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There are larger numbers of extant qualifying structures from 1200 onwards and separate lists for 13th-century castles and religious buildings are provided. As the oldest buildings in many of the council areas in the more urbanised Central Belt date from after the 14th century, a separate list showing oldest buildings by council area is provided.
There are thousands of historic sites and attractions in Scotland. These include Neolithic Standing stones and Stone Circles, Bronze Age settlements, Iron Age Brochs and Crannogs, Pictish stones, Roman forts and camps, Viking settlements, Mediaeval castles, and early Christian settlements. Scotland also played an important role in the ...
This list includes the historic houses, castles, abbeys, museums and other buildings and monuments in the care of Historic Environment Scotland (HES). HES (Scottish Gaelic: Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland’s historic environment.
In Scotland, earlier fortifications had included hill forts, brochs, and duns; and many castles were on the site of these earlier buildings. The first castles were built in Scotland in the 11th and 12th centuries, with the introduction of Anglo-Norman influence. [1]
List of Category A listed buildings in South Lanarkshire: 95 List of Category A listed buildings in Stirling: 90 List of Category A listed buildings in West Dunbartonshire: 20 List of Category A listed buildings in West Lothian: 44 List of Category A listed buildings in the Western Isles: 18 TOTAL: Category A listed buildings in Scotland 3,707
Recent major public buildings include the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow (1997), designed by Norman Foster (1935–) and known for its segmented, curving roof as "the Armadillo", [112] and the many striking modern buildings along the side of the River Clyde, [111] including the Glasgow Science Centre, IMAX Cinema and Glasgow ...
Scottish building and structure stubs (6 C, 365 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Scotland" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Edinburgh Castle, with the New Town beyond, is at the heart of the Edinburgh World Heritage Site World Heritage Sites in Scotland are locations that have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage Programme list of sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humankind. Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for 'cultural' sites as part of their wider ...