There are thousands of historic sites and attractions in Scotland. These include Neolithic Standing stones and Stone Circles, Bronze Age settlements, Iron Age Brochs and Crannogs, Pictish stones, Roman forts and camps, Viking settlements, Mediaeval castles, and early Christian settlements. Scotland also played an important role in the development of the modern world, and there are many industrial heritage sites and museums. A few of the best known are listed below:
Sites and monuments Neolithic sites Callanish, Lewis Corrimony, Glen Urquhart (Glenurquhart) Croftmoraig, Perthshire Kilmartin Glen, Argyll Machrie Moor, Arran Maeshowe, Orkney Ring of Brodgar, Orkney Skara Brae, Orkney Standing Stones of Stenness, Orkney
Pictish stones
Roman sites Antonine Wall, Scottish Lowlands Trimontium, Scottish Borders
Castles
Abbeys
Cathedrals
Historic houses
Monuments Wallace Monument, Stirling National Monument, Edinburgh Nelson Monument, Edinburgh Scott Monument, Edinburgh
Historic sites and battles Stirling Bridge, 1297 Bannockburn 1314 Killiecrankie, 1689 Glenfinnan, (Raising of Standard in 1745, see Jacobitism) Culloden, 1746
Museums
See also History of Scotland Tourism in Scotland.
External links Historic Environment Scotland (official government agency) The National Trust for Scotland National Museums of Scotland