Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel
Location: Dunbeg, near Oban, Argyll, Scottish Highlandskind of castle: stone fortresstoday: open to publicpublic transport: buses to Dunbeg, short walk to the Castle itselfscheduled monument: …
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Ganavan Sands and Dunstaffnage Castle
Rating out of 5: 4 Source: Walkhighlands Reasons: Starting from Ganavan the Route is easy to reach and offers lovely views over the surrounding area, …
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 …
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 …
Eildon Hills, from Melrose
Rating out of 5: 5 Source: Walkhighlands Reasons: Well, what can I say about this route… I had to start it twice, didn’t even get …
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 …
Dirleton Castle and Fidra
Rating out of 5: 2 Source: Walkhighlands Reasons: This route offers nice views over the Firth of Forth while running between some woods and fields …