List of Historic Environment Scotland properties explained

This list includes the historic houses, castles, abbeys, museums and other buildings and monuments in the care of Historic Environment Scotland (HES). HES (Gaelic; 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

Name
ImageNotes
St Machar's Cathedral TranseptsThe ruined transepts of St Machar's Cathedral

Aberdeenshire

Name
ImageNotes
Brandsbutt Symbol StoneAn early Pictish symbol stone
Corgarff CastleTower house surrounded by a star-shaped perimeter wall of 18th-century date.
Cullerlie Stone CircleA circle of eight stones
Culsh Earth HouseA well-preserved underground passage
Deer AbbeyRemains of a Cistercian monastery
Duff HouseEarly Georgian mansion designed by William Adam for the Earl of Fife.
Dyce Symbol StonesTwo Pictish stones, one with the older type of incised symbols
Easter Aquhorthies Stone CircleA recumbent stone circle about 4000 years old
Glenbuchat CastleA Z-plan tower house
Huntly CastleRuined baronial residence
Invercauld Bridge
Kildrummy Castle13th-century castle
Kinkell ChurchRuins of a 16th-century parish church
Kinnaird Head Castle Lighthouse And Museum16th-century castle altered in 1787 to take the first lighthouse built by the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses
Kinnaird Head Winetower16th-century tower
Knock Castle16th-century keep
Loanhead Stone CircleThe best known of a group of recumbent stone circles
Maiden StonePictish cross slab of the 9th century AD
Memsie CairnA large stone-built cairn, possibly of Bronze Age date, but enlarged during field clearance during the last two centuries.
Peel Ring of LumphananSite of a fortified residence
Picardy Symbol StonePictish symbol stones
St Mary's Kirk, AuchindoirMedieval parish church
Tarves Medieval TombAltar tomb of William Forbes
Tolquhon CastleCastle built by William Forbes, 7th Laird of Tolquhon, from 1584 to 1589
Tomnaverie Stone CircleA recumbent stone circle about 4000 years old

Angus

Name
ImageNotes
Aberlemno Sculptured StonesRange of Pictish sculptured stones depicting a hunting scene, battle scene and an army of men
Affleck Castle15th-century, L-shaped tower house
Arbroath AbbeyArbroath Abbey is famous for its association with the Declaration of Arbroath
Ardestie Earth HouseA curved underground gallery
Brechin Cathedral Round TowerOne of the two remaining round towers of the Irish type in Scotland
Carlungie Earth HouseA complex underground structure of Iron Age date
CaterthunsTwo large hill forts
Eassie Sculptured StoneAn elaborately sculptured Pictish cross-slab
Edzell CastleRuined 16th-century castle with an early-17th-century walled garden
Lindsay Burial AisleRemains of the 14th-century Edzell Old Church
Maison Dieu Chapel, BrechinPart of the south wall of a chapel, belonging to a medieval hospital founded in the 1260s
Restenneth PrioryA monastic house of Augustinian canons founded in 1153
St Orland's StoneA tall, Pictish cross-slab with a prominent, ornate cross
St Vigeans Sculptured StonesA collection of over 30 Pictish carved stones
Tealing DovecotA dovecot of the late 16th century
Tealing Earth HouseAn Iron Age earth house or souterrain

Argyll and Bute

Name
ImageNotes
Ardchattan PrioryThe ruins of a Valliscaulian priory founded in 1230 and later converted to secular use.
Bonawe Historic Iron FurnaceThe most complete charcoal-fuelled ironworks in Britain, founded in 1753.
Carnasserie CastleHome of John Carswell, first Protestant Bishop of the Isles
Castle SweenOne of the earliest castles in Scotland
Dunstaffnage Castle and ChapelStronghold of the MacDougalls
Eileach an NaoimhRuins of Early Christian beehive cells, a chapel and a graveyard on a small island in the Firth of Lorne
St Cormac's Chapel, Eilean MorA chapel on a small island in the Sound of Jura. Site includes St Cormac's Cross and St Cormac's Cave
Inchkenneth ChapelMedieval church
Iona AbbeyOne of Scotland's most historic and sacred sites.
Iona: Maclean's CrossA 15th-century free-standing cross
Iona NunneryOne of the best-preserved medieval nunnery churches in the British Isles.
Keills ChapelA small West Highland chapel housing a collection of 12th-century grave slabs
Kilberry Sculptured StonesA collection of late-medieval sculptured stones gathered from the Kilberry estate.
Kilchurn CastleFour-storey tower built in the mid-15th century by Sir Colin Campbell
Kildalton CrossThe finest intact high cross in Scotland carved in the late 8th century
Kilmartin Glen: Achnabreck Cup And Ring MarksThe exposed crest of a rocky ridge with well-preserved cup and ring marks of early prehistoric date.
Kilmartin Glen: Ballygowan Cup And Ring MarksCup and ring marks on natural rock faces, of early prehistoric date.
Kilmartin Glen: Baluachraig Cup And Ring MarksSeveral groups of early prehistoric cup and ring marks on natural rock faces. Close to Dunchraigaig cairn.
Kilmartin Glen: Cairnbaan Cup And Ring MarksCarved stone of the Bronze Age within Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin Glen: Dunadd FortWell-preserved hill fort of Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin Glen: Dunchraigaig CairnBronze Age cairn within Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin Glen: Glebe Cairn, KilmartinEarly Bronze Age burial cairn
Kilmartin Glen: Kilmartin Sculptured StonesEarly-medieval and medieval crosses of Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin Glen: Kilmichael Glassary Cup And Ring MarksEarly prehistoric cup and ring carvings of Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin Glen: Nether Largie CairnsA Neolithic and two Bronze Age cairns of Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin Glen: Ri Cruin CairnBronze Age burial cairn within Kilmartin Glen
Kilmartin Glen: Temple Wood Stone CirclesStanding stones of Kilmartin Glen dating to about 3000 BC
Kilmodan Sculptured StonesA group of West Highland carved grave slabs exhibited in a burial aisle within Kilmodan churchyard.
Kilmory Knap ChapelA small medieval chapel with a collection of typical West Highland grave slabs and some early medieval sculpture.
Rothesay CastleCastle with a long and close association with the Stewart Kings of Scotland
Skipness Castle and ChapelA 13th-century castle with a 16th-century tower house in one corner
St Blane's Church, KingarthA 12th-century Romanesque chapel
St Mary's Chapel, RothesayLate-medieval remains of the chancel of the Parish Church of St Mary

Ayrshire

East Ayrshire

Name
ImageNotes
Loch Doon CastleCastle containing an eleven-sided curtain wall of fine masonry
Rowallan CastleCastle set in rolling Ayrshire parkland

North Ayrshire

Name
ImageNotes
Auchagallon Stone CircleA Bronze Age kerb cairn
Carn BanOne of the most famous of the Neolithic long cairns of south-west Scotland
Kilpatrick DunRuins of a circular drystone homestead of unknown date
Kilwinning AbbeyRemains of a Tironensian-Benedictine abbey
Lochranza CastleAn L-plan tower house situated on a promontory on the Isle of Arran
Machrie Moor Stone CirclesRemains of six stone circles of Bronze Age date
Moss Farm Road Stone CircleThe remains of a Bronze Age cairn
Skelmorlie AisleMonument erected for Sir Robert Montgomerie of Skelmorlie
Torr a'ChaistealA circular Iron Age fort on a ridge
Torrylin CairnA Neolithic chambered cairn

South Ayrshire

Name
ImageNotes
Crossraguel AbbeyAbbey founded early in the 13th century by the Earl of Carrick.
Dundonald CastleCastle built by Robert II in the 1370s to mark his succession to the throne of Scotland
Maybole Collegiate ChurchCollege associated with St Mary Chapel

Clackmannanshire

Name
ImageNotes
Castle Campbell15th-century fortress situated above Dollar Glen
Clackmannan TowerA 14th-century keep

Dumfries and Galloway

Name
ImageNotes
Barsalloch FortAn Iron Age promontory fort, defended by a deep u-shaped ditch.
Big BalcraigCup and ring marked rocks.
Caerlaverock CastleCastle with moat, twin towered gatehouse and imposing battlements
Cairn Holy Chambered CairnsTwo Neolithic burial cairns, of a type characteristic of Galloway.
Cardoness CastleA well-preserved six-storey tower house of the McCulloch dating back to the 15th century.
Carsluith CastleA well-preserved ruin of a tower house of 16th-century date.
Castle of Park16th-century L-plan tower house
Chapel FinianRemains of a small chapel built in the Irish style
Druchtag MotteAn example of a motte castle
Drumcoltran TowerA well-preserved mid 16th-century tower
Drumtroddan Cup And Ring Marked RocksThree groups of well-defined cup and ring marks on bedrock probably carved in the Bronze Age
Drumtroddan standing stonesAn alignment of three prehistoric stones
Dundrennan AbbeyCistercian abbey built in the latter half of the 12th century
Glenluce AbbeyAbbey founded around 1192
Kirkconnel ChurchyardRuined church and tombstones
Kirkmadrine Early Christian StonesThree of the earliest Christian memorial stones in Britain
Laggangairn Standing StonesStones carved with early Christian crosses
Lincluden Collegiate ChurchRemains of a collegiate church and the accommodation for its canons founded in 1389.
Lochmaben CastleA Z-plan tower house
MacLellan's CastleLate 16th-century noble residence
Merkland CrossA carved wayside cross of the 15th century
Monreith CrossA 10th-century carved stone cross
Morton CastleA late-13th-century hall house, a stronghold of the Douglases
New Abbey Corn MillFully restored water-powered corn mill
Orchardton TowerTower house of the mid-15th-century
Rispain CampRectangular settlement defended by a bank and ditch
Ruthwell CrossAnglian Cross dating from the end of the 7th century
St Ninian's CaveCave traditionally associated with St Ninian
St Ninian's ChapelRestored ruins of a 13th-century chapel, probably used by pilgrims on their way to Whithorn
Sweetheart AbbeyAbbey founded by Lady Dervorgilla of Galloway in memory of her husband John Balliol
Threave CastleA 14th-century tower built by Archibald the Grim, Lord of Galloway, on an island in the River Dee
Torhouse Stone CircleA Bronze Age stone circle consisting of 19 boulders
Wanlockhead Beam EngineAn early-19th-century wooden water-balance pump for draining a lead mine
Whithorn PrioryCradle of Christianity in Scotland
Wren's EggStanding stone and Bronze Age cists

Dunbartonshire

East Dunbartonshire

Name
ImageNotes
Antonine Wall

Bar Hill Fort

Highest fort on the Antonine Wall
Antonine Wall

Bearsden Bath House

Remains of a bath-house and latrine built in the 2nd century AD

West Dunbartonshire

Name
ImageNotes
Dumbarton CastleDumbarton was the centre of the ancient kingdom of Strathclyde from the 5th century until 1018.

Dundee

Name
ImageNotes
Broughty CastleCastle, built hastily, but perhaps unnecessarily. It figured in only two national emergencies over 450 years.
Claypotts Castle16th-century castle

Edinburgh

Name
ImageNotes
Abbey StrandLate 15th-century abbey church
Corstorphine DovecotA large circular ‘beehive’ dovecot
Craigmillar CastleA well-preserved medieval castle, with a tower house, courtyard and gardens.
Eagle Rock, CramondA much-defaced carving on natural rock
Edinburgh CastleWorld-famous castle which dominates the sky-line of the city of Edinburgh,
Holyrood AbbeyThe 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 Palace16th-century residence of Scottish royal family
Holyrood ParkHistoric landscape in the heart of the city, with dramatic crags and hills
St Triduana's Chapel, Restalrig Collegiate ChurchShrine of St Triduana, a Pictish saint
Trinity HouseHome to a collection of maritime memorabilia

Falkirk (council area)

Name
ImageNotes
Antonine Wall

Castlecary

The low earthworks of a fort
Antonine Wall: Rough CastleBest-preserved length of rampart and ditch
Antonine Wall: Seabegs WoodA stretch of rampart and ditch with the military way behind
Antonine Wall: Watling LodgeA stretch of rampart and ditch
Blackness CastleCastle built by one of Scotland's most powerful families, the Crichtons
Kinneil House15th-century tower remodelled by the Earl of Arran
Westquarter DovecotRectangular dovecot with a heraldic panel dated 1647

Fife

Name
ImageNotes
Aberdour CastleCastle with a walled garden and terraces with a dovecot
Culross AbbeyThe remains of a Cistercian monastery founded in 1217
Dogton StoneOnce a free-standing cross probably of 9th-century date
Dunfermline AbbeyThe Abbey Church is the last resting place of many Scottish kings and queens
Dunfermline PalaceFormer Scottish royal palace
Inchcolm AbbeyGroup of monastic buildings located on the island of Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth
Ravenscraig CastleOne of the earliest artillery forts in Scotland
Scotstarvit TowerRenowned as the home of Sir John Scot
St Andrews CastleThe main residence of the bishops and archbishops of St Andrews
St Andrews CathedralRemains of medieval Scotland's largest and most magnificent church
St Andrews: Blackfriars ChapelA vaulted side apse survives of this church of Dominican friars, which was built in about 1516.
St Andrews: St Mary's Church, KirkheughEarliest collegiate church in Scotland
St Andrews: West PortOne of the few surviving city gates in Scotland
St Bridget's KirkThe shell of a medieval church

Glasgow

Name
ImageNotes
Crookston CastleRuin of an unusual 15th-century castle
Glasgow CathedralCathedral built on the site where St Mungo was thought to have been buried

Highland (council area)

Name
ImageNotes
Ardclach Bell TowerA fortified bell tower built in 1655 on the hill above the parish church of Ardclach
Beauly PrioryThe ruined church of a Valliscaulian priory, one of three founded in 1230
Bridge of OichSuspension bridge
Cairn o'GetA horned and chambered burial cairn
Carn LiathA typical Sutherland broch
Castle of Old WickThe ruin of the best-preserved Norse castle in Scotland
Clava CairnsA well-preserved Bronze Age cemetery
Cnoc Freiceadain Long CairnsTwo unexcavated long-horned burial cairns of Neolithic date
Corrimony Chambered CairnAn excavated passage grave of probable Bronze Age date
Dun BeagA fine example of a Hebridean broch
Dun DornaigilA well-preserved broch
Fort GeorgeThe mightiest artillery fortification in Britain
Fortrose CathedralBeautiful red sandstone cathedral
Glenelg Brochs: Dun Telve and Dun TroddanTwo broch towers
Grey Cairns of CamsterTwo chambered burial cairns of Neolithic date
Hill O' Many StanesMore than 22 rows of low slabs
Hilton of Cadboll ChapelThe foundations of a small rectangular chapel, with a reproduction of a Pictish stone nearby
Inverlochy CastleOne of Scotland's earliest stone castles
Knocknagael Boar StoneA rough slab incised with the Pictish symbols, kept in the Highland Council offices, Inverness
Ruthven BarracksAn infantry barracks erected in 1719 following the Jacobite rising of 1715
St Mary's Chapel, CrosskirkA simple dry-stone chapel
Urquhart CastleOnce one of Scotland's largest castles, on the banks of Loch Ness

Inverclyde

Name
ImageNotes
Newark CastleFirth of Clyde castle mainly associated with the notorious Patrick Maxwell

Lanarkshire

North Lanarkshire

Name
ImageNotes
Antonine Wall

Croy Hill

Part of the Antonine Wall - Rome's north-west frontier
Antonine Wall: DullaturPart of the Antonine Wall - Rome's north-west frontier
Antonine Wall: Westerwood to CastlecaryPart of the Antonine Wall - Rome's north-west frontier

South Lanarkshire

Name
ImageNotes
Biggar Gasworks MuseumThe only surviving town coal-gas works in Scotland.
Bothwell CastleScotland's largest and finest 13th-century castle. Part of the original circular keep survives.
Cadzow CastleRuined castle in the woods of Hamilton
Coulter MotteA Norman castle mound
Craignethan CastleAn early artillery fortification with a residential tower
St Bride's Church, DouglasChoir containing three canopied monuments to the Douglas family

Lothian

East Lothian

Name
ImageNotes
Chesters Hill FortOne of the best-preserved Iron Age hill forts in Scotland
Dirleton CastleMedieval fortified residence with garden
Doonhill HomesteadA rare site of the Anglian occupation of southeast Scotland
Dunglass Collegiate ChurchChurch founded in 1450
Hailes CastleA ruin incorporating a fortified manor of 13th-century date
Lauderdale Aisle, St Mary's ChurchThe former sacristy of the great 15th-century St Mary's Collegiate Church, Haddington
Ormiston Market CrossFree-standing 15th-century cross
Preston Market CrossThe only surviving example of a market cross of its type on its original site
Seton Collegiate ChurchEcclesiastical kirk set in wooded surroundings
St Martin's Kirk, HaddingtonRemains of a Romanesque church
Tantallon CastleSeat of the Douglas Earls of Angus, one of the most powerful baronial families in Scotland

Midlothian

Name
ImageNotes
Castlelaw Hill FortIron Age hill fort
Crichton CastleResidence of the Crichtons and later home to the Earls of Bothwell

West Lothian

Name
ImageNotes
Cairnpapple HillBurial site dating to 3,000 BC
Linlithgow PalaceThe ruins of Linlithgow Palace set in a park beside a loch
Torphichen PreceptoryTower and transepts of a church built by the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

Moray

Name
ImageNotes
Auchindoun CastleCastle built about 1480 by Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Mar
Balvenie CastleRuined castle built in the 12th century by a branch of the powerful Comyn family
Burghead WellA rock-cut well
Dallas Dhu Historic DistilleryDistillery built in 1898 to produce malt whisky for Glasgow firm Wright and Greig's popular ‘Roderick Dhu’ blend
Deskford ChurchSmall late medieval church
Duffus CastleOne of the finest examples of a motte and bailey castle in Scotland
Elgin CathedralHome to Scotland's finest octagonal chapter house
Elgin Cathedral: Bishop's HousePartially ruined 15th-century defensible L-plan town house, within the precincts of Elgin Cathedral
Elgin Cathedral: Pans PortThe only surviving medieval archway of Elgin Cathedral's precinct walls
Spynie PalaceResidence of the bishops of Moray
St Peter's Kirk and Parish Cross, DuffusRemains of a 14th-century western tower and a 16th-century vaulted porch
Sueno's StonePictish monument

Orkney Islands

Name
ImageNotes
BarnhouseNeolithic settlement
Bishop's Palace, KirkwallPalace built for the first bishop of Orkney
Blackhammer Chambered CairnNeolithic burial cairn
Braeside chambered cairnNeolithic chambered cairn
Breckness Castle17th-century mansion house
Broch of GurnessIron-Age broch and surrounding settlement
Brough of BirsaySite featuring Pictish and Norse power-base with Pictish well
Brough of DeernessSite of an 11th-century norse chapel and Viking settlement
Cobbie Row's CastleOne of the earliest stone castles to survive in Scotland
Cuween Hill Chambered CairnNeolithic chambered tomb
Dounby Click MillThe last surviving horizontal water mill in Orkney
Dwarfie StaneNeolithic burial chamber
Earl's BuRemains of a medieval manor house
Earl's Palace, Birsay16th-century remains of the residence of Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney
Earl's Palace, Kirkwall17th-century palace built by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney
Eynhallow ChurchRuined 12th-century monastic church
Grain Earth HouseIron Age earth house
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery19th century fort and battery on the island of South Walls
Holland House, Papa WestrayEarly 19th century farm complex built by Laird Thomas Traill
Holm of Papa Westray Chambered CairnA massive tomb
Huntersquoy chambered cairnNeolithic chambered cairn
Knap of HowarProbably the oldest standing stone houses in north-west Europe
Knowe of Yarso Chambered CairnAn oval cairn with concentric walls enclosing a Neolithic chambered tomb
Lady Kirk17th-century church on the island of Westray
Links of NoltlandSand dunes seal and protect significant prehistoric remains
Maeshowe Chambered CairnThe finest chambered tomb in north-west Europe
Midhowe BrochA well-preserved broch, with remains of later buildings around it
Midhowe Chambered CairnA megalithic chambered tomb of Neolithic date
Noltland CastleA ruined Z-plan tower, built between 1560 and 1573 but never completed
Orphir Round ChurchRemains of early 12th-century round church next to Earl's Bu
Quanterness chambered cairnNeolithic chambered cairn
Quoygrew settlement, WestrayMedieval norse settlement on the island of Westray
Quoyness Chambered CairnA megalithic tomb containing a passage and main chamber, with six subsidiary cells
Rennibister Earth HouseAn Orkney earth house
Ring of BrodgarA circle of upright stones with an enclosing ditch spanned by causeways, dating to late Neolithic period
Skara BraeOne of the best preserved groups of prehistoric houses in Western Europe, part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site
Stenness Kirk19th-century parish church
St Boniface's Church, Papa WestrayHistoric church on Papa Westray
St Magnus Church, EgilsayRuin of a 12th-century church, graveyard still in use
St. Mary's Chapel, WyreRuin of a 12th-century chapel and graveyard
Stones of StennessThe remains of a stone circle surrounded by remains of a circular earthen bank
Taversöe Tuick Chambered CairnNeolithic chambered cairn
Tormiston MillA late example of a Scottish watermill
Unstan Chambered CairnA mound covering a stone burial chamber divided by slabs into five compartments
Vinquoy chambered cairnNeolithic chambered cairn
WatchstoneStanding stone northwest of the Stones of Stenness
Westside Church, TuquoyA small 12th-century nave-and-chancel church
Wideford Hill chambered cairnA Neolithic chambered cairn with three concentric walls and a burial chamber with three large cells

Outer Hebrides

Name
ImageNotes
Arnol BlackhouseA traditional thatched house
Callanish StonesA cross-shaped setting of standing stones erected around 3000 BC.
Dun CarlowayOne of the best preserved broch towers in Scotland
Kisimul CastleThe only significant surviving medieval castle in the Western Isles
St Clement's Church, Rodel15th-century church built for the Chiefs of the MacLeods of Harris
Steinacleit Cairn and Stone CircleThe remains of an enigmatic burial site of early prehistoric date

Perth and Kinross

Name
ImageNotes
Abernethy Round TowerOne of the two round towers of Irish style surviving in Scotland, dating from the end of the 11th century.
Ardunie Roman Signal StationThe site of a Roman watch tower dating to the first century
Balvaird CastleA late-15th-century tower on an L plan, extended in 1581 by the addition of a walled courtyard and gatehouse.
Blackhill CampParts of the defences of two Roman marching camps lying to the north of Ardoch Roman Fort
Burleigh CastleComplete ruin of a tower house of about 1500
Dunfallandy StoneA well-preserved Pictish cross-slab
Dunkeld CathedralCathedral containing a fine effigy of the Robert III's brother
Elcho CastleComplete 16th-century fortified mansion
Fowlis Wester Sculptured StoneA tall cross-slab with Pictish symbols
Huntingtower CastleThe House of Ruthven containing a fine painted ceiling
Innerpeffray ChapelA rectangular collegiate church founded in 1508
Kirkhill Roman WatchtowerRemains of Roman watchtower dating to the 1st-century
Lochleven CastleThe setting for the most traumatic year in the life of Mary Queen of Scots
Meigle Sculptured Stone MuseumMuseum housing a collection of carved stones dating from the late eighth to the late tenth centuries
Muir o' Fauld Roman Signal StationThe site of a 1st-century Roman watch tower on the Gask Ridge
Muthill Old Church and TowerRuins of an important medieval parish church
St Mary's Church, GrandtullyA 16th-century parish church
St Serf's Church, Dunning and Dupplin CrossPicturesque parish church with Pictish cross
St Serf's Inch PrioryRuins of 12th-century priory on St Serf's Inch island in Loch Leven
Stanley MillsA unique complex of water-powered cotton mills situated on the River Tay.
Sunnybrae CottagePossibly the oldest house in Pitlochry
Tullibardine ChapelOne of the most complete and unaltered small medieval churches in Scotland

Renfrewshire

Name
ImageNotes
Barochan CrossFree-standing early medieval cross
Castle Semple Collegiate ChurchA late Gothic church

Scottish Borders

Name
ImageNotes
Cross Kirk, PeeblesRemains of a Trinitarian Friary
Dere Street Roman Road, SoutraStretch of Roman road
Dryburgh AbbeyMedieval abbey ruins
Edin's Hall BrochOne of the few Iron Age brochs in lowland Scotland
Edrom ArchRomanesque doorway in the graveyard of Edrom church
Foulden Tithe BarnA two-storey barn used for storing payments made in grain to the parish church
Greenknowe TowerTower house built in 1581
Hermitage Castle13/14th-century castle
Jedburgh AbbeyAbbey, founded in 1138, which was a frequent target for invading border armies.
Kelso AbbeyWest end of the great abbey church of the Tironensians
Melrose AbbeyRuined abbey on a grand scale with lavishly decorated masonry
Melrose Abbey: Commendator's House15th-century accommodations for the Abbey Commendator
Smailholm TowerWell-preserved 15th-century rectangular tower

Shetland

Name
ImageNotes
Clickimin BrochIron Age broch tower
Fort CharlotteA five-sided artillery fort with bastions projecting from each corner
JarlshofAncient settlement containing remains dating from 2500 BC up to the 17th century AD.
Mousa BrochWell-preserved Iron Age broch tower
Muness CastleA late-16th-century tower house.
Ness of BurgiA defensive stone-built blockhouse
Scalloway CastleA castellated mansion
Staneydale TempleA Neolithic hall

Stirling (council area)

Name
ImageNotes
Cambuskenneth AbbeyHome to the tomb of James III and Queen Margaret and a display of medieval graveslabs and architectural fragments.
Doune CastleA late-14th-century courtyard castle built for the Regent Albany
Doune Roman FortRoman fort from the 1st-century
Dunblane CathedralMedieval church. The lower part of the tower is Romanesque, but the larger part of the building is of the 13th century.
Inchmahome PrioryAugustinian monastery dating from 1238 set on an island in the Lake of Menteith
Stirling CastleOne of Scotland's grandest castles due to its imposing position and impressive architecture.
Stirling: Argyll's LodgingA near-complete example of a 17th-century townhouse.
Stirling: King's KnotEarthworks of a formal garden
Stirling: Mar's WarkRenaissance mansion built by the Earl of Mar
Stirling: Old BridgeA bridge built in the 15th or early 16th century

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Historic Environment Scotland . Historic Environment Scotland .