Historic Sites In Scotland

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Historic Sites In Scotland

Neolithic sites

Scara Brae , Orkney

Stones Of Stenness , Orkney

Ring Of Brodgar , Orkney

Callanish , Lewis

Corrimony , Glen Urquhart

Croftmoraig , Perthshire

Machrie Moor , Arran

Pictish stones and museums

Main article: Pictish Stones

Roman sites

Antonine Wall , Scottish Lowlands

Trimontium , Scottish Borders

Castles

Main article: Castles In Scotland

Castle Tioram , Moidart

Urquhart Castle , Loch Ness

Inverness Castle

Stirling Castle

Edinburgh Castle

Blair Castle , Perthshire

Scone Palace , Perthshire

Abbeys

Main article: Abbeys And Priories In Scotland

Arbroath Abbey , Angus

Fort Augustus Abbey

Iona Abbey , Iona , Argyll

Melrose Abbey , Scottish Borders

Jedburgh Abbey , Scottish Borders

Cathedrals

Main article: List Of Cathedrals In The United Kingdom#Scotland

Dunkeld Cathedral , Perthshire

Glasgow Cathedral

St. Magnus Cathedral , Kirkwall , Orkney

Historic houses

Linlithgow Palace , West Lothian

Traquair House , Scottish Borders

Abbotsford House , Scottish Borders

Palace Of Holyrood , Edinburgh

Monuments

Wallace Monument , Stirling

National Monument , Edinburgh

Nelson's Monument , Edinburgh

Scott Monument

Historic sites and battles

Stirling Bridge , 1297

Bannockburn 1314

Killiecrankie , 1689

Glenfinnan , (Raising of Standard in 1745 , see Jacobitism )

Culloden , 1746

Social History

Highland Folk Museum , Scottish Highlands

Atholl Country Life Museum , Perthshire

Georgian House , Edinburgh

New Lanark , South Lanarkshire

People's Palace , Glasgow

Scotland Street School Museum , Glasgow

Springburn Museum , Glasgow

The National Museum Of Scotland in Edinburgh has the largest collection of historic artifacts, but there are many other smaller museums in Scotland with important collections. See also History Of Scotland and Tourism In Scotland .

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National Museums of Scotland

Historic Scotland (official government agency)

Highland Folk Museum

Glasgow Museums

People's Palace (Glasgow)