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Finlaggan, the centre of the Lordship of the Isles, an island settlement in the beautiful secluded Loch Finlaggan in the northeast corner of the Isle of Islay. Photospheres from a VR exhibit in the Finlaggan Visitor Centre.

The New Shetland Museum and Archives at Hay's Dock, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, was officially opened on 31 May 2007 by HM Queen Sonja of Norway and the Duke & Duchess of Rothesay.

Welcome to the tour of St Andrews Preservation Trust musuem. Here you will be able to explore the museum, enjoy reconstructions of past life in St Andrews and relax in its gardens!

The only Visit Scotland 5-Star Attraction in Aberdeen, the museum tells the extraordinary 200 year story of “the Finest Regiment in the World!”* Situated in the fashionable west end of Aberdeen, Scotland, in the former home of leading Scot

The Cowgate probably developed as a street in the early fourteenth century. By the sixteenth century it was considered one of the more prosperous parts of Edinburgh. The writer and theologian Alexander Alesius (who was born in Edinburgh in 1500)…

The Netherbow Port was a great gateway controlling access to Edinburgh from the Canongate (then a separate burgh). In May 1544 it was attacked by the English, who blew the gates open with a culverin (a type of cannon with a relatively long-range).…

University museum with 4 galleries exploring St. Andrews through the ages, with a sea-view terrace.

Timespan is a cultural organisation in Helmsdale, Sutherland in the Far North of Scotland. It offers a high quality venue with a museum, contemporary art gallery, archive, shop and cafe. Established in 1986, Timespan has developed from a community…

The House of Dun is a National Trust for Scotland property in the parish of Dun, lying close to the edge of Montrose Basin and situated approximatley half way between the towns of Montrose and Brechin, in Angus, Scotland.

This site has a long history of religious use. Little is known of the early churches; the first substantial building was erected in the 13th century. The current church is built on a promontory, bordered by a stream; a site typical of early churches.…

Barry Mill is a working Category A listed watermill in Barry, Angus in eastern Scotland. It is owned and operated by the National Trust for Scotland as an educational tourist attraction.

The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum is a Gothic Revival-style building, located in the centre of Dundee, Scotland. The building houses a museum and art gallery with a collection of fine and decorative art as well as a natural history…

As a part of our project “Scanning The Horizon” we have created virtual tours to improve access to our collection. Thanks to 360° photography you can now enjoy tours of our vessels from the comfort of your own home! Move between panoramas to explore…

A classical 1832 building houses 18th century anatomy specimens and visiting medical exhibitions.

Cramond Kirk is a church situated in the area of Cramond in the north west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Built on the site of an old Roman fort, parts of the Cramond Kirk building date back to the fourteenth century and the church tower is considered to be…

Paisley Abbey is a parish church of the Church of Scotland on the east bank of the White Cart Water in the centre of the town of Paisley, Renfrewshire, about 12 miles west of Glasgow, in Scotland. Its origins date from the 12th century, based on a…

Founded by the Duke of Gordon in 1776, Tomintoul is situated on the line of the old military road built following the 1745 Jacobite rebellion. The Duke hoped that the production of linen would provide an industry for local people

The church at Kilmaurs was in the possession of Kelso Abbey as early as 1170. In 1413 the present foundation was endowed by Sir William Cunninghame as a collegiate church. Rebuilt by Robert S Ingram 1888 in a cruciform shape. Stained glass,…

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Portencross Castle is a wonderful example of what can be achieved when everyone involved in a project works together to overcome problems. http://www.portencrosscastle.org.uk/

Our new state-of-the-art museum has something for everyone. Experience life in a World War One Trench and explore the Factory to discover what life was like for the thousands of munitions girls who flocked to work here.

Dean Castle Country Park

Rowallan Castle is steeped in history, with its original structure believed to date back to the 13th century.

The Museum of Abernethy was opened in May 2000 by Magnus Magnusson. The Museum has held the Visit Scotland four stars award since 2001. The building, which stands within the lands of the old Culdees monastery, dates from the eighteenth century.…

Abernethy is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, situated 8 mi south-east of Perth. It has one of Scotland's two surviving Irish-style round towers. The round tower is approx. 22 metres high and has an internal diameter of 2.515 metres. The…

St Giles’ was the most important church in the burgh of Edinburgh (although it was not a cathedral until the 1630s). In 1544 St Giles’ was still a Catholic Church. It was lavishly decorated with statues and stained glass, and housed the altars of the…

The Grassmarket area is first recorded in the fourteenth century, when it was referred to as ‘the street called Newbygging under the castle’. By the 1470s the area was known as ‘Westirmart’, and seems to have been associated with the sale of timber,…

Stories, Stones & Bones This is a digital reconstruction of the 19th-century colonist's buildings, the remains of which are still visible today. Please visit the Bennachie Landscapes Project for more information:…

The small village of Cramond, on the edge of Edinburgh, is one of Scotland’s most important archaeological sites. People have lived in and around Cramond for at least ten thousand years. Today Cramond is a pleasant commuter village for Edinburgh…

Kirkcaldy Old Kirk is the site of the first Christian worship in Kirkcaldy after the Celtic missionaries brought the faith here in the 5th century. The first written record of the Kirk is in 1244. http://www.kirkcaldyoldkirktrust.org.uk/

The exhibition - a collaboration between Culture Perth and Kinross, the University of St Andrews Open Virtual Worlds Research team, Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust, and Tay Landscape Partnership with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Near the banks of Loch Fyne, on the west coast, immerse yourself in Britain's finest example of an exotic Himalayan-style woodland garden. Crarae Garden is a tranquil site, with its dramatic gorge, rippling burn, waterfalls and cliffs. The…

The quintessential Victorian ‘Highland’ estate, Brodick Castle, Garden & Country Park on the Isle of Arran is the perfect place for a family day out. Dramatically set against the backdrop of Goatfell mountain, the grand red sandstone Scottish…

Take in an enormous sweep of Scottish history as experienced by the Irvine family who lived in Drum Castle for over 650 years, from the 14th century onwards. Drum is one of Royal Deeside’s top historic attractions, just 10 miles from Aberdeen. It is…

A village in Perth and Kinross, Abernethy is home to one of Scotland's two surviving Irish-style round towers.

This phase of the project has been funded by St Andrews University Research Impact. impact.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ More information here: 2017.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2017/04/10/reconstructing-pre-reformation-st-andrews/

This tour was funded by St Andrews Community Trust.

Dunscaith, Skye's oldest castle is situated north of Tarskavaig by the township of Tokavaig. It was a Norse stronghold, and then a MacLeod castle until taken by MacDonald's in 1266. It was the principle stronghold of the MacDonald's of Sleat until…

This 19th century mansion is a category A listed building whose grounds make up Camperdown Park. The park hosts a wildlife centre with close to 200 species of tree across the 400 acre area. It is noteworthy as the origin of the Camperdown Elm,…

This chapel was founded in 1450 and built in a neo-Gothic style. It was originally founded with a missionary and educational function as it was part of Bishop Kennedy’s College of the Holy Saviour. St Salvator’s has been the site of much conflict…

The ruined Roman Catholic cathedral was built 1158 and was the main seat of the Catholic Church in Scotland in the Middle Ages. The cathedral fell into disuse after the Scottish Reformation in the sixteenth century, which outlawed Catholic mass. The…

This castle dates from the 13th century and was built on a northern headland of St Andrews. Now in ruins, the castle still partially watches over the seas and surrounding area of the town. The famous ‘bottle dungeon’ is found here, cut out of the…

St Andrews University was founded between 1410 and 1413, and is the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and the third oldest university in the English-speaking world. The university consists of a main campus and owns modern and…

King James IV and his son, James V, commissioned this palace in the early 16th century. The Kings loved hunting and falconry, and this was created as a sort of holiday house for them to pursue these hobbies. There are many fairytale-esque buildings…

The present ruins of Urquhart Castle stem from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries but there are traces of a Medieval fortification on the site stemming from the seventh century. The castle is one of the largest in area in Scotland. It has…

The Centre was founded in 1993 by Comann Eachdraidh Uibhist a Tuath and the Uist Art Association and the museum explores North Uist’s social, domestic, economic, cultural and religious life. The collection is built up from artefacts from the…

In 1904 this building was made for the publisher Walter Blackie by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh. The entire house, inside and out, was designed by Mackintosh including furniture and fittings. He even recommended what…

The Kelpies are two 30-metres tall sculptures depicting the heads of two kelpies, mythological water spirits. The sculptures were made by Andy Scott and completed in 2013. The Kelpies are the largest equine sculptures in the world and represent…

Kennetpans was formed by the monks of Kennetpans Monastery and was a salt panning community. The local farmers learned how to distil from the monastery and in the 1730s it was the largest distillery in Scotland. In the 1770s a second distillery was…

The Port of Grangemouth is Scotland’s largest container port and is linked via motorway, rail, and sea. The port handles approximately 150,000 containers per year and up to 30% of Scotland’s gross domestic product (GDP) goes through the port. It is…

The gallery opened in 1901 as the Palace of Fine Arts. Built around its large Centre Hall, the museum houses a wide ranging collection of art, arms, and natural history items across 22 galleries. The museum also holds the Salvador Dali painting…

Founded in 1582, the University of Edinburgh is ranked in the top 20 universities in the world (2019). The University hosts over 35,000 students across multiple campuses in the city. This tour provides an insight into the old and new of the…

Gladstone’s Land is the restored 17th century home of wealthy merchant and landlord Thomas Gledstanes. Gledstanes let out rooms in this six-storey building and the restored rooms reflect how these people from different social spheres went about their…

The Firth of Forth is a centre of commerce in Edinburgh and shown here are five different points along the coast line. This tour consists of a set of 360º images including information points and embedded videos. Accessibility note: N/A

This is a primarily residential area of Edinburgh, seen here is a large development on the waterfront The tour shows a section of Leith Harbour, and the Western Harbour development, included within the 360º image is a drone flyby of the area…

The castle’s construction began in 1240 but was damaged in the Wars of Scottish Independence. The castle guarded the approach along the coast to Edinburgh from the south. It changed hands multiple times throughout its history, and was damaged again…

Since the 12th century and the reign of David I, there has been a royal castle on the rock overlooking the area that is now Edinburgh, but the site has been occupied since the Bronze Age. It has been the location of many conflicts throughout its…

The present house was completed in 1809 to replace an earlier house which had been demolished due to damp damage. In 1829, the house was bought by Sir John Gladstone, the father of later Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone. The house is…

The Memorial Hall and clocktower are built within a public rose garden in the village of Edzell. The Hall and garden are open for various activities such as, drama productions, dance, meetings, and exhibitions. The Library room has been restored…

The castle was built in 1520 with walled gardens from the 17th century. The castle is today a ruin but the garden is still maintained. The castle was built by the 8th Earl of Crawford and the garden expanded in 1604 by his son. Today the castle…

Founded in 1781 by Susan Carnegie, it was originally called the Montrose Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary, and Dispensary. It was brought under NHS control in 1948, and in 1962 it became the Sunnyside Royal Hospital. The hospital closed in 2011 but the…

Opened in 1904, this bowling green, and gardens, following the generosity of Miss Hope Paton, the daughter of a wealthy merchant who wanted to leave a mark on her hometown. The club has enjoyed a busy history and much local support. This tour is a…

At Hope Paton Park in Montrose is this granite memorial topped with a bronze statue of Peace. The central element is dedicated to WWI, with bronze plaques commemorating those who fought from Montrose. This is flanked by two blocks on each side…

This tour is a 360º photograph of a section of the Boddin coast, it contains information icons about various points of interest, such as Scurdie Ness Lighthouse and Lunan Bay. Accessibility note: N/A

The castle has been the property of the Carnegie family since its construction in the early 1400s but early records of the castle’s history were lost when the castle burned down in 1452. The estate covers around 7,000 acres of land. The castle was…

Glamis Castle was the childhood home to HM Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother, having been the ancestral seat of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne since 1372. The site’s history dates back to 1034 when King Malcolm II was murdered there at a…

The Mortuary Chapel was built in 1884 by Patrick Allan-Fraser as a mausoleum for the Fraser family. The building was later gifted to the people of Arbroath as a non-denominational chapel, with maintenance of the chapel falling to the Patrick…

The University of Dundee was founded in 1881 as a constituent college of the University of St Andrews before gaining independent university status in 1967. The university has 17,000 students and the main teaching facilities are located in the West…

This category A listed building is a dramatic, Neo-Gothic tower was built to commemorate William Wallace between 1855-57 after designs by Robert Snodgrass Its square-plan footprint castellated top give it a powerful sense of rootedness in the…

Built around 1320 for the MacDougalls, the castle today belongs to the Stewarts. Gaelic name is Stalcaire, meaning Hunter or Falconer. The castle was acquired in 1965 by Lt. Col. D. R. Stewart Allward who restored the castle over a period of ten…

The Parish church of Kinneff was first consecrated in 1242, and has since undergone various alterations and renovations before entering its current state after 1876. It is a typical example of a Scottish ‘T’ shaped kirk which is used to direct the…

This 16th century tower house was built by Alexander Burnett and is a maze of turrets and corridors featuring elaborately painted ceilings and wood panelled floors. It sits in a glorious set of gardens amongst the low hills of the area. The inside…

A church of St. Kieran, Fetteresso Church was dedicated Roman Catholic in 1246 before changing to Protestant under Mary Queen of Scots in the 1560s. It is currently a functioning part of the Church of Scotland and the frontage of the building was…

Built in 1844 from the remains of St Cyrus House, Ecclesgreig Castle stood at the centre of an agricultural estate. Now no longer a functioning house, the castle still commands impressive views of the sea nearby and hosts an Italian renaissance…

Constructed in 1885, the church was built as an estate chapel for the owner of Drumtochty Castle, the Rev. J. S. Gammell. The building was commissioned from the architectural firm Pirie and Clyne, the Neo-Gothic design features an aisle-less nave…

Designed by Robert Adam in the 18th century, this opulent castle sits atop the Ayrshire cliffs as one of 40 buildings in the 260 ha estate of the 10th Earl of Cassillis. The estate features a Swan Pond, an ice house, formal gardens, and an indoor…

Set just 45 minutes away from Aberdeen, in the village of Alford, the Grampian Transport Museum has an extensive collection of vehicles from across history. Since its foundation in the 1980s, the museum has hosted many events and transport related…

One of Britain’s largest indoor gardens, the David Welch Winter Gardens boasts the most extensive collection of succulents and cacti in Europe. It includes a Temperate House, a Corridor of Perfumes, a Fern Houses, a Victorian Corridor, a Japanese…

Raemoir House is a private Mansion House surrounded by 14 acres of parkland. The buildings date back to 1715 and contains a multitude of rooms like the Oval dining room and the Big Fish bar, named after the 96 lbs fish hanging over the whiskey…

FROM LIVING MEMORY TO MEMORIAL- Dumbarton's WW1 Stories Dumbarton Library and Heritage Centre. (Until the end of November). Also see Dumbarton Library under VENUES. The exhibition, which also includes a programme of workshops and talks, brings…

How to get there : Castle Green Street, Dumbarton. Parking in the street only. This is an active station on call at any moment so you need to look out for vehicle and other movement. Part of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Services. Learn about the…

How to get there : Church Street, in central Dumbarton, next to sheriff court.Designed by William Leiper, architect, 1865. Damaged by fire 11.12.1882, and restored. Further deterioration over the years leading to it lying empty. Eventually gutted…

Levengrove Park, in Dumbarton, is located on a dramatic stretch of land where the River Leven meets the estuary of the River Clyde. It has impressive views across the Clyde to Renfrewshire and to the adjacent town and Dumbarton Rock on the other side…

Saturday 1st September.How to get there : Once in Bowling look for the point at which the cycle track crosses Dumbarton Road and follow it down over the railway. Depending on numbers, parking may be restricted to near the turnoff from Dumbarton Road.…

How to get there : Dumbarton Central Station, if not reached by rail, is from Station Road or Church Street / Townend Road.The Armed Forces Veterans Association can be found on Platform Two. This is a small but fascinating centre for the veterans of…

OPENING TIMES : The library opens Monday to Saturday.Times available : https://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/libraries/library-branches/dumbarton-library/While the library naturally has a great book collection and has some interesting architectural…

Formerly Clyde Street school, it was built in Scots Revival style. Inside, the classrooms run off the Glasgow-style galleried hall, with its fine hammerbeam roof.

1960s modern with clerestory glazing into a chimneyed tower on the east side. Hall of Remembrance, Memorial Chapel, Cremation Room.

This castellated Gothic mansion house is currently a private nursing home. It features a five bay facade of coupled windows, corbelled battlemented parapets with a central tower rising behind. Tax rolls indicate there was a building on the site in…

Severe Gothic style, tracery on gable. Stained glass windows by Sadie McLellan (1972), embroidered Panels by Hannah Frew Paterson (1981), woven silk hangings by Sarah Sumsion (1990) and engraved glass by John Lawrie (1992). Peal of six bells, five…

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority head quarters, Balloch. Also home to the Community Partnership. How to get there : Carrochan Road, off Stirling or Balloch Road; near the Co-Op. Design team led by Page & Park : 2005. This…

Strathleven House is a category A listed Palladian mansion located on the outskirts of Dumbarton.Surrounded by scenic woodland, it is part of the Vale of Leven Industrial Estate. The building dates from 1700 and it is considered to be the first…

This A-listed church is currently undergoing a major programme of restoration. It is designed in an early-Gothic style and contains many interesting and attractive features including some well-studied stained glass. Visitors are most welcome to come…

The walk will be guided by Dave Harvie, taking in sites of historical interest such as the Old Academy, Glencairn House and Dumbarton Bridge.The walk will finish at the Deny Tank Museum about 15.00 where a guided tour of the building will be…

A guided walk to Jaw Resevior and over to Cairnhowit. See the remains of a Neolithic tomb before returning via Greenside Resevoir.For further information contact Gillian Neil, Rnager Service, Council Offices, Garshake. Telephone 01389 752977.