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Journey to… Hermitage Castle

Hermitage Castle is reached over the rolling hills of the Scottish Borders. Built to guard the lands of Liddesdale it has a turbulent and bloody history.

Journey to… Cairnpapple

Cairnpapple Hill controls a dominating view over central lowland Scotland from coast to coast. A major ritual site for over 4000 years. In the 19th century the site…

Journey to… Inchcolm

Inchcolm Island is one of those that lie in the Firth of Forth. The oldest surviving structure on the island is a monks cell from the 12th century….

Journey to… Sweetheart Abbey

Sweetheart Abbey south of Dumfries, near to the Nith in south-west Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1275 by Dervorguilla of Galloway, daughter of Alan, Lord of…

Journey to… Caerlaverock

“the most ambitious early classical domestic architecture in Scotland” Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle built in the 13th century and occupied until 1640 when the castle…

Journey to… Hermitage Castle

“the guardhouse of the bloodiest valley in Britain…” Managed by Historic Scotland, Hermitage Castle has a long and bloody history dating back to the 1300s situated in the…

Journey to… Linlithgow

Linlithgow has a long history, a royal burgh it was the birthplace of Mart Queen of Scots and still has many places to explore. Circumnavigate the “peel” as…

Journey to… Elcho Castle

Elcho Castle is a 16th-century tower house, built around the time of the Protestant Reformation in 1560 by the family Wemyss of that Ilk. From the roof a…

Journey to… Brechin

Brechin is situated on the banks of the River South Esk in Angus. The cathedral stands alongside a 21 meter high 11th century round tower – only one…