Admire an outstanding gem of Scottish architecture built in the late 1500s. Claypotts is perhaps the quirkiest castle in Scotland. Its most striking features are its elaborate elevations. Walk around ...

Visit a tranquil ruin amid the bustle of a busy street. Blackfriars Chapel is a rare remnant of the many Dominican friaries built across Scotland during the Middle Ages. Blackfriars Chapel was built ...

Enter one of the finest medieval collegiate churches in Scotland. Local landowner Lord Seton brought together the community of priests in the late 1400s to pray for his family’s salvation.

You can visit the cloister, but due to access restrictions in place as a precautionary measure while we undertake high level masonry inspections, there is currently no visitor access to the rest of ...

Explore the tranquil ruins of a priory established for the Valliscaulian monastic order. Ardchattan Priory has been home to monks and later Clan Campbell, and it holds a fine collection of sculptured ...

Enter the chamber of a 5,000-year-old burial monument on the small Orcadian island of Rousay. Blackhammer is a fine example of a Neolithic chambered tomb, of a type known as a stalled cairn, with a ...

Take a strategic trip to the ‘strong point on the Tay’, where Broughty Castle was built to help defend the nation against a gathering English navy. Broughty Castle was erected in 1490 by the 2nd Lord ...

Make sure you don't miss the castle grounds, which include a woodland walk, the site of a Roman fort and new pedestrian bridge. A visit to the castle isn't complete without a trip into the village of ...

Our sites sometimes need to close at short notice due to adverse weather, essential maintenance work, and other reasons outwith our control. We advise checking ahead if the forecast is poor or you are ...

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Discover one of the oldest ecclesiastical buildings in Caithness in an isolated spot on the rugged north coast. St Mary’s Chapel was probably built in the 1100s, though the religious significance of ...

Explore a well-defended Iron Age settlement, perched on a coastal promontory. Midhowe Broch is one of at least nine brochs that stand along the banks of narrow, dangerous Eynhallow Sound in Orkney. It ...