List of Historic Environment Scotland properties

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This list includes the historic houses, castles, abbeys, museums and other buildings and monuments in the care of Historic Environment Scotland (HES). HES (Scottish Gaelic: Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland’s historic environment. It maintains over 300 properties, that together attract more than 3 million visitors annually.[1]

Aberdeen

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St Machar's Cathedral Transepts Thumb The ruined transepts of St Machar's Cathedral
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Aberdeenshire

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Brandsbutt Symbol Stone Thumb An early Pictish symbol stone
Corgarff Castle Thumb Tower house surrounded by a star-shaped perimeter wall of 18th-century date.
Cullerlie Stone Circle Thumb A circle of eight stones
Culsh Earth House Thumb A well-preserved underground passage
Deer Abbey Thumb Remains of a Cistercian monastery
Duff House Thumb Early Georgian mansion designed by William Adam for the Earl of Fife.
Dyce Symbol Stones Thumb Two Pictish stones, one with the older type of incised symbols
Easter Aquhorthies Stone Circle Thumb A recumbent stone circle about 4000 years old
Glenbuchat Castle Thumb A Z-plan tower house
Huntly Castle Thumb Ruined baronial residence
Invercauld Bridge Thumb Old Bridge of Dee dating back to 1752, part of the military road built by engineer Major William Caulfield
Kildrummy Castle Thumb 13th-century castle
Kinkell Church Thumb Ruins of a 16th-century parish church
Kinnaird Head Castle Lighthouse And Museum Thumb 16th-century castle altered in 1787 to take the first lighthouse built by the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses
Kinnaird Head Winetower Thumb 16th-century tower
Knock Castle Thumb 16th-century keep
Loanhead Stone Circle Thumb The best known of a group of recumbent stone circles
Maiden Stone Thumb Pictish cross slab of the 9th century AD
Memsie Cairn Thumb A large stone-built cairn, possibly of Bronze Age date, but enlarged during field clearance during the last two centuries.
Peel Ring of Lumphanan Thumb Site of a fortified residence
Picardy Symbol Stone Thumb Pictish symbol stones
St Mary's Kirk, Auchindoir Thumb Medieval parish church
Tarves Medieval Tomb Thumb Altar tomb of William Forbes
Tolquhon Castle Thumb Castle built by William Forbes, 7th Laird of Tolquhon, from 1584 to 1589
Tomnaverie Stone Circle Thumb A recumbent stone circle about 4000 years old
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Angus

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Aberlemno Sculptured Stones Thumb Range of Pictish sculptured stones depicting a hunting scene, battle scene and an army of men
Affleck Castle 15th-century, L-shaped tower house
Arbroath Abbey Thumb Arbroath Abbey is famous for its association with the Declaration of Arbroath
Ardestie Earth House Thumb A curved underground gallery
Brechin Cathedral Round Tower Thumb One of the two remaining round towers of the Irish type in Scotland
Carlungie Earth House Thumb A complex underground structure of Iron Age date
Caterthuns Thumb Two large hill forts
Eassie Sculptured Stone Thumb An elaborately sculptured Pictish cross-slab
Edzell Castle Thumb Ruined 16th-century castle with an early-17th-century walled garden
Lindsay Burial Aisle Thumb Remains of the 14th-century Edzell Old Church
Maison Dieu Chapel, Brechin Thumb Part of the south wall of a chapel, belonging to a medieval hospital founded in the 1260s
Restenneth Priory Thumb A monastic house of Augustinian canons founded in 1153
St Orland's Stone Thumb A tall, Pictish cross-slab with a prominent, ornate cross
St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Thumb A collection of over 30 Pictish carved stones
Tealing Dovecot Thumb A dovecot of the late 16th century
Tealing Earth House Thumb An Iron Age earth house or souterrain
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Argyll and Bute

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Ardchattan Priory Thumb The ruins of a Valliscaulian priory founded in 1230 and later converted to secular use.
Bonawe Historic Iron Furnace Thumb The most complete charcoal-fuelled ironworks in Britain, founded in 1753.
Carnasserie Castle Thumb Home of John Carswell, first Protestant Bishop of the Isles
Castle Sween Thumb One of the earliest castles in Scotland
Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel Thumb Stronghold of the MacDougalls
Eileach an Naoimh Thumb Ruins of Early Christian beehive cells, a chapel and a graveyard on a small island in the Firth of Lorne
St Cormac's Chapel, Eilean Mor Thumb A chapel on a small island in the Sound of Jura. Site includes St Cormac's Cross and St Cormac's Cave
Inchkenneth Chapel Thumb Medieval church
Iona Abbey Thumb One of Scotland's most historic and sacred sites.
Iona: Maclean's Cross Thumb A 15th-century free-standing cross
Iona Nunnery Thumb One of the best-preserved medieval nunnery churches in the British Isles.
Keills Chapel Thumb A small West Highland chapel housing a collection of 12th-century grave slabs
Kilberry Sculptured Stones Thumb A collection of late-medieval sculptured stones gathered from the Kilberry estate.
Kilchurn Castle Thumb Four-storey tower built in the mid-15th century by Sir Colin Campbell
Kildalton Cross Thumb The finest intact high cross in Scotland carved in the late 8th century
Kilmartin Glen: Achnabreck Cup And Ring Marks Thumb The exposed crest of a rocky ridge with well-preserved cup and ring marks of early prehistoric date.
Kilmartin Glen: Ballygowan Cup And Ring Marks Thumb Cup and ring marks on natural rock faces, of early prehistoric date.
Kilmartin Glen: Baluachraig Cup And Ring Marks Thumb Several groups of early prehistoric cup and ring marks on natural rock faces. Close to Dunchraigaig cairn.
Kilmartin Glen: Cairnbaan Cup And Ring Marks Thumb Carved stone of the Bronze Age within Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin Glen: Dunadd Fort Thumb Well-preserved hill fort of Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin Glen: Dunchraigaig Cairn Thumb Bronze Age cairn within Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin Glen: Glebe Cairn, Kilmartin Thumb Early Bronze Age burial cairn
Kilmartin Glen: Kilmartin Sculptured Stones Thumb Early-medieval and medieval crosses of Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin Glen: Kilmichael Glassary Cup And Ring Marks Thumb Early prehistoric cup and ring carvings of Kilmartin Glen
Nether Largie Cairns Thumb A Neolithic and two Bronze Age cairns of Kilmartin Glen
Ri Cruin Cairn Thumb Bronze Age burial cairn within Kilmartin Glen
Temple Wood Stone Circles Thumb Standing stones of Kilmartin Glen dating to about 3000 BC
Kilmodan Sculptured Stones Thumb A group of West Highland carved grave slabs exhibited in a burial aisle within Kilmodan churchyard.
Kilmory Knap Chapel Thumb A small medieval chapel with a collection of typical West Highland grave slabs and some early medieval sculpture.
Rothesay Castle Thumb Castle with a long and close association with the Stewart Kings of Scotland
Skipness Castle and Chapel Thumb A 13th-century castle with a 16th-century tower house in one corner
St Blane's Church, Kingarth Thumb A 12th-century Romanesque chapel
St Mary's Chapel, Rothesay Thumb Late-medieval remains of the chancel of the Parish Church of St Mary
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Ayrshire

East Ayrshire

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Loch Doon Castle Thumb Castle containing an eleven-sided curtain wall of fine masonry
Rowallan Castle Thumb Castle set in rolling Ayrshire parkland
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North Ayrshire

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Auchagallon Stone Circle Thumb A Bronze Age kerb cairn
Carn Ban Thumb One of the most famous of the Neolithic long cairns of south-west Scotland
Kilpatrick Dun Thumb Ruins of a circular drystone homestead of unknown date
Kilwinning Abbey Thumb Remains of a Tironensian-Benedictine abbey
Lochranza Castle Thumb An L-plan tower house situated on a promontory on the Isle of Arran
Machrie Moor Stone Circles Thumb Remains of six stone circles of Bronze Age date
Moss Farm Road Stone Circle Thumb The remains of a Bronze Age cairn
Skelmorlie Aisle Thumb Monument erected for Sir Robert Montgomerie of Skelmorlie
Torr a'Chaisteal Thumb A circular Iron Age fort on a ridge
Torrylin Cairn Thumb A Neolithic chambered cairn
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South Ayrshire

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Crossraguel Abbey Thumb Abbey founded early in the 13th century by the Earl of Carrick.
Dundonald Castle Thumb Castle built by Robert II in the 1370s to mark his succession to the throne of Scotland
Maybole Collegiate Church Thumb College associated with St Mary Chapel
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Clackmannanshire

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Castle Campbell Thumb 15th-century fortress situated above Dollar Glen
Clackmannan Tower Thumb A 14th-century keep
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Dumfries and Galloway

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Barsalloch Fort Thumb An Iron Age promontory fort, defended by a deep u-shaped ditch.
Big Balcraig Cup and ring marked rocks.
Caerlaverock Castle Thumb Castle with moat, twin towered gatehouse and imposing battlements
Cairn Holy Chambered Cairns Thumb Two Neolithic burial cairns, of a type characteristic of Galloway.
Cardoness Castle Thumb A well-preserved six-storey tower house of the McCulloch dating back to the 15th century.
Carsluith Castle Thumb A well-preserved ruin of a tower house of 16th-century date.
Castle of Park Thumb 16th-century L-plan tower house
Chapel Finian Thumb Remains of a small chapel built in the Irish style
Druchtag Motte Thumb An example of a motte castle
Drumcoltran Tower Thumb A well-preserved mid 16th-century tower
Drumtroddan Cup And Ring Marked Rocks Thumb Three groups of well-defined cup and ring marks on bedrock probably carved in the Bronze Age
Drumtroddan standing stones Thumb An alignment of three prehistoric stones
Dundrennan Abbey Thumb Cistercian abbey built in the latter half of the 12th century
Glenluce Abbey Thumb Abbey founded around 1192
Kirkconnel Churchyard Thumb Ruined church and tombstones
Kirkmadrine Early Christian Stones Thumb Three of the earliest Christian memorial stones in Britain
Laggangairn Standing Stones Thumb Stones carved with early Christian crosses
Lincluden Collegiate Church Thumb Remains of a collegiate church and the accommodation for its canons founded in 1389.
Lochmaben Castle Thumb A Z-plan tower house
MacLellan's Castle Thumb Late 16th-century noble residence
Merkland Cross Thumb A carved wayside cross of the 15th century
Monreith Cross Thumb A 10th-century carved stone cross
Morton Castle Thumb A late-13th-century hall house, a stronghold of the Douglases
New Abbey Corn Mill Thumb Fully restored water-powered corn mill
Orchardton Tower Thumb Tower house of the mid-15th-century
Rispain Camp Thumb Rectangular settlement defended by a bank and ditch
Ruthwell Cross Thumb Anglian Cross dating from the end of the 7th century
St Ninian's Cave Thumb Cave traditionally associated with St Ninian
St Ninian's Chapel Thumb Restored ruins of a 13th-century chapel, probably used by pilgrims on their way to Whithorn
Sweetheart Abbey Thumb Abbey founded by Lady Dervorgilla of Galloway in memory of her husband John Balliol
Threave Castle Thumb A 14th-century tower built by Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway, on an island in the River Dee
Torhouse Stone Circle Thumb A Bronze Age stone circle consisting of 19 boulders
Wanlockhead Beam Engine Thumb An early-19th-century wooden water-balance pump for draining a lead mine
Whithorn Priory Thumb Cradle of Christianity in Scotland
Wren's Egg Thumb Standing stone and Bronze Age cists
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Dunbartonshire

East Dunbartonshire

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Antonine Wall: Bar Hill Fort Thumb Highest fort on the Antonine Wall
Antonine Wall: Bearsden Bath House Thumb Remains of a bath-house and latrine built in the 2nd century AD
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West Dunbartonshire

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Dumbarton Castle Thumb Dumbarton was the centre of the ancient kingdom of Strathclyde from the 5th century until 1018.
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Dundee

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Broughty Castle Thumb Castle, built hastily, but perhaps unnecessarily. It figured in only two national emergencies over 450 years.
Claypotts Castle Thumb 16th-century castle
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Edinburgh

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Abbey Strand Thumb Late 15th-century abbey church
Corstorphine Dovecot Thumb A large circular ‘beehive’ dovecot
Craigmillar Castle Thumb A well-preserved medieval castle, with a tower house, courtyard and gardens.
Eagle Rock, Cramond Thumb A much-defaced carving on natural rock
Edinburgh Castle Thumb World-famous castle which dominates the sky-line of the city of Edinburgh,
Holyrood Abbey Thumb The ruined nave of the 12th- and 13th-century abbey church, and a three-storey building on Abbey Strand from the late 15th or early 16th century
Holyrood Palace Thumb 16th-century residence of Scottish royal family
Holyrood Park Thumb Historic landscape in the heart of the city, with dramatic crags and hills
St Triduana's Chapel, Restalrig Collegiate Church Thumb Shrine of St Triduana, a Pictish saint
Trinity House Thumb Home to a collection of maritime memorabilia
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Falkirk (council area)

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Antonine Wall: Castlecary Thumb The low earthworks of a fort
Antonine Wall: Rough Castle Thumb Best-preserved length of rampart and ditch
Antonine Wall: Seabegs Wood Thumb A stretch of rampart and ditch with the military way behind
Antonine Wall: Watling Lodge Thumb A stretch of rampart and ditch
Blackness Castle Thumb Castle built by one of Scotland's most powerful families, the Crichtons
Kinneil House Thumb 15th-century tower remodelled by the Earl of Arran
Westquarter Dovecot Thumb Rectangular dovecot with a heraldic panel dated 1647
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Fife

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Aberdour Castle Thumb Castle with a walled garden and terraces with a dovecot
Culross Abbey Thumb The remains of a Cistercian monastery founded in 1217
Dogton Stone Thumb Once a free-standing cross probably of 9th-century date
Dunfermline Abbey Thumb The Abbey Church is the last resting place of many Scottish kings and queens
Dunfermline Palace Thumb Former Scottish royal palace
Inchcolm Abbey Thumb Group of monastic buildings located on the island of Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth
Ravenscraig Castle Thumb One of the earliest artillery forts in Scotland
Scotstarvit Tower Thumb Renowned as the home of Sir John Scot
St Andrews Castle Thumb The main residence of the bishops and archbishops of St Andrews
St Andrews Cathedral Thumb Remains of medieval Scotland's largest and most magnificent church
St Andrews: Blackfriars Chapel Thumb A vaulted side apse survives of this church of Dominican friars, which was built in about 1516.
St Andrews: St Mary's Church, Kirkheugh Thumb Earliest collegiate church in Scotland
St Andrews: West Port Thumb One of the few surviving city gates in Scotland
St Bridget's Kirk Thumb The shell of a medieval church
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Glasgow

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Crookston Castle Thumb Ruin of an unusual 15th-century castle
Glasgow Cathedral Thumb Cathedral built on the site where St Mungo was thought to have been buried
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Highland (council area)

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Ardclach Bell Tower Thumb A fortified bell tower built in 1655 on the hill above the parish church of Ardclach
Beauly Priory Thumb The ruined church of a Valliscaulian priory, one of three founded in 1230
Bridge of Oich Thumb Suspension bridge
Cairn o'Get Thumb A horned and chambered burial cairn
Carn Liath Thumb A typical Sutherland broch
Castle of Old Wick Thumb The ruin of the best-preserved Norse castle in Scotland
Clava Cairns Thumb A well-preserved Bronze Age cemetery
Cnoc Freiceadain Long Cairns Thumb Two unexcavated long-horned burial cairns of Neolithic date
Corrimony Chambered Cairn Thumb An excavated passage grave of probable Bronze Age date
Dun Beag Thumb A fine example of a Hebridean broch
Dun Dornaigil Thumb A well-preserved broch
Fort George Thumb The mightiest artillery fortification in Britain
Fortrose Cathedral Thumb Beautiful red sandstone cathedral
Glenelg Brochs: Dun Telve and Dun Troddan Thumb Two broch towers
Grey Cairns of Camster Thumb Two chambered burial cairns of Neolithic date
Hill O' Many Stanes Thumb More than 22 rows of low slabs
Hilton of Cadboll Chapel Thumb The foundations of a small rectangular chapel, with a reproduction of a Pictish stone nearby
Inverlochy Castle Thumb One of Scotland's earliest stone castles
Knocknagael Boar Stone A rough slab incised with the Pictish symbols, kept in the Highland Council offices, Inverness
Ruthven Barracks Thumb An infantry barracks erected in 1719 following the Jacobite rising of 1715
St Mary's Chapel, Crosskirk Thumb A simple dry-stone chapel
Urquhart Castle Thumb Once one of Scotland's largest castles, on the banks of Loch Ness
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Inverclyde

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Newark Castle Thumb Firth of Clyde castle mainly associated with the notorious Patrick Maxwell
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Lanarkshire

North Lanarkshire

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Antonine Wall: Croy Hill Thumb Part of the Antonine Wall - Rome's north-west frontier
Antonine Wall: Dullatur Thumb Part of the Antonine Wall - Rome's north-west frontier
Antonine Wall: Westerwood to Castlecary Thumb Part of the Antonine Wall - Rome's north-west frontier
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South Lanarkshire

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Biggar Gasworks Museum Thumb The only surviving town coal-gas works in Scotland.
Bothwell Castle Thumb Scotland's largest and finest 13th-century castle. Part of the original circular keep survives.
Cadzow Castle Thumb Ruined castle in the woods of Hamilton
Coulter Motte Thumb A Norman castle mound
Craignethan Castle Thumb An early artillery fortification with a residential tower
St Bride's Church, Douglas Thumb Choir containing three canopied monuments to the Douglas family
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Lothian

East Lothian

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Chesters Hill Fort Thumb One of the best-preserved Iron Age hill forts in Scotland
Dirleton Castle Thumb Medieval fortified residence with garden
Doonhill Homestead Thumb A rare site of the Anglian occupation of southeast Scotland
Dunglass Collegiate Church Thumb Church founded in 1450
Hailes Castle Thumb A ruin incorporating a fortified manor of 13th-century date
Lauderdale Aisle, St Mary's Church Thumb The former sacristy of the great 15th-century St Mary's Collegiate Church, Haddington
Ormiston Market Cross Thumb Free-standing 15th-century cross
Preston Market Cross Thumb The only surviving example of a market cross of its type on its original site
Seton Collegiate Church Thumb Ecclesiastical kirk set in wooded surroundings
St Martin's Kirk, Haddington Thumb Remains of a Romanesque church
Tantallon Castle Thumb Seat of the Douglas Earls of Angus, one of the most powerful baronial families in Scotland
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Midlothian

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Castlelaw Hill Fort Thumb Iron Age hill fort
Crichton Castle Thumb Residence of the Crichtons and later home to the Earls of Bothwell
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West Lothian

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Cairnpapple Hill Thumb Burial site dating to 3,000 BC
Linlithgow Palace Thumb The ruins of Linlithgow Palace set in a park beside a loch
Torphichen Preceptory Thumb Tower and transepts of a church built by the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
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Moray

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Auchindoun Castle Thumb Castle built about 1480 by Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Mar
Balvenie Castle Thumb Ruined castle built in the 12th century by a branch of the powerful Comyn family
Burghead Well Thumb A rock-cut well
Dallas Dhu Historic Distillery Thumb Distillery built in 1898 to produce malt whisky for Glasgow firm Wright and Greig's popular ‘Roderick Dhu’ blend
Deskford Church Thumb Small late medieval church
Duffus Castle Thumb One of the finest examples of a motte and bailey castle in Scotland
Elgin Cathedral Thumb Home to Scotland's finest octagonal chapter house
Elgin Cathedral: Bishop's House Thumb Partially ruined 15th-century defensible L-plan town house, within the precincts of Elgin Cathedral
Elgin Cathedral: Pans Port Thumb The only surviving medieval archway of Elgin Cathedral's precinct walls
Spynie Palace Thumb Residence of the bishops of Moray
St Peter's Kirk and Parish Cross, Duffus Thumb Remains of a 14th-century western tower and a 16th-century vaulted porch
Sueno's Stone Thumb Pictish monument
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Orkney Islands

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Barnhouse Thumb Neolithic settlement
Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall Thumb Palace built for the first bishop of Orkney
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn Thumb Neolithic burial cairn
Braeside chambered cairn Thumb Neolithic chambered cairn
Breckness Castle Thumb 17th-century mansion house
Broch of Gurness Thumb Iron-Age broch and surrounding settlement
Brough of Birsay Thumb Site featuring Pictish and Norse power-base with Pictish well
Brough of Deerness Thumb Site of an 11th-century norse chapel and Viking settlement
Cobbie Row's Castle Thumb One of the earliest stone castles to survive in Scotland
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn Thumb Neolithic chambered tomb
Dounby Click Mill Thumb The last surviving horizontal water mill in Orkney
Dwarfie Stane Thumb Neolithic burial chamber
Earl's Bu Thumb Remains of a medieval manor house
Earl's Palace, Birsay Thumb 16th-century remains of the residence of Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney
Earl's Palace, Kirkwall Thumb 17th-century palace built by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney
Eynhallow Church Thumb Ruined 12th-century monastic church
Grain Earth House Thumb Iron Age earth house
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery Thumb 19th century fort and battery on the island of South Walls
Holland House, Papa Westray Thumb Early 19th century farm complex built by Laird Thomas Traill
Holm of Papa Westray Chambered Cairn Thumb A massive tomb
Huntersquoy chambered cairn Thumb Neolithic chambered cairn
Knap of Howar Thumb Probably the oldest standing stone houses in north-west Europe
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn Thumb An oval cairn with concentric walls enclosing a Neolithic chambered tomb
Lady Kirk Thumb 17th-century church on the island of Westray
Links of Noltland Thumb Sand dunes seal and protect significant prehistoric remains
Maeshowe Chambered Cairn Thumb The finest chambered tomb in north-west Europe
Midhowe Broch Thumb A well-preserved broch, with remains of later buildings around it
Midhowe Chambered Cairn Thumb A megalithic chambered tomb of Neolithic date
Noltland Castle Thumb A ruined Z-plan tower, built between 1560 and 1573 but never completed
Orphir Round Church Thumb Remains of early 12th-century round church next to Earl's Bu
Quanterness chambered cairn Thumb Neolithic chambered cairn
Quoygrew settlement, Westray Thumb Medieval norse settlement on the island of Westray
Quoyness Chambered Cairn Thumb A megalithic tomb containing a passage and main chamber, with six subsidiary cells
Rennibister Earth House Thumb An Orkney earth house
Ring of Brodgar Thumb A circle of upright stones with an enclosing ditch spanned by causeways, dating to late Neolithic period
Skara Brae Thumb One of the best preserved groups of prehistoric houses in Western Europe, part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site
Stenness Kirk Thumb 19th-century parish church
St Boniface's Church, Papa Westray Thumb Historic church on Papa Westray
St Magnus Church, Egilsay Thumb Ruin of a 12th-century church, graveyard still in use
St. Mary's Chapel, Wyre Thumb Ruin of a 12th-century chapel and graveyard
Stones of Stenness Thumb The remains of a stone circle surrounded by remains of a circular earthen bank
Taversöe Tuick Chambered Cairn Thumb Neolithic chambered cairn
Tormiston Mill Thumb A late example of a Scottish watermill
Unstan Chambered Cairn Thumb A mound covering a stone burial chamber divided by slabs into five compartments
Vinquoy chambered cairn Thumb Neolithic chambered cairn
Watchstone Thumb Standing stone northwest of the Stones of Stenness
Westside Church, Tuquoy Thumb A small 12th-century nave-and-chancel church
Wideford Hill chambered cairn Thumb A Neolithic chambered cairn with three concentric walls and a burial chamber with three large cells
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Outer Hebrides

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Arnol Blackhouse Thumb A traditional thatched house
Callanish Stones Thumb A cross-shaped setting of standing stones erected around 3000 BC.
Dun Carloway Thumb One of the best preserved broch towers in Scotland
Kisimul Castle Thumb The only significant surviving medieval castle in the Western Isles
St Clement's Church, Rodel Thumb 15th-century church built for the Chiefs of the MacLeods of Harris
Steinacleit Cairn and Stone Circle Thumb The remains of an enigmatic burial site of early prehistoric date
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Perth and Kinross

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Abernethy Round Tower Thumb One of the two round towers of Irish style surviving in Scotland, dating from the end of the 11th century.
Ardunie Roman Signal Station Thumb The site of a Roman watch tower dating to the first century
Balvaird Castle Thumb A late-15th-century tower on an L plan, extended in 1581 by the addition of a walled courtyard and gatehouse.
Blackhill Camp Parts of the defences of two Roman marching camps lying to the north of Ardoch Roman Fort
Burleigh Castle Thumb Complete ruin of a tower house of about 1500
Dunfallandy Stone Thumb A well-preserved Pictish cross-slab
Dunkeld Cathedral Thumb Cathedral containing a fine effigy of the Robert III's brother
Elcho Castle Thumb Complete 16th-century fortified mansion
Fowlis Wester Sculptured Stone Thumb A tall cross-slab with Pictish symbols
Huntingtower Castle Thumb The House of Ruthven containing a fine painted ceiling
Innerpeffray Chapel Thumb A rectangular collegiate church founded in 1508
Kirkhill Roman Watchtower Thumb Remains of Roman watchtower dating to the 1st-century
Lochleven Castle Thumb The setting for the most traumatic year in the life of Mary Queen of Scots
Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum Thumb Museum housing a collection of carved stones dating from the late eighth to the late tenth centuries
Muir o' Fauld Roman Signal Station Thumb The site of a 1st-century Roman watch tower on the Gask Ridge
Muthill Old Church and Tower Thumb Ruins of an important medieval parish church
St Mary's Church, Grandtully Thumb A 16th-century parish church
St Serf's Church, Dunning and Dupplin Cross Thumb Picturesque parish church with Pictish cross
St Serf's Inch Priory Thumb Ruins of 12th-century priory on St Serf's Inch island in Loch Leven
Stanley Mills Thumb A unique complex of water-powered cotton mills situated on the River Tay.
Sunnybrae Cottage Thumb Possibly the oldest house in Pitlochry
Tullibardine Chapel Thumb One of the most complete and unaltered small medieval churches in Scotland
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Renfrewshire

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Barochan Cross Thumb Free-standing early medieval cross
Castle Semple Collegiate Church Thumb A late Gothic church
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Scottish Borders

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Cross Kirk, Peebles Thumb Remains of a Trinitarian Friary
Dere Street Roman Road, Soutra Thumb Stretch of Roman road
Dryburgh Abbey Thumb Medieval abbey ruins
Edin's Hall Broch Thumb One of the few Iron Age brochs in lowland Scotland
Edrom Arch Thumb Romanesque doorway in the graveyard of Edrom church
Foulden Tithe Barn Thumb A two-storey barn used for storing payments made in grain to the parish church
Greenknowe Tower Thumb Tower house built in 1581
Hermitage Castle Thumb 13/14th-century castle
Jedburgh Abbey Thumb Abbey, founded in 1138, which was a frequent target for invading border armies.
Kelso Abbey Thumb West end of the great abbey church of the Tironensians
Melrose Abbey Thumb Ruined abbey on a grand scale with lavishly decorated masonry
Melrose Abbey: Commendator's House Thumb 15th-century accommodations for the Abbey Commendator
Smailholm Tower Thumb Well-preserved 15th-century rectangular tower
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Shetland

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Clickimin Broch Thumb Iron Age broch tower
Fort Charlotte Thumb A five-sided artillery fort with bastions projecting from each corner
Jarlshof Thumb Ancient settlement containing remains dating from 2500 BC up to the 17th century AD.
Mousa Broch Thumb Well-preserved Iron Age broch tower
Muness Castle Thumb A late-16th-century tower house.
Ness of Burgi Thumb A defensive stone-built blockhouse
Scalloway Castle Thumb A castellated mansion
Staneydale Temple Thumb A Neolithic hall
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Stirling (council area)

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Cambuskenneth Abbey Thumb Home to the tomb of James III and Queen Margaret and a display of medieval graveslabs and architectural fragments.
Doune Castle Thumb A late-14th-century courtyard castle built for the Regent Albany
Doune Roman Fort Thumb Roman fort from the 1st-century
Dunblane Cathedral Thumb Medieval church. The lower part of the tower is Romanesque, but the larger part of the building is of the 13th century.
Inchmahome Priory Thumb Augustinian monastery dating from 1238 set on an island in the Lake of Menteith
Stirling Castle Thumb One of Scotland's grandest castles due to its imposing position and impressive architecture.
Stirling: Argyll's Lodging Thumb A near-complete example of a 17th-century townhouse.
Stirling: King's Knot Thumb Earthworks of a formal garden
Stirling: Mar's Wark Thumb Renaissance mansion built by the Earl of Mar
Stirling: Old Bridge Thumb A bridge built in the 15th or early 16th century
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