Beautiful red sandstone cathedral |
Glenelg Brochs: Dun Telve and Dun Troddan |
![Dun Telve - geograph.org.uk - 188336.jpg](/images/thumb/8/8f/Dun_Telve_-_geograph.org.uk_-_188336.jpg/90px-Dun_Telve_-_geograph.org.uk_-_188336.jpg) |
Two broch towers |
Grey Cairns of Camster |
![Camster Cairns.JPG](/images/thumb/6/60/Camster_Cairns.JPG/90px-Camster_Cairns.JPG) |
Two chambered burial cairns of Neolithic date |
Hill O' Many Stanes |
![Hill o' Many Stanes 20090613 02.jpg](/images/thumb/3/36/Hill_o%27_Many_Stanes_20090613_02.jpg/90px-Hill_o%27_Many_Stanes_20090613_02.jpg) |
More than 22 rows of low slabs |
Hilton of Cadboll Chapel |
![Hilton of Cadboll Chapel 20090615.jpg](/images/thumb/3/3f/Hilton_of_Cadboll_Chapel_20090615.jpg/90px-Hilton_of_Cadboll_Chapel_20090615.jpg) |
The foundations of a small rectangular chapel, with a reproduction of a Pictish stone nearby |
Inverlochy Castle |
![Inverlochy Castle PICT6929.jpg](/images/thumb/7/72/Inverlochy_Castle_PICT6929.jpg/90px-Inverlochy_Castle_PICT6929.jpg) |
One of Scotland's earliest stone castles |
Knocknagael Boar Stone |
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A rough slab incised with the Pictish symbols, kept in the Highland Council offices, Inverness |
Ruthven Barracks |
![NE Barrack Block, Ruthven Barracks - geograph.org.uk - 198125.jpg](/images/thumb/3/33/NE_Barrack_Block%2C_Ruthven_Barracks_-_geograph.org.uk_-_198125.jpg/90px-NE_Barrack_Block%2C_Ruthven_Barracks_-_geograph.org.uk_-_198125.jpg) |
An infantry barracks erected in 1719 following the Jacobite rising of 1715 |
St Mary's Chapel, Crosskirk |
![St Mary's Church (Crosskirk) 20090614 02.jpg](/images/thumb/7/7c/St_Mary%27s_Church_%28Crosskirk%29_20090614_02.jpg/90px-St_Mary%27s_Church_%28Crosskirk%29_20090614_02.jpg) |
A simple dry-stone chapel |
Urquhart Castle |
![Scotland-Urquhart Castle1.JPG](/images/thumb/e/e4/Scotland-Urquhart_Castle1.JPG/90px-Scotland-Urquhart_Castle1.JPG) |
Once one of Scotland's largest castles, on the banks of Loch Ness |
Name
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Image |
Notes |
Chesters Hill Fort |
![Chesters 4.jpg](/images/thumb/1/10/Chesters_4.jpg/90px-Chesters_4.jpg) |
One of the best-preserved Iron Age hill forts in Scotland |
Dirleton Castle |
![Dirleton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 556066.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a9/Dirleton_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_556066.jpg/90px-Dirleton_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_556066.jpg) |
Medieval fortified residence with garden |
Doonhill Homestead |
![Doonhill Homestad 20100919 palisade and entrance.jpg](/images/thumb/5/50/Doonhill_Homestad_20100919_palisade_and_entrance.jpg/90px-Doonhill_Homestad_20100919_palisade_and_entrance.jpg) |
A rare site of the Anglian occupation of southeast Scotland |
Dunglass Collegiate Church |
![Dunglass Church from the north-west - geograph.org.uk - 1249606.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c5/Dunglass_Church_from_the_north-west_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1249606.jpg/90px-Dunglass_Church_from_the_north-west_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1249606.jpg) |
Church founded in 1450 |
Hailes Castle |
![Hailes Castle - geograph.org.uk - 658094.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b0/Hailes_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_658094.jpg/90px-Hailes_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_658094.jpg) |
A ruin incorporating a fortified manor of 13th-century date |
Lauderdale Aisle, St Mary's Church |
![St Mary's Church (Haddington) 20100920 Lauderdale Aisle.jpg](/images/thumb/4/4e/St_Mary%27s_Church_%28Haddington%29_20100920_Lauderdale_Aisle.jpg/90px-St_Mary%27s_Church_%28Haddington%29_20100920_Lauderdale_Aisle.jpg) |
The former sacristy of the great 15th-century St Mary's Collegiate Church, Haddington |
Ormiston Market Cross |
![Ormiston Main Street - geograph.org.uk - 662480.jpg](/images/thumb/3/3b/Ormiston_Main_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_662480.jpg/90px-Ormiston_Main_Street_-_geograph.org.uk_-_662480.jpg) |
Free-standing 15th-century cross |
Preston Market Cross |
![Preston Mercat Cross.jpg](/images/thumb/0/0f/Preston_Mercat_Cross.jpg/90px-Preston_Mercat_Cross.jpg) |
The only surviving example of a market cross of its type on its original site |
Seton Collegiate Church |
![Seton Church - geograph.org.uk - 1273623.jpg](/images/thumb/2/23/Seton_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1273623.jpg/90px-Seton_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1273623.jpg) |
Ecclesiastical kirk set in wooded surroundings |
St Martin's Kirk, Haddington |
![St Martin's Church , Haddington - geograph.org.uk - 631062.jpg](/images/thumb/9/9a/St_Martin%27s_Church_%2C_Haddington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_631062.jpg/90px-St_Martin%27s_Church_%2C_Haddington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_631062.jpg) |
Remains of a Romanesque church |
Tantallon Castle |
![Tantallon Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1803318.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f6/Tantallon_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1803318.jpg/90px-Tantallon_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1803318.jpg) |
Seat of the Douglas Earls of Angus, one of the most powerful baronial families in Scotland |
Name
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Image |
Notes |
Auchindoun Castle |
![Auchindoun Castle Keep - geograph.org.uk - 1369170.jpg](/images/thumb/9/9c/Auchindoun_Castle_Keep_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1369170.jpg/90px-Auchindoun_Castle_Keep_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1369170.jpg) |
Castle built about 1480 by Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Mar |
Balvenie Castle |
![BalvenieCastle-pjt2.jpg](/images/thumb/7/7c/BalvenieCastle-pjt2.jpg/90px-BalvenieCastle-pjt2.jpg) |
Ruined castle built in the 12th century by a branch of the powerful Comyn family |
Burghead Well |
![Burghead Well 20080430 01.jpg](/images/thumb/a/ad/Burghead_Well_20080430_01.jpg/90px-Burghead_Well_20080430_01.jpg) |
A rock-cut well |
Dallas Dhu Historic Distillery |
![Dallas Dhu Distillery - geograph.org.uk - 1275480.jpg](/images/thumb/6/65/Dallas_Dhu_Distillery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1275480.jpg/90px-Dallas_Dhu_Distillery_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1275480.jpg) |
Distillery built in 1898 to produce malt whisky for Glasgow firm Wright and Greig's popular ‘Roderick Dhu’ blend |
Deskford Church |
![Deskford Kirk - geograph.org.uk - 483496.jpg](/images/thumb/0/0b/Deskford_Kirk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_483496.jpg/90px-Deskford_Kirk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_483496.jpg) |
Small late medieval church |
Duffus Castle |
![Duffuscastle 21.jpg](/images/thumb/3/38/Duffuscastle_21.jpg/90px-Duffuscastle_21.jpg) |
One of the finest examples of a motte and bailey castle in Scotland |
Elgin Cathedral |
![ElginCathedral-pjt.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e3/ElginCathedral-pjt.jpg/90px-ElginCathedral-pjt.jpg) |
Home to Scotland's finest octagonal chapter house |
Elgin Cathedral: Bishop's House |
![Bishop's Lodge - geograph.org.uk - 885744.jpg](/images/thumb/7/72/Bishop%27s_Lodge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_885744.jpg/90px-Bishop%27s_Lodge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_885744.jpg) |
Partially ruined 15th-century defensible L-plan town house, within the precincts of Elgin Cathedral |
Elgin Cathedral: Pans Port |
![Pansport.jpg](/images/thumb/9/90/Pansport.jpg/90px-Pansport.jpg) |
The only surviving medieval archway of Elgin Cathedral's precinct walls |
Spynie Palace |
![Spynie Palace.jpg](/images/thumb/3/33/Spynie_Palace.jpg/90px-Spynie_Palace.jpg) |
Residence of the bishops of Moray |
St Peter's Kirk and Parish Cross, Duffus |
![St Peter's Kirk, Duffus 20080430 01.jpg](/images/thumb/3/37/St_Peter%27s_Kirk%2C_Duffus_20080430_01.jpg/90px-St_Peter%27s_Kirk%2C_Duffus_20080430_01.jpg) |
Remains of a 14th-century western tower and a 16th-century vaulted porch |
Sueno's Stone |
![Sueno's Stone - geograph.org.uk - 1275518.jpg](/images/thumb/2/2a/Sueno%27s_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1275518.jpg/90px-Sueno%27s_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1275518.jpg) |
Pictish monument |
Name
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Image |
Notes |
Barnhouse |
![Barnhouse04.jpg](/images/thumb/5/5b/Barnhouse04.jpg/90px-Barnhouse04.jpg) |
Neolithic settlement |
Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall |
![Bishop's Palace.jpg](/images/thumb/4/4c/Bishop%27s_Palace.jpg/90px-Bishop%27s_Palace.jpg) |
Palace built for the first bishop of Orkney |
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn |
![Blackhammer Chambered Cairn 20110525.jpg](/images/thumb/a/ab/Blackhammer_Chambered_Cairn_20110525.jpg/90px-Blackhammer_Chambered_Cairn_20110525.jpg) |
Neolithic burial cairn |
Braeside chambered cairn |
![Braeside chambered tomb, Eday - geograph.org.uk - 224635.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e2/Braeside_chambered_tomb%2C_Eday_-_geograph.org.uk_-_224635.jpg/90px-Braeside_chambered_tomb%2C_Eday_-_geograph.org.uk_-_224635.jpg) |
Neolithic chambered cairn |
Breckness Castle |
![Breckness House - geograph.org.uk - 260001.jpg](/images/thumb/0/01/Breckness_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_260001.jpg/90px-Breckness_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_260001.jpg) |
17th-century mansion house |
Broch of Gurness |
![Broch of Gurness2.jpg](/images/thumb/7/75/Broch_of_Gurness2.jpg/90px-Broch_of_Gurness2.jpg) |
Iron-Age broch and surrounding settlement |
Brough of Birsay |
![Ruins of village on the Brough of Birsay in summer 2012 (9).JPG](/images/thumb/0/06/Ruins_of_village_on_the_Brough_of_Birsay_in_summer_2012_%289%29.JPG/90px-Ruins_of_village_on_the_Brough_of_Birsay_in_summer_2012_%289%29.JPG) |
Site featuring Pictish and Norse power-base with Pictish well |
Brough of Deerness |
![Chapel_on_the_Brough_of_Deerness,_remains_2014](/images/thumb/f/f4/Chapel_on_the_Brough_of_Deerness%2C_remains_2014.jpg/90px-Chapel_on_the_Brough_of_Deerness%2C_remains_2014.jpg) |
Site of an 11th-century norse chapel and Viking settlement |
Cobbie Row's Castle |
![Cubby Roo's Castle.jpg](/images/thumb/9/9d/Cubby_Roo%27s_Castle.jpg/90px-Cubby_Roo%27s_Castle.jpg) |
One of the earliest stone castles to survive in Scotland |
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn |
![Cuween Hill, front external view, 2012 March.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a9/Cuween_Hill%2C_front_external_view%2C_2012_March.jpg/90px-Cuween_Hill%2C_front_external_view%2C_2012_March.jpg) |
Neolithic chambered tomb |
Dounby Click Mill |
![Click Mill, Dounby, Orkney - geograph.org.uk - 71634.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e8/Click_Mill%2C_Dounby%2C_Orkney_-_geograph.org.uk_-_71634.jpg/90px-Click_Mill%2C_Dounby%2C_Orkney_-_geograph.org.uk_-_71634.jpg) |
The last surviving horizontal water mill in Orkney |
Dwarfie Stane |
![Dwarfie stane by Bruce McAdam.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e4/Dwarfie_stane_by_Bruce_McAdam.jpg/90px-Dwarfie_stane_by_Bruce_McAdam.jpg) |
Neolithic burial chamber |
Earl's Bu |
![Earl's Bu 20110602 from north.jpg](/images/thumb/a/ad/Earl%27s_Bu_20110602_from_north.jpg/90px-Earl%27s_Bu_20110602_from_north.jpg) |
Remains of a medieval manor house |
Earl's Palace, Birsay |
![Earl's Palace, Birsay - geograph.org.uk - 954238.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a9/Earl%27s_Palace%2C_Birsay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_954238.jpg/90px-Earl%27s_Palace%2C_Birsay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_954238.jpg) |
16th-century remains of the residence of Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney |
Earl's Palace, Kirkwall |
![Earl's Palace, Kirkwall - geograph.org.uk - 490123.jpg](/images/thumb/d/df/Earl%27s_Palace%2C_Kirkwall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_490123.jpg/90px-Earl%27s_Palace%2C_Kirkwall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_490123.jpg) |
17th-century palace built by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney |
Eynhallow Church |
![Eynhallow Church 20110526 from northwest.jpg](/images/thumb/4/42/Eynhallow_Church_20110526_from_northwest.jpg/90px-Eynhallow_Church_20110526_from_northwest.jpg) |
Ruined 12th-century monastic church |
Grain Earth House |
![Grain Earth House door.jpg](/images/thumb/9/98/Grain_Earth_House_door.jpg/90px-Grain_Earth_House_door.jpg) |
Iron Age earth house |
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery |
![Hackness Martello Tower and Battery 20110601 Martello Tower.jpg](/images/thumb/8/85/Hackness_Martello_Tower_and_Battery_20110601_Martello_Tower.jpg/90px-Hackness_Martello_Tower_and_Battery_20110601_Martello_Tower.jpg) |
19th century fort and battery on the island of South Walls |
Holland House, Papa Westray |
![Holland House - geograph.org.uk - 176583.jpg](/images/thumb/9/9a/Holland_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176583.jpg/90px-Holland_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_176583.jpg) |
Early 19th century farm complex built by Laird Thomas Traill |
Holm of Papa Westray Chambered Cairn |
![Inside the chambered cairn on the Holm of Papa Westray - geograph.org.uk - 1364571.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c8/Inside_the_chambered_cairn_on_the_Holm_of_Papa_Westray_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1364571.jpg/90px-Inside_the_chambered_cairn_on_the_Holm_of_Papa_Westray_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1364571.jpg) |
A massive tomb |
Huntersquoy chambered cairn |
![Huntersquoy chambered cairn, Eday - geograph.org.uk - 224640.jpg](/images/thumb/1/10/Huntersquoy_chambered_cairn%2C_Eday_-_geograph.org.uk_-_224640.jpg/90px-Huntersquoy_chambered_cairn%2C_Eday_-_geograph.org.uk_-_224640.jpg) |
Neolithic chambered cairn |
Knap of Howar |
![Knap of Howar, Papa Westray, Orkney - geograph.org.uk - 11402.jpg](/images/thumb/7/70/Knap_of_Howar%2C_Papa_Westray%2C_Orkney_-_geograph.org.uk_-_11402.jpg/90px-Knap_of_Howar%2C_Papa_Westray%2C_Orkney_-_geograph.org.uk_-_11402.jpg) |
Probably the oldest standing stone houses in north-west Europe |
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn |
![Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn 20110525.jpg](/images/thumb/4/41/Knowe_of_Yarso_Chambered_Cairn_20110525.jpg/90px-Knowe_of_Yarso_Chambered_Cairn_20110525.jpg) |
An oval cairn with concentric walls enclosing a Neolithic chambered tomb |
Lady Kirk |
![Pierowall Lady Kirk - geograph.org.uk - 953499.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e4/Pierowall_Lady_Kirk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_953499.jpg/90px-Pierowall_Lady_Kirk_-_geograph.org.uk_-_953499.jpg) |
17th-century church on the island of Westray |
Links of Noltland |
![Links of Noltland 20110529 03.jpg](/images/thumb/1/19/Links_of_Noltland_20110529_03.jpg/90px-Links_of_Noltland_20110529_03.jpg) |
Sand dunes seal and protect significant prehistoric remains |
Maeshowe Chambered Cairn |
![Maes Howe, Henge Monument - geograph.org.uk - 490083.jpg](/images/thumb/b/bc/Maes_Howe%2C_Henge_Monument_-_geograph.org.uk_-_490083.jpg/90px-Maes_Howe%2C_Henge_Monument_-_geograph.org.uk_-_490083.jpg) |
The finest chambered tomb in north-west Europe |
Midhowe Broch |
![Midhowe Broch 20110525 southern part of interior.jpg](/images/thumb/6/6f/Midhowe_Broch_20110525_southern_part_of_interior.jpg/90px-Midhowe_Broch_20110525_southern_part_of_interior.jpg) |
A well-preserved broch, with remains of later buildings around it |
Midhowe Chambered Cairn |
![Mid Howe chambered cairn - geograph.org.uk - 1302023.jpg](/images/thumb/4/4f/Mid_Howe_chambered_cairn_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1302023.jpg/90px-Mid_Howe_chambered_cairn_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1302023.jpg) |
A megalithic chambered tomb of Neolithic date |
Noltland Castle |
![Noltland Castle 20110529.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b6/Noltland_Castle_20110529.jpg/90px-Noltland_Castle_20110529.jpg) |
A ruined Z-plan tower, built between 1560 and 1573 but never completed |
Orphir Round Church |
![Orphir Church 20110602.jpg](/images/thumb/4/45/Orphir_Church_20110602.jpg/90px-Orphir_Church_20110602.jpg) |
Remains of early 12th-century round church next to Earl's Bu |
Quanterness chambered cairn |
![Chambered Cairn and Farm House - geograph.org.uk - 1075905.jpg](/images/thumb/3/33/Chambered_Cairn_and_Farm_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1075905.jpg/90px-Chambered_Cairn_and_Farm_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1075905.jpg) |
Neolithic chambered cairn |
Quoygrew settlement, Westray |
![West View Quoygrew Westray Orkneys Jul14 DSC 5421.jpg](/images/thumb/0/0c/West_View_Quoygrew_Westray_Orkneys_Jul14_DSC_5421.jpg/90px-West_View_Quoygrew_Westray_Orkneys_Jul14_DSC_5421.jpg) |
Medieval norse settlement on the island of Westray |
Quoyness Chambered Cairn |
![Quoyness Chambered Cairn - geograph.org.uk - 86230.jpg](/images/thumb/8/8b/Quoyness_Chambered_Cairn_-_geograph.org.uk_-_86230.jpg/90px-Quoyness_Chambered_Cairn_-_geograph.org.uk_-_86230.jpg) |
A megalithic tomb containing a passage and main chamber, with six subsidiary cells |
Rennibister Earth House |
![Support Column and cupboard - geograph.org.uk - 1423597.jpg](/images/thumb/4/4d/Support_Column_and_cupboard_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1423597.jpg/90px-Support_Column_and_cupboard_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1423597.jpg) |
An Orkney earth house |
Ring of Brodgar |
![Ring of Brodgar - geograph.org.uk - 1340266.jpg](/images/thumb/5/5e/Ring_of_Brodgar_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1340266.jpg/90px-Ring_of_Brodgar_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1340266.jpg) |
A circle of upright stones with an enclosing ditch spanned by causeways, dating to late Neolithic period |
Skara Brae |
![Looking down into one of the dwellings at Skara Brae - geograph.org.uk - 1574813.jpg](/images/thumb/1/1f/Looking_down_into_one_of_the_dwellings_at_Skara_Brae_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1574813.jpg/90px-Looking_down_into_one_of_the_dwellings_at_Skara_Brae_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1574813.jpg) |
One of the best preserved groups of prehistoric houses in Western Europe, part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site |
Stenness Kirk |
![Stenness Kirk 02.jpg](/images/thumb/9/9a/Stenness_Kirk_02.jpg/90px-Stenness_Kirk_02.jpg) |
19th-century parish church |
St Boniface's Church, Papa Westray |
![St boniface kirk and churchyard.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a3/St_boniface_kirk_and_churchyard.jpg/90px-St_boniface_kirk_and_churchyard.jpg) |
Historic church on Papa Westray |
St Magnus Church, Egilsay |
![St Magnus Kirk and graveyard - geograph.org.uk - 1302651.jpg](/images/thumb/2/2a/St_Magnus_Kirk_and_graveyard_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1302651.jpg/90px-St_Magnus_Kirk_and_graveyard_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1302651.jpg) |
Ruin of a 12th-century church, graveyard still in use |
St. Mary's Chapel, Wyre |
![St Mary's Chapel on Wyre - geograph.org.uk - 233493.jpg](/images/thumb/2/27/St_Mary%27s_Chapel_on_Wyre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_233493.jpg/90px-St_Mary%27s_Chapel_on_Wyre_-_geograph.org.uk_-_233493.jpg) |
Ruin of a 12th-century chapel and graveyard |
Stones of Stenness |
![Stones of stennes.jpg](/images/thumb/d/da/Stones_of_stennes.jpg/90px-Stones_of_stennes.jpg) |
The remains of a stone circle surrounded by remains of a circular earthen bank |
Taversöe Tuick Chambered Cairn |
![Taversoe Tuick - geograph.org.uk - 1448351.jpg](/images/thumb/c/ca/Taversoe_Tuick_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1448351.jpg/90px-Taversoe_Tuick_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1448351.jpg) |
Neolithic chambered cairn |
Tormiston Mill |
![Tormiston Mill - geograph.org.uk - 583017.jpg](/images/thumb/c/cc/Tormiston_Mill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_583017.jpg/90px-Tormiston_Mill_-_geograph.org.uk_-_583017.jpg) |
A late example of a Scottish watermill |
Unstan Chambered Cairn |
![Unstan Tomb - geograph.org.uk - 582990.jpg](/images/thumb/4/45/Unstan_Tomb_-_geograph.org.uk_-_582990.jpg/90px-Unstan_Tomb_-_geograph.org.uk_-_582990.jpg) |
A mound covering a stone burial chamber divided by slabs into five compartments |
Vinquoy chambered cairn |
![Vinquoy chambered tomb Eday.jpg](/images/thumb/2/2c/Vinquoy_chambered_tomb_Eday.jpg/90px-Vinquoy_chambered_tomb_Eday.jpg) |
Neolithic chambered cairn |
Watchstone |
![The Watch Stone, Stenness, Orkney - geograph.org.uk - 1280036.jpg](/images/thumb/5/5f/The_Watch_Stone%2C_Stenness%2C_Orkney_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1280036.jpg/90px-The_Watch_Stone%2C_Stenness%2C_Orkney_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1280036.jpg) |
Standing stone northwest of the Stones of Stenness |
Westside Church, Tuquoy |
![Westside Church - Tuquoy 20110529 view from northwest.jpg](/images/thumb/6/63/Westside_Church_-_Tuquoy_20110529_view_from_northwest.jpg/90px-Westside_Church_-_Tuquoy_20110529_view_from_northwest.jpg) |
A small 12th-century nave-and-chancel church |
Wideford Hill chambered cairn |
![Wideford Hill Tomb - the old way in - geograph.org.uk - 883703.jpg](/images/thumb/3/34/Wideford_Hill_Tomb_-_the_old_way_in_-_geograph.org.uk_-_883703.jpg/90px-Wideford_Hill_Tomb_-_the_old_way_in_-_geograph.org.uk_-_883703.jpg) |
A Neolithic chambered cairn with three concentric walls and a burial chamber with three large cells |
Name
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Image |
Notes |
Abernethy Round Tower |
![Abernethy rooftops - geograph.org.uk - 81725.jpg](/images/thumb/2/2b/Abernethy_rooftops_-_geograph.org.uk_-_81725.jpg/90px-Abernethy_rooftops_-_geograph.org.uk_-_81725.jpg) |
One of the two round towers of Irish style surviving in Scotland, dating from the end of the 11th century. |
Ardunie Roman Signal Station |
![Ardunie Roman watchtower - geograph.org.uk - 94977.jpg](/images/thumb/4/43/Ardunie_Roman_watchtower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_94977.jpg/90px-Ardunie_Roman_watchtower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_94977.jpg) |
The site of a Roman watch tower dating to the first century |
Balvaird Castle |
![Balvaird Castle - geograph.org.uk - 355823.jpg](/images/thumb/2/2f/Balvaird_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_355823.jpg/90px-Balvaird_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_355823.jpg) |
A late-15th-century tower on an L plan, extended in 1581 by the addition of a walled courtyard and gatehouse. |
Blackhill Camp |
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Parts of the defences of two Roman marching camps lying to the north of Ardoch Roman Fort |
Burleigh Castle |
![Burleigh Castle, Milnathort.jpg](/images/thumb/3/3b/Burleigh_Castle%2C_Milnathort.jpg/90px-Burleigh_Castle%2C_Milnathort.jpg) |
Complete ruin of a tower house of about 1500 |
Dunfallandy Stone |
![Dunfallandy Stone 3.jpg](/images/thumb/d/db/Dunfallandy_Stone_3.jpg/90px-Dunfallandy_Stone_3.jpg) |
A well-preserved Pictish cross-slab |
Dunkeld Cathedral |
![Dunkeld Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 971393.jpg](/images/thumb/0/09/Dunkeld_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_971393.jpg/90px-Dunkeld_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_971393.jpg) |
Cathedral containing a fine effigy of the Robert III's brother |
Elcho Castle |
![Elcho Castle - geograph.org.uk - 700208.jpg](/images/thumb/5/54/Elcho_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_700208.jpg/90px-Elcho_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_700208.jpg) |
Complete 16th-century fortified mansion |
Fowlis Wester Sculptured Stone |
![Fowlis Wester village square - geograph.org.uk - 47572.jpg](/images/thumb/4/49/Fowlis_Wester_village_square_-_geograph.org.uk_-_47572.jpg/90px-Fowlis_Wester_village_square_-_geograph.org.uk_-_47572.jpg) |
A tall cross-slab with Pictish symbols |
Huntingtower Castle |
![Huntingtower Castle, near Perth.jpg](/images/thumb/5/58/Huntingtower_Castle%2C_near_Perth.jpg/90px-Huntingtower_Castle%2C_near_Perth.jpg) |
The House of Ruthven containing a fine painted ceiling |
Innerpeffray Chapel |
![Innerpeffray Chapel 20090616 from southwest.jpg](/images/thumb/4/4f/Innerpeffray_Chapel_20090616_from_southwest.jpg/90px-Innerpeffray_Chapel_20090616_from_southwest.jpg) |
A rectangular collegiate church founded in 1508 |
Kirkhill Roman Watchtower |
![Kirkhill Roman watchtower - geograph.org.uk - 94957.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f5/Kirkhill_Roman_watchtower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_94957.jpg/90px-Kirkhill_Roman_watchtower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_94957.jpg) |
Remains of Roman watchtower dating to the 1st-century |
Lochleven Castle |
![Loch Leven Castle - geograph.org.uk - 454466.jpg](/images/thumb/0/0f/Loch_Leven_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_454466.jpg/90px-Loch_Leven_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_454466.jpg) |
The setting for the most traumatic year in the life of Mary Queen of Scots |
Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum |
![Meigle Museum.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c6/Meigle_Museum.jpg/90px-Meigle_Museum.jpg) |
Museum housing a collection of carved stones dating from the late eighth to the late tenth centuries |
Muir o' Fauld Roman Signal Station |
![Muir O'Fauld watchtower - geograph.org.uk - 94961.jpg](/images/thumb/a/ad/Muir_O%27Fauld_watchtower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_94961.jpg/90px-Muir_O%27Fauld_watchtower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_94961.jpg) |
The site of a 1st-century Roman watch tower on the Gask Ridge |
Muthill Old Church and Tower |
![Muthill Old Church 20090617 from northeast.jpg](/images/thumb/e/ef/Muthill_Old_Church_20090617_from_northeast.jpg/90px-Muthill_Old_Church_20090617_from_northeast.jpg) |
Ruins of an important medieval parish church |
St Mary's Church, Grandtully |
![St Mary's Church and graveyard at Grandtully - geograph.org.uk - 560473.jpg](/images/thumb/0/0a/St_Mary%27s_Church_and_graveyard_at_Grandtully_-_geograph.org.uk_-_560473.jpg/90px-St_Mary%27s_Church_and_graveyard_at_Grandtully_-_geograph.org.uk_-_560473.jpg) |
A 16th-century parish church |
St Serf's Church, Dunning and Dupplin Cross |
![St Serf's Church (Dunning) 20090617.jpg](/images/thumb/9/98/St_Serf%27s_Church_%28Dunning%29_20090617.jpg/90px-St_Serf%27s_Church_%28Dunning%29_20090617.jpg) |
Picturesque parish church with Pictish cross |
St Serf's Inch Priory |
![St Serf's Inch Priory - geograph.org.uk - 2938925.jpg](/images/thumb/0/0f/St_Serf%27s_Inch_Priory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2938925.jpg/90px-St_Serf%27s_Inch_Priory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2938925.jpg) |
Ruins of 12th-century priory on St Serf's Inch island in Loch Leven |
Stanley Mills |
![Mid and East Mills at Stanley (geograph 3166622).jpg](/images/thumb/9/99/Mid_and_East_Mills_at_Stanley_%28geograph_3166622%29.jpg/90px-Mid_and_East_Mills_at_Stanley_%28geograph_3166622%29.jpg) |
A unique complex of water-powered cotton mills situated on the River Tay. |
Sunnybrae Cottage |
![Sunnybrae Cottage - geograph.org.uk - 658435.jpg](/images/thumb/5/5c/Sunnybrae_Cottage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_658435.jpg/90px-Sunnybrae_Cottage_-_geograph.org.uk_-_658435.jpg) |
Possibly the oldest house in Pitlochry |
Tullibardine Chapel |
![Tullibardine Chapel, near Auchterarder, Perthshire - geograph.org.uk - 47954.jpg](/images/thumb/9/98/Tullibardine_Chapel%2C_near_Auchterarder%2C_Perthshire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_47954.jpg/90px-Tullibardine_Chapel%2C_near_Auchterarder%2C_Perthshire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_47954.jpg) |
One of the most complete and unaltered small medieval churches in Scotland |
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Cross Kirk, Peebles |
![Cross Kirk Peebles 2.jpg](/images/thumb/0/03/Cross_Kirk_Peebles_2.jpg/90px-Cross_Kirk_Peebles_2.jpg) |
Remains of a Trinitarian Friary |
Dere Street Roman Road, Soutra |
![Dere Street Farm sign - geograph.org.uk - 1668462.jpg](/images/thumb/8/84/Dere_Street_Farm_sign_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1668462.jpg/90px-Dere_Street_Farm_sign_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1668462.jpg) |
Stretch of Roman road |
Dryburgh Abbey |
![Dryburgh Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 320387.jpg](/images/thumb/a/a1/Dryburgh_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_320387.jpg/90px-Dryburgh_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_320387.jpg) |
Medieval abbey ruins |
Edin's Hall Broch |
![EdinsHallBroch.jpg](/images/thumb/1/11/EdinsHallBroch.jpg/90px-EdinsHallBroch.jpg) |
One of the few Iron Age brochs in lowland Scotland |
Edrom Arch |
![Edrom Norman Arch, Berwickshire - geograph.org.uk - 122162.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e9/Edrom_Norman_Arch%2C_Berwickshire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122162.jpg/90px-Edrom_Norman_Arch%2C_Berwickshire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_122162.jpg) |
Romanesque doorway in the graveyard of Edrom church |
Foulden Tithe Barn |
![Foulden Tithe Barn 02.jpg](/images/thumb/3/3a/Foulden_Tithe_Barn_02.jpg/90px-Foulden_Tithe_Barn_02.jpg) |
A two-storey barn used for storing payments made in grain to the parish church |
Greenknowe Tower |
![Greenknowe Tower 20080421 02.jpg](/images/thumb/f/f1/Greenknowe_Tower_20080421_02.jpg/90px-Greenknowe_Tower_20080421_02.jpg) |
Tower house built in 1581 |
Hermitage Castle |
![Hermitage Castle (2477738925).jpg](/images/thumb/3/3f/Hermitage_Castle_%282477738925%29.jpg/90px-Hermitage_Castle_%282477738925%29.jpg) |
13/14th-century castle |
Jedburgh Abbey |
![Jedburgh Abbey01.jpg](/images/thumb/4/4d/Jedburgh_Abbey01.jpg/90px-Jedburgh_Abbey01.jpg) |
Abbey, founded in 1138, which was a frequent target for invading border armies. |
Kelso Abbey |
![Kelso Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 339257.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b0/Kelso_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_339257.jpg/90px-Kelso_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_339257.jpg) |
West end of the great abbey church of the Tironensians |
Melrose Abbey |
![Melrose Abbey (HDR) (7986068694).jpg](/images/thumb/2/26/Melrose_Abbey_%28HDR%29_%287986068694%29.jpg/90px-Melrose_Abbey_%28HDR%29_%287986068694%29.jpg) |
Ruined abbey on a grand scale with lavishly decorated masonry |
Melrose Abbey: Commendator's House |
![The Commendator's House - geograph.org.uk - 784924.jpg](/images/thumb/c/c2/The_Commendator%27s_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_784924.jpg/90px-The_Commendator%27s_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_784924.jpg) |
15th-century accommodations for the Abbey Commendator |
Smailholm Tower |
![Smailholm Tower 22407 from N.jpg](/images/thumb/8/80/Smailholm_Tower_22407_from_N.jpg/90px-Smailholm_Tower_22407_from_N.jpg) |
Well-preserved 15th-century rectangular tower |
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Image |
Notes |
Cambuskenneth Abbey |
![Cambuskenneth Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 546593.jpg](/images/thumb/8/80/Cambuskenneth_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_546593.jpg/90px-Cambuskenneth_Abbey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_546593.jpg) |
Home to the tomb of James III and Queen Margaret and a display of medieval graveslabs and architectural fragments. |
Doune Castle |
![Doune Castle - geograph.org.uk - 955070.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e6/Doune_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_955070.jpg/90px-Doune_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_955070.jpg) |
A late-14th-century courtyard castle built for the Regent Albany |
Doune Roman Fort |
![The site of the Roman fort, Doune - geograph.org.uk - 3609851.jpg](/images/thumb/b/b0/The_site_of_the_Roman_fort%2C_Doune_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3609851.jpg/90px-The_site_of_the_Roman_fort%2C_Doune_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3609851.jpg) |
Roman fort from the 1st-century |
Dunblane Cathedral |
![Dunblane Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 744605.jpg](/images/thumb/4/4c/Dunblane_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_744605.jpg/90px-Dunblane_Cathedral_-_geograph.org.uk_-_744605.jpg) |
Medieval church. The lower part of the tower is Romanesque, but the larger part of the building is of the 13th century. |
Inchmahome Priory |
![Inchmahome Priory - geograph.org.uk - 173038.jpg](/images/thumb/0/07/Inchmahome_Priory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_173038.jpg/90px-Inchmahome_Priory_-_geograph.org.uk_-_173038.jpg) |
Augustinian monastery dating from 1238 set on an island in the Lake of Menteith |
Stirling Castle |
![Stirling Castle - geograph.org.uk - 339210.jpg](/images/thumb/7/72/Stirling_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_339210.jpg/90px-Stirling_Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_339210.jpg) |
One of Scotland's grandest castles due to its imposing position and impressive architecture. |
Stirling: Argyll's Lodging |
![Stirling - Argyll's Lodging.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e0/Stirling_-_Argyll%27s_Lodging.jpg/90px-Stirling_-_Argyll%27s_Lodging.jpg) |
A near-complete example of a 17th-century townhouse. |
Stirling: King's Knot |
![Stirling Castle 016.jpg](/images/thumb/e/e4/Stirling_Castle_016.jpg/90px-Stirling_Castle_016.jpg) |
Earthworks of a formal garden |
Stirling: Mar's Wark |
![Mar's Wark.JPG](/images/thumb/6/62/Mar%27s_Wark.JPG/90px-Mar%27s_Wark.JPG) |
Renaissance mansion built by the Earl of Mar |
Stirling: Old Bridge |
![Old Bridge, Stirling - geograph.org.uk - 29192.jpg](/images/thumb/b/ba/Old_Bridge%2C_Stirling_-_geograph.org.uk_-_29192.jpg/90px-Old_Bridge%2C_Stirling_-_geograph.org.uk_-_29192.jpg) |
A bridge built in the 15th or early 16th century |