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Perth is a city in central Scotland, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic…
Mountain ridge with forest trails featuring carved-wood outdoor sculptures & ancient hill forts.
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…
Unival, a small, roughly-built, square passage grave lies on an elevated plateau on the hill of the same name, and, as Beveridge noted, carries the…
Beloved traditional and beautifully preserved, King's Theatre and bar hosts mainstream touring plays, NTS productions, ballet and pantomime.…
Isle Martin (Eilean Mhàrtainn) is an uninhabited island in Loch Broom, on the west coast of Scotland. It is the closest Summer Isles to Ullapool and…
Digital reconstruction of Pictish Buildings at Lair, Glenshee. Created in Unreal Engine.
Glenlivet is the glen in the Scottish Highlands through which the River Livet flows.
At the southern end of the island you will find a monument to one of Berneray’s most notable sons, Giant Macaskill (Aonghas Mor MacAsgaill). Born in…
18th-century fortified garrison and working army barracks, housing Highlanders' regimental museum.
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…
Clay Buildings of the Carse Buildings that were “made out of the ground upon which they stood” were once the most common vernacular structures in…
A former highland township. After the highland clearances 200 years ago just a few stones leave evidence of where life had been lived for thousands of…
Site of Caen Highland Township, vacated as part of the 19th Century highland clearances
The boundary markers seen on the hillside, originate after a Court action was finally settled in 1859, dividing the Commonty of Bennachie between nine…
Rising from the east shore of Loch Lomond to a height of 974m (3,193ft), Ben Lomond offers exhilarating walking and spectacular views across Loch…
Aros is a popular visitor attraction and community cultural centre offering exhibitions, cinema, live music, comedy, dance, drama, theatre, galleries…
Three things were at the top of the community’s wish list – a shop, a proper hall for activities, and a place to meet and socialise. Thus, the idea…
Take a tour! Recreating the Village Bay of St Kilda as it would have looked, enables a better understanding of how the island was and the way of life,…
The abbey of Holyrood was founded in the twelfth century. During the late Middle Ages the monastery’s guest house gradually evolved into a royal…
Founded in 1612 by James VI I, the King James Library is one of the jewels in the University's crown. The building itself was completed in 1643.
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…
The most famous Scottish glen is also one of its most dramatic, with forbidding mountains, thundering waterfalls and sparkling lochs. Internationally…
Barpa nam Feannag, ominously called ‘Cairn of the Hooded Crows’ in English, is both less accessible and less well known than Barpa Langass. Erskine…
Dun an Sticir is an example of how in mediaeval times the original Iron Age 'brochs', hollow walled windowless fortifications often built on islands…
Barpa Langass is the largest and best preserved of the Neolithic chambered burial cairns on North Uist. According to Erskine Beveridge its massive…
Iain Crawford, a passionate archaeologist and ethnographer who was influenced by the writings of Erskine Beveridge, decided to concentrate his…
Caravat Barp is another example of a ‘Long Cairn’, 165’ overall, with some evidence remaining of a wide ‘horned’ entrance at the East end. Erskine…
Unival is a small, roughly-built square passage grave that lies on an elevated plateau on the hill of the same name. As Erskine Beveridge noted, it…
Tomintoul is a village in the Moray council area of Scotland; until 1975, it was in the county of Banffshire.
Camuscross is a small crofting township on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Camuscross is situated on Camus Croise bay, on the west shore of the Sound…
Isleornsay is a village lying off the main Armadale to Sleat road on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It overlooks, but is not upon, the island of…
Armadale (Scottish Gaelic: Armadal) is a village near the southern end of the Sleat Peninsula, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, and is a village in the…
Elcho Castle is located a short distance above the south bank of the River Tay approximately four miles south-east of Perth, Scotland. It consists of…
The Camera New on the market in July 2017, the Garmin Virb360 camera is an extremely capable 360° device. The images in this tour were captured as…
Intricately carved chapel built in 1446, featured in The Da Vinci Code movie, with history talks.
Castle dating from 1269 with lavish rooms housing antiques, art and armour, plus walled garden.
How to use: Scroll around each scene using your mouse or by moving your smart phone. Look for interactive links to photos and information about the…
THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN was fought on this moor 16 April 1746 The Graves of the Gallant Highlanders who fought for SCOTLAND AND BONNIE PRINCE…
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…
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…
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…
The only Visit Scotland 5-Star Attraction in Aberdeen, the museum tells the extraordinary 200 year story of “the Finest Regiment in the World!”*…
The Cowgate probably developed as a street in the early fourteenth century. By the sixteenth century it was considered one of the more prosperous…
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…
University museum with 4 galleries exploring St. Andrews through the ages, with a sea-view terrace.
Helmsdale is a village on the east coast of Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The modern village was planned in 1814 to resettle…
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…
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 exhibition - a collaboration between Culture Perth and Kinross, the University of St Andrews Open Virtual Worlds Research team, Perth and Kinross…
Crarae is one the finest examples of Himalayan-style woodland gardens in Britain. The 50 acre site is situated in an area of outstanding natural…
19th-century baronial castle featuring period furniture & art, plus formal gardens & a country park
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…
Abernethy is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, situated 8 mi south-east of Perth
This phase of the project has been funded by St Andrews University Research Impact. impact.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ More information here:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
St Andrews University was founded between 1410 and 1413, and is the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and the third oldest…
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…
Balvenie is a Speyside single-malt distillery which was founded in 1886 by William Grant. The first distillation took place on 1 May 1893.
Balvenie is…
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…
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,…
In 1904 this building was made for the publisher Walter Blackie by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh.
The entire house,…
The Kelpies are two 30-metres tall sculptures depicting the heads of two kelpies, mythological water spirits.
The sculptures were made by Andy Scott…
Kennetpans was formed by the monks of Kennetpans Monastery and was a salt panning community.
The local farmers learned how to distil from the…
The Port of Grangemouth is Scotland's largest container port and is linked via motorway, rail, and sea.
The port handles approximately 150,000…
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,…
The gardens have been in their current locations since 1842 and were originally used for concerts and events, but were later brought into the Parks…
University of Glasgow was founded in 1451 in Glasgow's city centre but moved to the current main campus grounds in 1870.
It is the fourth oldest…
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…
Gladstone's Land is the restored 17th century home of wealthy merchant and landlord Thomas Gledstanes.
Gledstanes let out rooms in this six-storey…
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…
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 Palace of Holyroodhouse is the Queen's official residence in Scotland and contains many artefacts of Scottish royal history.
The Queen's Gallery…
The Camera New on the market in July 2017, the Garmin Virb360 camera is an extremely capable 360° device. The images in this tour were captured as…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Founded in 1781 by Susan Carnegie, it was originally called the Montrose Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary, and Dispensary.
It was brought under NHS control…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The University of Dundee was founded in 1881 as a constituent college of the University of St Andrews before gaining independent university status in…
The castle was originally constructed as a tower house by Sir David Guthrie, Treasurer and Lord Justice-General of Scotland in 1468. A house was later…
This category A listed building is a dramatic, Neo-Gothic tower was built to commemorate William Wallace between 1855-57 after designs by Robert…