Highland

Scottish Heritage Highlights

This collection spans thousands of years of Scottish history, from the Bronze Age burial cairns and standing stones at Balnuaran of Clava to the 18th-century Ruthven Barracks. It features architectural landmarks like the French-château-style Dunrobin Castle and the medieval Cawdor Castle, alongside the poignant Culloden Battlefield, site of the final Jacobite rising. The list also includes Iron Age fortifications like Càrn Liath and the dramatic island ruins of Loch an Eilein castle.

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Culloden Battlefield

The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745.

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Dunrobin Castle

Dunrobin Castle is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland, as well as the family seat of the Earl of Sutherland,…

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Duntulm Castle

Duntulm Castle stands ruined on the north coast of Trotternish, on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, near the hamlet of Duntulm.

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Balnuaran of Clava

The Clava cairn is a type of Bronze Age circular chamber tomb cairn, named after the group of three cairns at Balnuaran of Clava, to the…

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Cawdor Castle

Cawdor Castle is a castle in the parish of Cawdor in Nairnshire, Scotland.

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Ardvreck Castle

Ardvreck Castle is a castle, now ruinous, standing on a rocky promontory in Loch Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, UK.

Lord President's Stone

A commemorative stone dedicated to Duncan Forbes of Culloden, the Lord President who played a significant role during the Jacobite rising of 1745.

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Ruthven Barracks

Ruthven Barracks (), near Ruthven in Badenoch, Scotland, are the best preserved of the four barracks built in 1719 after the 1715 Jacobite…

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Brodie Castle

Brodie Castle is a well-preserved Z plan castle located about 3+1⁄2 miles west of Forres, in Moray, Scotland.

Loch an Eilein castle

13th-century island ruins located within the Rothiemurchus Forest, once serving as a defensive stronghold for the notorious Wolf of Badenoch.

Càrn Liath

Càrn Liath is an Iron Age broch on the eastern shore of the Scottish Highlands, near Golspie, Sutherland.

Castle Roy

One of Scotland's oldest fortresses, this 12th-century castle of enclosure near Nethy Bridge was originally a stronghold of the Comyn family.

Duchess of Gordon's Monument

A granite obelisk on Kinveachy Hill erected in memory of Jane Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon, who famously helped recruit the Gordon Highlanders.

Bridge of Lyth

A traditional stone bridge spanning the Burn of Lyth in Caithness, representing historic rural engineering in the northern Highlands.

The Doune

An 18th-century mansion house on the Rothiemurchus Estate, serving as the ancestral home of the Grants of Rothiemurchus for centuries.

Highland Main Line

Also known as the Culloden Viaduct, this impressive 29-span masonry structure is the longest of its kind in Scotland, crossing the River Nairn.

Ardclach Church

An 18th-century parish church notable for its unique detached bell tower, which also functioned as a watchtower for the surrounding glen.

Alvie Church

Historic parish church overlooking Loch Alvie, featuring a structure dating to 1798 on a site used for worship since the 6th century.

East Lodge

A 19th-century estate gatehouse marking the eastern entrance to the historic Beaufort Castle grounds, the seat of the Clan Fraser of Lovat.

West Lodge

The western entrance lodge to the Beaufort Castle estate, built in a traditional style to complement the historic Highland seat.