Historic Places in Scotland
Discover historic places in Scotland on TravelPOI, with map locations, quick summaries and links to full place pages.
The Unstan Chambered Cairn stands on a low promontory overlooking the Loch of Stenness in Orkney's West Mainland, a profoundly important Neolithic monument that has given its name…
Scone Palace Perth and Kinross • PH2 6BDScone Palace near Perth in Perthshire is one of Scotland's most historically significant royal sites, standing on the location where the kings of Scotland were crowned for nearly…
Seton Collegiate Church East Lothian East Lothian • EH32 0QBSeton Collegiate Church near Longniddry in East Lothian is one of the finest and most complete medieval collegiate churches in Scotland, a late fourteenth-century church of…
Scotstarvit Tower Fife • KY15 5PAScotstarvit Tower near Cupar in Fife is a well-preserved seventeenth-century tower house in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, associated with Sir John Scot of…
Holyrood Palace City of Edinburgh • EH8 8DXThe Palace of Holyroodhouse stands at the foot of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, nestled beneath the dramatic crags of Arthur's Seat, and serves as the official residence of the…
Newmilns Tower East Ayrshire • KA16 9DFNewmilns Tower, also known as Ducat Tower, is a 16th-century tower house located in Newmilns, East Ayrshire, Scotland. It was built around 1530 and was originally owned by the…
Fenton Tower East Lothian • EH39 5JHFenton Tower is located between Gullane and North Berwick, 20km outside of Edinburgh. The Tower sits on a hilltop. It is five storeys high, with two spiral staircases, the wells…
Ruthven Barracks Highland Highland • PH21 1NPRuthven Barracks near Kingussie in the Cairngorm area of the Highlands are the most impressive and most atmospheric surviving example of the military barracks built by the British…
Iona Abbey Argyll and Bute • PA76 6SNIona Abbey on the small island of Iona off the southwest tip of Mull is one of the most sacred and historically important places in Scotland and in the story of Celtic…
Smailholm Tower Scottish Borders • TD5 7PGSmailholm Tower stands on a rocky outcrop in the farmland of the Scottish Borders near Kelso, a perfectly preserved sixteenth-century peel tower that rises stark and solitary…
Ackergill Tower Highland • KW1 4RNAckergill Tower is a dramatic medieval tower house rising from the windswept coastline of Caithness in the far north of Scotland, just a few miles north of Wick. Dating back to…
Newbattle Abbey Midlothian • EH22 3LRNewbattle Abbey near Dalkeith in Midlothian is a historic abbey building that has served as Scotland's residential college for adult education since 1937, making it one of the…
Liberton Tower City of Edinburgh • EH16 6TQLiberton Tower is a four-storey, square-plan tower house located in the Edinburgh suburb of Liberton, on the east side of the Braid Hills. Originally owned by the Dalmahoy family…
Quoyness Chambered Cairn Orkney Islands • KW17 2BLQuoyness Chambered Cairn stands as one of Orkney's most impressive Neolithic burial monuments, located on the low-lying peninsula of Elsness on the island of Sanday in the Orkney…
Rob Roy's Grave Balquhidder Stirling • FK19 8NZRob Roy MacGregor's grave in the churchyard at Balquhidder in the Stirlingshire Highlands is one of the most visited heritage sites in the Scottish Highlands, the last resting…