Blair Castle is the ancient seat of the Dukes and Earls of Atholl and holds an important place in Scotland's history. Strategically located in the Strath of Garry, whoever held Blair Castle was ...

At Bracadale, on the west coast of the Isle of Skye, the main road north to Dunvegan skirts around the head of Loch Beag before climbing a hillside that gives increasingly good views west over Loch ...

High on the eastern flank of Castlelaw Hill in the Pentlands, two miles north of Penicuick, stand the remains of Castlelaw Hill Fort and Earth House: physical evidence that people lived here for a ...

Many of Scotland's 3,000ft mountains, the Munros, have some distinguishing feature or other. Most northerly, most southerly, most remote, highest, easiest to reach from a public road, scariest, and so ...

The remains of St Peter's Seminary lie about half a mile north of Cardross in Argyll & Bute, and only about three miles north-west of Dumbarton. For such a large building it is remarkably reclusive, ...

Humbie Kirk is a striking stone kirk which stands in a loop of the Humbie Water half a mile north of the hamlet of Humbie in East Lothian. There are two approach roads. One follows the line of the ...

Signs from the A904 a couple of miles west of Queensferry and the south end of the Forth Road Bridge point visitors to Abercorn Church. The signs lead you to the tiny hamlet of Abercorn and to the ...

Immediately to the south-east of Fortrose's narrow High Street is the surprisingly spacious Cathedral Square, home to the red stone remains of Fortrose Cathedral. The site was chosen for a new ...

Tablet is an original Scottish confectionery. There are a number of variations on the recipe and the method. Some miss out stage 6 below, giving the tablet a smooth finish instead of the rough (and ...

Although this is the shortest crossing point to Skye, it can also be a daunting place because of the tidal flow funneling between Skye and the mainland. The 1878 Edition of the Royal Tourist Handbook ...

This page gives figures for area, population, and population density for each of the 32 council areas of Scotland. See the Councils, Regions and Counties of Scotland page for information about earlier ...