List of historic sites in Scotland

There are thousands of 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 industrial heritage sites and museums. A few of the best known are listed below:

Sites and monuments

Neolithic sites

• Callanish, Lewis
• Corrimony, Glen Urquhart (Glenurquhart)
• Croftmoraig, Perthshire
• Kilmartin Glen, Argyll
• Machrie Moor, Arran
• Maeshowe, Orkney
• Ring of Brodgar, Orkney
• Skara Brae, Orkney
• Standing Stones of Stenness, Orkney

Pictish stones

Roman sites

• Antonine Wall, Scottish Lowlands
• Trimontium, Scottish Borders

Castles

Abbeys

Cathedrals

Historic houses

Monuments

• Wallace Monument, Stirling
• National Monument, Edinburgh
• Nelson Monument, Edinburgh
• Scott Monument, Edinburgh

Historic sites and battles

• Stirling Bridge, 1297
• Bannockburn 1314
• Killiecrankie, 1689
• Glenfinnan, (Raising of Standard in 1745, see Jacobitism)
• Culloden, 1746

Museums

See also

• History of Scotland
• Tourism in Scotland.

External links

• Historic Environment Scotland (official government agency)
• The National Trust for Scotland
• National Museums of Scotland

This page was last edited on 13 November 2022, at 06:46