Blair Castle, Blair Atholl
Location: Blair Atholl, near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, Scotlandkind of castle: (these days) Georgian style Mansiontoday: open to public along with the surrounding woodlandspublic transport: …
Highlands
Scone Palace
Location: Scone north of Perth city centre, Perthshire, Scotlandkind of castle: gothic revival styled historic housetoday: open to publicpublic transport: buses from Perth City Centrescheduled …
Broughty Castle
Location: Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus, Scotlandkind of castle: fortified castletoday: open to public, contains a museumpublic transport: buses to Broughty Ferry, from there a nice …
‘United we conquer’ – The Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge
Location: Spean Bridge, Lochaber, Scottish Highlandskind of castle: no castle, bronze statue, War Memorialtoday: War Memorial with ashes scattering spotpublic transport: busses and trains to …
The Highlands of Scotland
The Highlands of Scotland are a cultural and historical area, the counterpart to the Lowlands. Depending on how you define the Lowland area the rest …
The Caledonian Canal
“Amar-Uisge/Seòlaid a’Ghlinne Mhòir (Waterway of the Great Glen), Sligh’-Uisge na h-Alba (Waterway of Scotland), (An) Canàl Cailleannach are all names which over the years were …
Clava Cairns
Where barbaric becomes clever The Clava Cairns are located on a beautiful spot within a small wood and consist of two passage graves (the North-East …
The Battle of Culloden
Today’s posts is all about the maybe most important battle in Scottish history. The Battle of Culloden, which was fought on a field just outside …
Inverness – Gate between present and past
Inverness, maybe not the first city which comes to mind when thinking about a must see but it definitely is. Where it lacks in sights …