Newton Mearns, Scotland
Mearns Castle
Attached to this castle is a local church.
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Newton Mearns, Scotland
Attached to this castle is a local church.
East Kilbride, Scotland
This castle was first occupied in the 1400s and has undergone major restoration in recent times.
Isle of Whithorn, Scotland
This medieval pilgrimage site was a key part of the early Christian missionary work in Scotland.
Kinross, Scotland
This unusual double arched bridge runs over a picturesque Scottish glen.
Kirkcaldy, Scotland
A tribute to a child prodigy who died way too young.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A stone monument acknowledging Scotland's right to have a separate Parliament from the one in Westminster.
Inverkeithing, Scotland
This impressive Gothic church dates back to 1244 and stands on the site of one of the first churches in Scotland.
Scottish Borders, Scotland
A 1,000-year-old oak and one of the last surviving trees of the ancient Scottish Jedforest.
Sandhead, Scotland
Dating back to the 500s, these stones include some of the oldest Christian memorials in Scotland.
Lennel, Scotland
This Norman church survived the Reformation before suffering 300 years of neglect.
Crawford, Scotland
These crumbling ruins are all that's left of the ancestral home of Clan Crawford.
Kirkcudbright, Scotland
A 17th-century building that once served as the town's courthouse and jail is now a thriving art center.
Irvine, Scotland
Once the overnight home of Mary Queen of Scots.
Carberry, Scotland
A small stone pillar marks the spot where Mary, Queen of Scots, spent her final hours as a free woman.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Mining, a local filmmaker, and a philanthropist doctor all commemorated within a small space in suburban Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland
A museum dedicated to firefighting in a city that was crucial to the modern history of the profession.
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Named after a 6th-century saint, who was also a scholar.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This ordinary-looking rock may have played an important role in a 16th-century Scottish battle.
Eglinton, Scotland
The ruins of a once-grand castle that played host to a tournament with 100,000 attendees.
Dumfries, Scotland
This decaying, grandiose tweed mill once housed the Norwegian Army in exile.
Lochwinnoch, Scotland
The ruins of a small church belonging to a powerful Scottish family still hold the remains of its patriarch.
Eyemouth, Scotland
A watchhouse constructed from tombstones, to make way for a burial pit, for the victims succumbing to a deadly disease.
Rosehearty, Scotland
The south aisle of this church once served as a burial vault.
Saint Abbs, Scotland
One of four sister bronze sculptures dedicated to the widows and orphans of an 1881 tragedy.