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Located in Stirling, Stirling, The Lowlands, Scotland
Less than a mile away.
In 1543, Mary Queen of Scots was crowned here when just nine months old. Built on top of a volcanic crag. From 1800 until 1964 the Castle was owned by the British Army and run as a barracks. Stirling Castle is managed by...
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Located in Stirling, Stirling, The Lowlands, Scotland
Less than a mile away.
Located in the sixteenth century cemetery by Stirling Castle. The Star Pyramid was built in the mid-nineteenth century. Commemorates all who were martyred seeking religious freedom...
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Located in Stirling, Stirling, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 1.4 miles away.
William Wallace fought against the English occupation of Scotland at the turn of the thirteenth century. The Wallace Monument was built in the nineteenth century to celebrate this. Located near Stirling, central Scotland...
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Located in Falkirk, Falkirk, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 9.5 miles away.
The world's first rotating boat lift. Connects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. There's a difference of 24 metres between the water level in both canals, hence the need for the wheel. Opened in 2002...
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Located in Dollar, Clackmannanshire, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 11.2 miles away.
Home to the Earls and Dukes of Argyll, chiefs of Clan Campbell. Destroyed by the Scots for the Duke of Argyll's support of Cromwell in the English Civil War. Located in central east Scotland. Managed by Historic Scotland...
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Located in Linlithgow, West Lothian, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 16.7 miles away.
Birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots in 1542. Linlithgow Palace is fifteen miles west of Edinburgh. In the fifteenth century, the palace was rebuilt as a Royal residence. Expanded until the 1603 Union of the Crowns took the...
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Located in Blackness, Falkirk, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 18.5 miles away.
Used in Franco Zeffirelli's version of Hamlet. Blackness Castle was begun in 1445 and served as a fortress and prison. Despite being one of the most technologically advanced castles of its time, Blackness fell to Oliver...
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Located in Stirling, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 18.8 miles away.
Located in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, central Scotland. A small freshwater loch in the wooded glens of the Trossachs...
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Located in Dunfermline, Fife, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 19.1 miles away.
Founded in 1128 by King David I of Scotland. Dunfermline Abbey was partially destroyed during the Scottish Reformation. Next to the Abbey is the ruin of Dunfermline Palace, a residence for Scottish monarchs. Dunfermline,...
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Located in Glasgow, Glasgow, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 21.2 miles away.
Said to be the location where the patron saint of Glasgow, Saint Mungo, built his church. Glasgow Cathedral is one of the few Scottish medieval churches to have survived the Scottish Reformation. Glasgow Cathedral is man...
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Located in Glasgow, Glasgow, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 21.3 miles away.
Said to be the world's only museum of religion. Opened in 1993. Located on the site of the medieval Bishop's Castle and near Glasgow Cathedral. Exhibits cover the world's six main religions: 'Buddhism, Christianity, Hind...
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Located in Glasgow, Glasgow, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 21.8 miles away.
Located in the centre of Glasgow City. The Gallery of Modern Art or GoMA. Exhibits works by David Hockney, Sebastiao Salgado, Andy Warhol as well as Scottish artists such as John Bellany and Ken Currie. Outside, there's...
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Located in Glasgow, Glasgow, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 21.8 miles away.
The Tolbooth was built in the early seventeenth century as an administrative building and prison. All that remains today is the Tolbooth Steeple. In Glasgow Cross (a junction in Glasgow between the High Street, Gallowgat...
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Located in Glasgow, Glasgow, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 21.9 miles away.
Founded in 1451 by a papal bull of Pope Nicholas V. The fourth oldest university in the UK behind St Andrews in Scotland and Oxford and Cambridge in Engalnd. Glagow University has more than 19,000 full-time students, inc...
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Located in Glasgow, Glasgow, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 22.0 miles away.
Dating from the fifteenth century, the oldest park in Glasgow. 136 acres. By the River Clyde. Attractions include Nelson's Monument and The People's Palace (a museum dedicated to the history of Glasgow)...
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