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Historic Attractions in Scotland

Subcategory: Abbeys, Churches & Cathedrals, Castles & Stately Homes, Heritage Centres & Ships, Historic Buildings or Towns & Villages

Culross Palace (NTS)
Culross Palace (NTS)

Culross, Fife, KY12 8JH

This delightful small royal burgh on the north shore of the Forth provides a striking introduction to Scottish domestic...

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Glenfinnan Monument (NTS)
Glenfinnan Monument (NTS)

Glenfinnan, Inverness-shire, PH37 4LT

This impressive monument was erected in 1815 by Alexander Macdonald of Glenaladale in tribute to the clansmen who fought...

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Weavers Cottage Museum (NTS)
Weavers Cottage Museum (NTS)

Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, PA10 2JG

This typical 18th-century handloom weaver's cottage houses the last of 800 looms working in this village in the 1830's.

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Tartan Weaving Mill
Tartan Weaving Mill

Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

This historic building constructed in 1851 was for many years the principal reservoir of the city of Edinburgh. It held...

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  • General Register House
    General Register House

    Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

    The first purpose built record repository in Britain, it was designed in the late 18th century by Robert Adam and...

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  • Craigievar Castle (NTS)
    Craigievar Castle (NTS)

    Alford, Aberdeenshire, AB33 8JF

    This fairytale-like castle is one of the most perfect tower houses of its period in Scotland.

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    Culross (NTS)
    Culross (NTS)

    Culross, Fife, KY12 8JH

    This delightful small royal burgh on the north shore of the Forth provides a striking introduction to Scottish domestic...

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    House of Dun and Garden (NTS)
    House of Dun and Garden (NTS)

    Montrose, Angus, DD10 9LQ

    A beautiful Georgian house overlooking the Montrose Basin, with a collection of family portraits, furniture and porcelain....

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    Edinburgh Central Library
    Edinburgh Central Library

    Edinburgh, EH1 1EG

    This is one of the many libraries in the UK founded by Andrew Carnegie – the Scottish American industrialist and...

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  • Mellerstain House and Gardens
    Mellerstain House and Gardens

    Gordon, Borders, TD3 6LG

    One of Scotland's finest stately homes of unique Adam design. Exquisite gardens & parkland - idyllic setting for days out.

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    Dunrobin Castle, Garden and Museum
    Dunrobin Castle, Garden and Museum

    Golspie, Sutherland, KW10 6SF

    This ancient seat of the Dukes and Earls of Sutherland is the largest house in the Scottish Highlands. Re-modelled in the...

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  • Edinburgh City Chambers
    Edinburgh City Chambers

    Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

    This impressive building and piazza just off the Royal Mile was designed by John Adam as a forum for city merchants to...

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  • Governor’s House
    Governor’s House

    Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

    This castellated, turreted house is all that remains of Calton Jail built in 1817, at that time the largest prison in...

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  • Royal High School
    Royal High School

    Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

    Built for the Royal High School, Edinburgh’s oldest school, and completed in 1829, these classical buildings hardly look...

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  • St Marys Parish Church
    St Marys Parish Church

    Haddington, East Lothian, EH41 3JB

    Amazing C14th cathedral size church ruined C16 battle. Nave only till choir/transepts restored 1973! Windows, carvings,...

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    1 Culross Palace (NTS) Culross, Fife, KY12 8JH 3 stars
    2 Glenfinnan Monument (NTS) Glenfinnan, Inverness-shire, PH37 4LT 3 stars
    3 Weavers Cottage Museum (NTS) Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, PA10 2JG 3 stars
    4 Tartan Weaving Mill Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    5 General Register House Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    6 Craigievar Castle (NTS) Alford, Aberdeenshire, AB33 8JF 3 stars
    7 Culross (NTS) Culross, Fife, KY12 8JH 3 stars
    8 House of Dun and Garden (NTS) Montrose, Angus, DD10 9LQ 4 stars
    9 Edinburgh Central Library Edinburgh, EH1 1EG
    10 Mellerstain House and Gardens Gordon, Borders, TD3 6LG 4 stars
    11 Dunrobin Castle, Garden and Museum Golspie, Sutherland, KW10 6SF
    12 Edinburgh City Chambers Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    13 Governor’s House Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    14 Royal High School Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    15 St Marys Parish Church Haddington, East Lothian, EH41 3JB 3 stars

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