Historic Attractions in Scotland

Scotland, UK

The oldest existing rock lighthouse in the British Isles, it marks the notorious Bell or Inchcape Rock, a largely...

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

On top of Calton Hill this is one of Edinburgh’s most photographed monuments. It was erected in 1831 in memory of Dugald...

South Victoria Dock Road, Dundee, DD1 3BP

HM Frigate Unicorn is the oldest British-built warship afloat and Scotland's only example of a wooden warship.

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Scotland, UK

Britain’s most northerly lighthouse was built in 1858 on the highest of a series of offshore skerries. Designed by David...

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

The oldest lead cast statue in Britain, portraying Charles II as a Roman emperor, it was completed in 1685 a month before...

Scotland, UK

Lit in 1897 and decommissioned in 2007, Tod Head lies south of Stonehaven and near Catterline, a picturesque, though often...

Scotland, UK

Scotland’s first mainland light house, completed in 1787, was really a 16th century castle with a light placed on top of...

Stirlingshire, FK7 0LJ

One of the most important historic sites in Scotland where, in 1314, King Robert the Bruce routed Edward II's army to win...

The Lodge on the Loch, Aboyne, AB34 5BR

Formaston Cross Slab

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Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

This simple memorial at the top of the Grassmarket marks the spot where over a 100 Covenanters were hanged for their...

Rowardennan, by Drymen, Stirlingshire, G63 0AR

Archaeological traces of typical post-medieval farming settlement, linked by an enjoyable trail with guide leaflet.

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Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, G72 9BY

Scotland's most famous explorer and missionary was born here in Shuttlerow in 1813. Today the 18th-century tenement...

Scotland, UK

Conspicuous on the approach to Lerwick from the south, this lighthouse was completed in 1858 and can be reached by road...

Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6JJ

The Royal Yacht Britannia is permanently moored in Edinburgh's historic port of Leith, only 2 miles from the city centre.

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Nr. Tomintoul, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, Scotland, UK

An attractive plaque, beside the well on the A939 records how five companies of the 33rd Regiment built this section of...

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