Historic Attractions in Scotland
Subcategory: Abbeys, Churches & Cathedrals, Historic Buildings or Historic Sites & Monuments
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
A British politician and substantial landowner the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 1806 -1884, is best remembered in Edinburgh as...
Garnethill, Glasgow, G3 6QN
Glasgow, more than any Scottish city, is associated with tenements. This first-floor flat is a typical late Victorian...
Helensburgh, G84 9AJ
This is considered to be the finest house designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and demonstrates his approach to complete...
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH1 2HH
Situated at the foot of The West Bow, Victoria Street.This was the first of the well heads built to supply water to the...
Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, KA5 5RB
In this 17th century thatched house in Tarbolton, Robert Burns and friends formed a debating club in 1780. Burns attended...
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
A boarding school, it was established in 1847 to feed, shelter and educate some of the Old Town’s many destitute children.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
This memorial to the Duke of Wellington, victor over the French at the Battle of Waterloo in 1816, was erected in 1852.
Edinburgh, EH1 2EP
One of Edinburgh’s oldest churches it has been rebuilt many times. The present church was built in 1894, but...
Edinburgh, EH1 1RE
Known as the ‘Father of Firefighting’, James Braidwood at the age of 24, founded the world’s first municipal fire...
Edinburgh, EH1 3BJ
This 90 foot obelisk, in the Calton Burial Ground, is sometimes known as the ‘Hamilton Obelisk’and was erected in 1844...
Edinburgh, EH1 1SR
The oldest house on the Royal Mile, with an exhibition on its two most famous residents. John Knox and James Mossman.
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.
| 1 | Duke of Buccleuch Statue | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | |
| 2 | Tenement House (NTS) | Garnethill, Glasgow, G3 6QN | |
| 3 | Hill House (NTS) | Helensburgh, G84 9AJ | |
| 4 | West Bow Well | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH1 2HH | |
| 5 | Finavon Doocot (NTS) | Finavon, Scotland, UK | |
| 6 | Bute House | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | |
| 7 | Bachelor's Club (NTS) | Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, KA5 5RB | |
| 8 | Ragged School | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | |
| 9 | Duke of Wellington Statue | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | |
| 10 | St Cuthbert’s Church | Edinburgh, EH1 2EP | |
| 11 | James Braidwood Statue | Edinburgh, EH1 1RE | |
| 12 | Political Martyrs’ Monument | Edinburgh, EH1 3BJ | |
| 13 | John Knox House and Scottish Storytelling Centre | Edinburgh, EH1 1SR | |
| 14 | Formaston Cross Slab | The Lodge on the Loch, Aboyne, AB34 5BR | |
| 15 | Weavers Cottage Museum (NTS) | Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, PA10 2JG |
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