Historic Sites in Scotland
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While it is often thought that Scottish history began with the Jacobites, there are thousands of much older historic sites and attractions in Scotland. These include Neolithic Standing stones and Stone Circles, Bronze Age settlements, Iron Age Brochs and Crannogs, Pictish stones, Roman forts and camps, Viking settlements, Mediaeval castles, and early Christian settlements. Scotland also played an important role in the development of the modern world, and there are many are industrial heritage sites and museums. A few of the best known are listed below:
Neolithic sites
- Scara Brae, Orkney
- Stones of Steness, Orkney
- Ring of Brodgar, Orkney
- Callanish, Lewis
- Corrimony, Glen Urquhart
- Croftmoraig, Perthshire
- Machrie Moor, Arran
Pictish stones and museums
See Pictish stones.
Roman sites
Castles, Abbeys and Historic Houses
- Castle Tioram, Moidart
- Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness
- Inverness Castle
- Stirling Castle
- Edinburgh Castle
- Blair Castle, Perthshire
- Scone Palace, Perthshire
- Iona Abbey, Mull, Argyll
- Dunkeld Cathedral, Perthshire
- St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney
- Arbroath Abbey, Angus
- Fort Augustus Abbey
- Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders
- Jedburgh Abbey, Scottish Borders
- Glasgow Cathedral
- Linlithgow Palace, Midlothian
- Traquair House, Scottish Borders
- Abbotsford House, Scottish Borders
- Palace of Holyrood, Edinburgh
- Wallace Monument, Stirling
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.
External links
- National Museums of Scotland (http://www.nms.ac.uk)
- Historic Scotland (official government agency) (http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk)
- Highland Folk Museum (http://highlandfolk.com)
- Glasgow Museums (http://clyde-valley.com/glasgow/museums.htm)
- People's Palace (Glasgow) (http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/html/about/palace/palace.htm)