Abbotsford – Home of Sir Walter Scott
Location: near Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Lowlands of Scotlandkind of building: baronial mansiontoday: open to public, partially still used by the family (that part being closed …
Scotland is beautiful
Battle of Glen Trool
Location: Glen Trool, Dumfries & Galloway, Lowlands of Scotlandkind of battle: Guerrilla attack by Bruce’s forcestoday: no clear battlefield leftpublic transport: non to Glen Trool …
Inchcolm Abbey & Island
Location: off the shores of Burntisland on Inchcolm Island, in the Firth of Forth, Lowlands, Scotlandkind of abbey: medieval abbey of the Augustinian ordertoday: island …
Roslin Castle
Also spelled: Rosslyn CastleLocation: near Roslin village, Midlothian, Lowlands of Scotlandkind of castle: 14th century stone castletoday: partly ruined, partly habitablepublic transport: buses from Edinburgh …
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: …
Melrose Abbey
Location: Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders, Scotlandkind of building: monasterytoday: mostly ruined, opened to publicpublic transport: regular buses to Melrose, trains to Galashiels and Tweedbank (from …
The Battle of Prestonpans
Location: Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotlandtoday: site with information boards open to the publicpublic transport: buses and trains from Edinburgh city centre to Prestonpansdate of battle: …
Cauldshiels Loch and the River Tweed, Melrose
Rating out of 5: 4 Source: Walkhighlands (Cauldshiels Loch and the River Tweed, Melrose (Walkhighlands) ) Reasons: This lovely route through the village of Melrose …
Hermitage Castle
Location: Newcastleton, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders, Scotlandkind of castle: stone tower house/keep (earlier: motte and bailey, wooden)today: partially ruined and seasonally open to publicpublic transport: …
Edinburgh Castle
Location: top of Castlehill, Edinburgh, Scotlandkind of castle: royal palace, fortresstoday: mostly open to publicpublic transport: buses and trains to Edinburgh, castle on top of …