Historic sites in Scotland
- 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:
ites 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's Monument, Edinburgh
*Scott Monument
Historic sites and battles
*Stirling Bridge, 1297
*Bannockburn 1314
*Killiecrankie, 1689
*Glenfinnan, (Raising of Standard in 1745, see Jacobitism)
*Culloden, 1746
Museums
ee also
*History of Scotland
*Tourism in Scotland.
External links
* [http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk Historic Scotland (official government agency)]
* [http://www.nts.org.uk/Home/ The National Trust for Scotland]
* [http://www.nms.ac.uk National Museums of Scotland]
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