List of Historic Environment Scotland properties
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This list includes the historic houses, castles, abbeys, museums and other buildings and monuments in the care of Historic Environment Scotland (HES). HES (Scottish Gaelic: Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland’s historic environment. It maintains over 300 properties, that together attract more than 3 million visitors annually.[1]
Aberdeen
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| St Machar's Cathedral Transepts | File:St Machar Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 863433.jpg | The ruined transepts of St Machar's Cathedral |
Aberdeenshire
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Argyll and Bute
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ardchattan Priory | File:ArdchattanPriory-pjt.jpg | The ruins of a Valliscaulian priory founded in 1230 and later converted to secular use. |
| Bonawe Historic Iron Furnace | File:Bonawe Iron Furnace - geograph.org.uk - 93133.jpg | The most complete charcoal-fuelled ironworks in Britain, founded in 1753. |
| Carnasserie Castle | File:CarnasserieCastle002.jpg | Home of John Carswell, first Protestant Bishop of the Isles |
| Castle Sween | File:Castle Sween - geograph.org.uk - 407507.jpg | One of the earliest castles in Scotland |
| Dunstaffnage Castle and Chapel | File:Dunstaffnage Castle 20080428.jpg | Stronghold of the MacDougalls |
| Eileach an Naoimh | File:The monastery chapel, Eilach an Naoimh.jpg | Ruins of Early Christian beehive cells, a chapel and a graveyard on a small island in the Firth of Lorne |
| St Cormac's Chapel, Eilean Mor | File:Eilean Mor Chapel.jpg | A chapel on a small island in the Sound of Jura. Site includes St Cormac's Cross and St Cormac's Cave |
| Inchkenneth Chapel | File:Inchkenneth Chapel 20120418 view from east.jpg | Medieval church |
| Iona Abbey | File:Abbey on the Isle of Iona - geograph.org.uk - 1459438.jpg | One of Scotland's most historic and sacred sites. |
| Iona: Maclean's Cross | File:Maclean's Cross - geograph.org.uk - 742929.jpg | A 15th-century free-standing cross |
| Iona Nunnery | File:Iona Nunnery 14745.JPG | One of the best-preserved medieval nunnery churches in the British Isles. |
| Keills Chapel | File:Keills Chapel 20080427.jpg | A small West Highland chapel housing a collection of 12th-century grave slabs |
| Kilberry Sculptured Stones | File:Kilberry Sculptured Stones 20100927 effigies.jpg | A collection of late-medieval sculptured stones gathered from the Kilberry estate. |
| Kilchurn Castle | File:KilchurnCastle-pjt2.jpg | Four-storey tower built in the mid-15th century by Sir Colin Campbell |
| Kildalton Cross | File:Kildalton Church, stone cross - geograph.org.uk - 1650.jpg | The finest intact high cross in Scotland carved in the late 8th century |
| Kilmartin Glen: Achnabreck Cup And Ring Marks | File:Cup and Ring marked stone at Achnbreck, Argyllshire - geograph.org.uk - 1536578.jpg | The exposed crest of a rocky ridge with well-preserved cup and ring marks of early prehistoric date. |
| Kilmartin Glen: Ballygowan Cup And Ring Marks | File:Ballygowan Cup And Ring Marks 20120414.jpg | Cup and ring marks on natural rock faces, of early prehistoric date. |
| Kilmartin Glen: Baluachraig Cup And Ring Marks | File:Cup and ring markings - geograph.org.uk - 363148.jpg | Several groups of early prehistoric cup and ring marks on natural rock faces. Close to Dunchraigaig cairn. |
| Kilmartin Glen: Cairnbaan Cup And Ring Marks | File:Cup and Ring markings on inscribed stone.jpg | Carved stone of the Bronze Age within Kilmartin Glen |
| Kilmartin Glen: Dunadd Fort | File:Dunadd-Hillfort-CarvedPathway.JPG | Well-preserved hill fort of Kilmartin Glen |
| Kilmartin Glen: Dunchraigaig Cairn | File:Dunchraigaig Cairn - geograph.org.uk - 1490827.jpg | Bronze Age cairn within Kilmartin Glen |
| Kilmartin Glen: Glebe Cairn, Kilmartin | File:Glebe Cairn and Kilmartin glen - geograph.org.uk - 831076.jpg | Early Bronze Age burial cairn |
| Kilmartin Glen: Kilmartin Sculptured Stones | File:Kilmartin Stones 05.jpg | Early-medieval and medieval crosses of Kilmartin Glen |
| Kilmartin Glen: Kilmichael Glassary Cup And Ring Marks | File:Cup and Ring Mark Rock at Kilmichael Glassary - geograph.org.uk - 976382.jpg | Early prehistoric cup and ring carvings of Kilmartin Glen |
| Nether Largie Cairns | File:NetherLargieSouth1.jpg | A Neolithic and two Bronze Age cairns of Kilmartin Glen |
| Ri Cruin Cairn | File:Ri Cruin Cairn - geograph.org.uk - 995038.jpg | Bronze Age burial cairn within Kilmartin Glen |
| Temple Wood Stone Circles | File:Temple Wood Stone Circles 03.jpg | Standing stones of Kilmartin Glen dating to about 3000 BC |
| Kilmodan Sculptured Stones | File:Kilmodan Stones (8 and 9) - geograph.org.uk - 852041.jpg | A group of West Highland carved grave slabs exhibited in a burial aisle within Kilmodan churchyard. |
| Kilmory Knap Chapel | File:Kilmory Knap Chapel 20080427 - exterior.jpg | A small medieval chapel with a collection of typical West Highland grave slabs and some early medieval sculpture. |
| Rothesay Castle | File:Rothesay Castle - geograph.org.uk - 952204.jpg | Castle with a long and close association with the Stewart Kings of Scotland |
| Skipness Castle and Chapel | File:Skipness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 408410.jpg | A 13th-century castle with a 16th-century tower house in one corner |
| St Blane's Church, Kingarth | File:St Blane's Church - outside.JPG | A 12th-century Romanesque chapel |
| St Mary's Chapel, Rothesay | File:High Kirk Churchyard, Rothesay - geograph.org.uk - 1289836.jpg | Late-medieval remains of the chancel of the Parish Church of St Mary |
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Ayrshire
East Ayrshire
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Loch Doon Castle | File:Loch Doon Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1522160.jpg | Castle containing an eleven-sided curtain wall of fine masonry |
| Rowallan Castle | File:Rowallan - geograph.org.uk - 265037.jpg | Castle set in rolling Ayrshire parkland |
North Ayrshire
South Ayrshire
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Crossraguel Abbey | File:Crossraguel Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 1437269.jpg | Abbey founded early in the 13th century by the Earl of Carrick. |
| Dundonald Castle | File:Dundonald Castle 20080424.jpg | Castle built by Robert II in the 1370s to mark his succession to the throne of Scotland |
| Maybole Collegiate Church | File:Maybole Collegiate Church 01.jpg | College associated with St Mary Chapel |
Clackmannanshire
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Castle Campbell | File:Castle Campbell - geograph.org.uk - 749198.jpg | 15th-century fortress situated above Dollar Glen |
| Clackmannan Tower | File:Clackmannan Tower 20080505 01.jpg | A 14th-century keep |
Dumfries and Galloway
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Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Antonine Wall: Bar Hill Fort | File:Barr Hill Roman Baths - geograph.org.uk - 128421.jpg | Highest fort on the Antonine Wall |
| Antonine Wall: Bearsden Bath House | File:Roman Bath House - geograph.org.uk - 1553792.jpg | Remains of a bath-house and latrine built in the 2nd century AD |
West Dunbartonshire
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Dumbarton Castle | File:Dumbarton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1517961.jpg | Dumbarton was the centre of the ancient kingdom of Strathclyde from the 5th century until 1018. |
Dundee
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Broughty Castle | File:Broughty Castle (2).JPG | Castle, built hastily, but perhaps unnecessarily. It figured in only two national emergencies over 450 years. |
| Claypotts Castle | File:Claypotts castle 01.jpg | 16th-century castle |
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Edinburgh
Falkirk (council area)
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Antonine Wall: Castlecary | File:Castlecary, Roman Fort - geograph.org.uk - 2786156.jpg | The low earthworks of a fort |
| Antonine Wall: Rough Castle | File:Antonine Wall near Rough Castle Fort.jpg | Best-preserved length of rampart and ditch |
| Antonine Wall: Seabegs Wood | File:Antonine Wall at Seabegs Wood - geograph.org.uk - 930380.jpg | A stretch of rampart and ditch with the military way behind |
| Antonine Wall: Watling Lodge | File:Antonine's Wall at Watling Lodge - geograph.org.uk - 1140335.jpg | A stretch of rampart and ditch |
| Blackness Castle | File:Blackness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1122497.jpg | Castle built by one of Scotland's most powerful families, the Crichtons |
| Kinneil House | File:Kinneil House.jpg | 15th-century tower remodelled by the Earl of Arran |
| Westquarter Dovecot | File:Westquarter Dovecote - geograph.org.uk - 1292134.jpg | Rectangular dovecot with a heraldic panel dated 1647 |
Fife
Glasgow
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Crookston Castle | File:Crookston Castle.jpg | Ruin of an unusual 15th-century castle |
| Glasgow Cathedral | File:Glasgow Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 940037.jpg | Cathedral built on the site where St Mungo was thought to have been buried |
Highland (council area)
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Inverclyde
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Newark Castle | File:Newark Castle - geograph.org.uk - 83750.jpg | Firth of Clyde castle mainly associated with the notorious Patrick Maxwell |
Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Antonine Wall: Croy Hill | File:Course of the Antonine Wall at Croy Hill - geograph.org.uk - 308697.jpg | Part of the Antonine Wall - Rome's north-west frontier |
| Antonine Wall: Dullatur | File:The Antonine Wall at Dullatur - geograph.org.uk - 1522990.jpg | Part of the Antonine Wall - Rome's north-west frontier |
| Antonine Wall: Westerwood to Castlecary | File:Antonine Wall near Westerwood - geograph.org.uk - 1523012.jpg | Part of the Antonine Wall - Rome's north-west frontier |
South Lanarkshire
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Biggar Gasworks Museum | File:Biggar Gas Works - geograph.org.uk - 545674.jpg | The only surviving town coal-gas works in Scotland. |
| Bothwell Castle | File:Bothwell Castle 01.jpg | Scotland's largest and finest 13th-century castle. Part of the original circular keep survives. |
| Cadzow Castle | File:CadzowCastle03.JPG | Ruined castle in the woods of Hamilton |
| Coulter Motte | File:Coulter Motte 20100921.jpg | A Norman castle mound |
| Craignethan Castle | File:Craignethan Main Tower - geograph.org.uk - 435668.jpg | An early artillery fortification with a residential tower |
| St Bride's Church, Douglas | File:St Brides Church, Douglas - geograph.org.uk - 145137.jpg | Choir containing three canopied monuments to the Douglas family |
Lothian
East Lothian
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Midlothian
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Castlelaw Hill Fort | File:Castlelaw Hill Fort.JPG | Iron Age hill fort |
| Crichton Castle | File:Crichton SE.jpg | Residence of the Crichtons and later home to the Earls of Bothwell |
West Lothian
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cairnpapple Hill | File:Cairnpapple Hill 20100921.jpg | Burial site dating to 3,000 BC |
| Linlithgow Palace | File:Linlithgow Palace - geograph.org.uk - 1318218.jpg | The ruins of Linlithgow Palace set in a park beside a loch |
| Torphichen Preceptory | File:Torphichen Preceptory - geograph.org.uk - 1686290.jpg | Tower and transepts of a church built by the Knights Hospitaller of the Order of St John of Jerusalem |
Moray
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Auchindoun Castle | File:Auchindoun Castle Keep - geograph.org.uk - 1369170.jpg | Castle built about 1480 by Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Mar |
| Balvenie Castle | File:BalvenieCastle-pjt2.jpg | Ruined castle built in the 12th century by a branch of the powerful Comyn family |
| Burghead Well | File:Burghead Well 20080430 01.jpg | A rock-cut well |
| Dallas Dhu Historic Distillery | File:Dallas Dhu Distillery - geograph.org.uk - 1275480.jpg | Distillery built in 1898 to produce malt whisky for Glasgow firm Wright and Greig's popular ‘Roderick Dhu’ blend |
| Deskford Church | File:Deskford Kirk - geograph.org.uk - 483496.jpg | Small late medieval church |
| Duffus Castle | File:Duffuscastle 21.jpg | One of the finest examples of a motte and bailey castle in Scotland |
| Elgin Cathedral | File:ElginCathedral-pjt.jpg | Home to Scotland's finest octagonal chapter house |
| Elgin Cathedral: Bishop's House | File:Bishop's Lodge - geograph.org.uk - 885744.jpg | Partially ruined 15th-century defensible L-plan town house, within the precincts of Elgin Cathedral |
| Elgin Cathedral: Pans Port | File:Pansport.jpg | The only surviving medieval archway of Elgin Cathedral's precinct walls |
| Spynie Palace | File:Spynie Palace.jpg | Residence of the bishops of Moray |
| St Peter's Kirk and Parish Cross, Duffus | File:St Peter's Kirk, Duffus 20080430 01.jpg | Remains of a 14th-century western tower and a 16th-century vaulted porch |
| Sueno's Stone | File:Sueno's Stone - geograph.org.uk - 1275518.jpg | Pictish monument |
Orkney Islands
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Outer Hebrides
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Arnol Blackhouse | File:Arnol Blackhouse 20090610 no. 42.jpg | A traditional thatched house |
| Callanish Stones | File:Calanais Standing Stones 20090610 01.jpg | A cross-shaped setting of standing stones erected around 3000 BC. |
| Dun Carloway | File:Dun Carloway 20090610 01 from south east.jpg | One of the best preserved broch towers in Scotland |
| Kisimul Castle | File:Caisteil Chiosmuil (Kisimul Castle) - geograph.org.uk - 3003.jpg | The only significant surviving medieval castle in the Western Isles |
| St Clement's Church, Rodel | File:St Clement's Church, Roghadal, Isle of Harris - geograph.org.uk - 301781.jpg | 15th-century church built for the Chiefs of the MacLeods of Harris |
| Steinacleit Cairn and Stone Circle | File:Steinacleit - geograph.org.uk - 1346120.jpg | The remains of an enigmatic burial site of early prehistoric date |
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Perth and Kinross
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Renfrewshire
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Barochan Cross | File:Barochan Cross 20120410 back side detail.jpg | Free-standing early medieval cross |
| Castle Semple Collegiate Church | File:Castle Semple Collegiate Church - geograph.org.uk - 922065.jpg | A late Gothic church |
Scottish Borders
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Shetland
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Clickimin Broch | File:Clickimin Broch - geograph.org.uk - 1288343.jpg | Iron Age broch tower |
| Fort Charlotte | File:Fort Charlotte, Lerwick (2).jpg | A five-sided artillery fort with bastions projecting from each corner |
| Jarlshof | File:Jarlshof prehistoric village - geograph.org.uk - 1054878.jpg | Ancient settlement containing remains dating from 2500 BC up to the 17th century AD. |
| Mousa Broch | File:Mousa Broch 20080821 02.jpg | Well-preserved Iron Age broch tower |
| Muness Castle | File:Muness Castle - geograph.org.uk - 370399.jpg | A late-16th-century tower house. |
| Ness of Burgi | File:Ness of Burgi 20080821 - eastern entrances.jpg | A defensive stone-built blockhouse |
| Scalloway Castle | File:Scalloway Castle 2009 06.JPG | A castellated mansion |
| Staneydale Temple | File:Staneydale 2 - nz willowherb.jpg | A Neolithic hall |
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Stirling (council area)
| Name |
Image | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cambuskenneth Abbey | File:Cambuskenneth Abbey - geograph.org.uk - 546593.jpg | Home to the tomb of James III and Queen Margaret and a display of medieval graveslabs and architectural fragments. |
| Doune Castle | File:Doune Castle - geograph.org.uk - 955070.jpg | A late-14th-century courtyard castle built for the Regent Albany |
| Doune Roman Fort | File:The site of the Roman fort, Doune - geograph.org.uk - 3609851.jpg | Roman fort from the 1st-century |
| Dunblane Cathedral | File:Dunblane Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 744605.jpg | Medieval church. The lower part of the tower is Romanesque, but the larger part of the building is of the 13th century. |
| Inchmahome Priory | File:Inchmahome Priory - geograph.org.uk - 173038.jpg | Augustinian monastery dating from 1238 set on an island in the Lake of Menteith |
| Stirling Castle | File:Stirling Castle - geograph.org.uk - 339210.jpg | One of Scotland's grandest castles due to its imposing position and impressive architecture. |
| Stirling: Argyll's Lodging | File:Stirling - Argyll's Lodging.jpg | A near-complete example of a 17th-century townhouse. |
| Stirling: King's Knot | File:Stirling Castle 016.jpg | Earthworks of a formal garden |
| Stirling: Mar's Wark | File:Mar's Wark.JPG | Renaissance mansion built by the Earl of Mar |
| Stirling: Old Bridge | File:Old Bridge, Stirling - geograph.org.uk - 29192.jpg | A bridge built in the 15th or early 16th century |
See also
References
- ↑ "About Historic Environment Scotland". Historic Environment Scotland.
External links
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