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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 style…

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…

Named in honour of St Machar, a disciple of St Columba, the cathedral was built in c.1130 and has since undergone various restorations with the current iteration being completed in 1953. However, the site has been of religious importance since 580.…

This 800 year old castle has hosted many great figures of Scottish history including, William the Lion, Robert the Bruce, and Charles I.
The castle has been added to over the years. After its royal ownership it fell into the hands of five successive…

Dunnottar Castle is a ruined 15th century fortress on built on a jutting headland.
The headland has been fortified since as early as the 9th century, though the current ruins are those of the 15th and 16th century buildings.
It is best known for…

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…

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, around 1890. before the island was evacuated on 29 August 1930.

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 residence. In the early 1500s King James IV ordered the creation of a new palace next to the original…

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 a Z-plan tower house, with fragments of a surrounding wall with corner towers.

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 bracketed exposures, blended together in Adobe Lightroom and processed using the KRPano Virtual Tour…

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 CHARLIE are marked by the names of their clans

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.

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

Castle dating from 13th century with lavish Edwardian interiors and significant portrait collection.

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 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…

Models of the stage set created by John Byrne for the John McGrath play 'The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil'

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.

Virtual reconstruction of All Hallows Church (Inchinnan), built in 1900 and demolished in 1965 to allow the extension of the airfield at Abbotsinch. Created for the Inchinnan Historical Interest Group. The digital reconstruction is based on historic…

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…

Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn is an excellent example of Neolithic design and construction. It is well preserved, with a high central chamber and three cells opening off it. Today the tomb is accessed through the roof, rather than original long and…

Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland, the main island of Orkney, Scotland, about 6 miles west of Kirkwall. It dates to around 3,000 BCE, and is similar in design to Maeshowe, but on a smaller scale.

Gothic-style 92-ft. lighthouse, built in 1836, with a loud foghorn & open in summer to public.

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/

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,…

Artec Eva scan of Walter Ydil, Canon of St Machar’s Cathedral. The inscription translated from Latin reads ‘Here lies the Honorable man Master Walter Idil, Canon of the Churches of Aberdeen and Brechin, Licentate in Decrees, who gave twenty shillings…

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 residence. In the early 1500s King James IV ordered the creation of a new palace next to the original…

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.

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 of Sleat, in the Highland Council area. It lies close to the village of Isleornsay and the island of…

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 a Z-plan tower house, with fragments of a surrounding wall with corner towers.

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 bracketed exposures, blended together in Adobe Lightroom and processed using the KRPano Virtual Tour…

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.

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 CHARLIE are marked by the names of their clans

19th-century baronial castle featuring period furniture & art, plus formal gardens & a country park

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

Castle dating from 13th century with lavish Edwardian interiors and significant portrait collection.

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

Replica buildings & period artifacts exploring life in the Highlands from the 1700s to the 1960s.

The Wick Heritage Museum can be found in a rather small, nondescript house near the harbour of the far north-Scotland town of Wick. But don't let its size fool you as this museum is housed in a tardis-like building that's way bigger than you might at…

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…

Scotland's Museum Of Flight is part of the National Museums Scotland Group and is situated near the village of East Fortune in East Lothian, Scotland. The museum is housed on the old World War 2 airfield of RAF East Fortune. All buildings on the…

Models of the stage set created by John Byrne for the John McGrath play 'The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil'

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…

Virtual reconstruction of All Hallows Church (Inchinnan), built in 1900 and demolished in 1965 to allow the extension of the airfield at Abbotsinch. Created for the Inchinnan Historical Interest Group. The digital reconstruction is based on historic…

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…

Gothic-style 92-ft. lighthouse, built in 1836, with a loud foghorn & open in summer to public.

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

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,…

Artec Eva scan of Walter Ydil, Canon of St Machar’s Cathedral. The inscription translated from Latin reads ‘Here lies the Honorable man Master Walter Idil, Canon of the Churches of Aberdeen and Brechin, Licentate in Decrees, who gave twenty shillings…

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 residence. In the early 1500s King James IV ordered the creation of a new palace next to the original…

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 until taken by MacDonald's in 1266. It was the principle stronghold of the MacDonald's of Sleat until…

The most famous Scottish glen is also one of its most dramatic, with forbidding mountains, thundering waterfalls and sparkling lochs. Internationally famous for its amazing landscape, its natural and cultural heritage; the scenery of Glencoe has been…

Barpa nam Feannag, ominously called ‘Cairn of the Hooded Crows’ in English, is both less accessible and less well known than Barpa Langass. Erskine Beveridge described it as ‘a long irregular mound of loose stones, lying approximately east and west’.…

Dun an Sticir is an example of how in mediaeval times the original Iron Age 'brochs', hollow walled windowless fortifications often built on islands and reached by a tricky causeway, were later adapted for more domestic purposes. The building of…

Barpa Langass is the largest and best preserved of the Neolithic chambered burial cairns on North Uist. According to Erskine Beveridge its massive size suggests that it was the burial place of some great chief and was intended as both a tomb and a…

Iain Crawford, a passionate archaeologist and ethnographer who was influenced by the writings of Erskine Beveridge, decided to concentrate his searches in the 1960s on sites that might have been continuously inhabited over a very long period and yet…

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 Beveridge noted that it was ‘greatly dilapidated’ at this end, since it had been used as a quarry by…

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 carries the Gaelic name ‘Leacach an Tigh Chloiche’ or ‘place of slabs of the stone house’. Excavated…

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 of Sleat, in the Highland Council area. It lies close to the village of Isleornsay and the island of…

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 Ornsay. The island itself shelters one of the best natural harbours in southern Skye.

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 Highland council area of Scotland.

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 a Z-plan tower house, with fragments of a surrounding wall with corner towers.

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 bracketed exposures, blended together in Adobe Lightroom and processed using the KRPano Virtual Tour…

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.

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