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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.
The architecture of Scotland in the prehistoric era includes all human building within the modern borders of Scotland, before the arrival of the Romans in Britain in the first century BCE. Stone Age settlers began to build in wood in what is now Scotland from at least 8,000 years ago.
Hill forts were introduced, such as Eildon Hill near Melrose in the Scottish Borders, which goes back to around 1000 BC and which accommodated several hundred houses on a fortified hilltop. Excavation at Edinburgh Castle found late Bronze Age material from about 850 BC.
Scottish Borders. Harmony Garden, Melrose (National Trust for Scotland) Priorwood Garden and Dried Flower Shop; Robert Smail's Printing Works;
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.
The only surviving megalithic structure from prehistoric Shetland. [30] Crantit cairn Kirkwall: Orkney: 2130 BC Tomb Discovered in 1998 near Kirkwall. [31] [32] Rubha an Dùnain passage grave Skye: Highland: 2000 BC or older Tomb On a now uninhabited peninsula to the south of the Cuillin hills. [33] [34] [35] Wideford Hill chambered cairn ...
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 ...
A site excavated at Ness of Brodgar from 2003 near Loch of Harray has provided evidence of housing, decorated stone slabs, a massive stone wall with foundations 4 metres (13 ft) wide, and a large building 25 metres (82 ft) long and 20 metres (66 ft) wide described as a Neolithic "cathedral". (P, S) [42] [43] 3400 Shetland