The Duke of Albany returned to Scotland in May 1515 and was formally made Regent in July that year. Margaret, meanwhile, was holed up in Stirling Castle with her sons, only surrendering them to Albany ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A drive past in September 2020 showed that redevelopment of the site was well under way and access no longer possible. According to a local press report, the site will be used for large scale housing ...

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 ...

To get to the Nether Largie Standing Stones you park in the large car park located on the east side of the B8025 a short distance south of its junction with the A816. On the opposite side of the road ...

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 ...

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, ...

Standing at the east end of Cathedral Street in Glasgow, and not far from where Castle Street becomes High Street is Glasgow Cathedral. One of the few Scottish medieval churches to have survived the ...

Port Appin lies on the coast of Appin, just north of Loch Creran as it meets the sea. It looks directly across the strip of water called the Lynn of Lorn to the northern tip of the island of Lismore, ...

Many Scottish castles tell the story of the changing times they lived through. It is quite common to find a castle that started life as a stronghold before being converted over the years to first a ...