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The Aberlemno Sculptured Stones are a Magnificent range of Pictish sculptured stones - depicting a hunting scene, battle scene between an army of men with long hair and an army of men wearing helmets. Aberlemno Southern Roadside Stone This ...
Arbroath Abbey is a testament to the dynamic piety of Scotland’s medieval monarchs. It was founded in 1178 by King William I ‘the Lion’ as a memorial to his childhood friend Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered in 1170. ...
An Iron-Age oddity Despite their name, earth houses were not dwellings but stone-lined underground passages. Where they have been excavated, as at Ardestie, associated buildings have been found at ground level. Earth houses are also known by t...
Brechin Cathedral Round Tower is one of the two remaining round towers of the Irish type in Scotland, built in the late 11th century with a remarkable carved doorway. Capped by a stone roof added in the 15th century. Visitors to Brechin Cathedral ...
Strong point on the Tay ‘Broughty’ probably means ‘strong point on the Tay’. We cannot be sure when the mouth of the Tay was first fortified, but the present castle was built at the end of the 15th century. In 1490, the 2nd Lord G...
The Caterthuns (Brown and White)are two spectacularly large hill forts. The Brown Caterthun is defended by four earth ramparts and ditches. The White has a massive stone rampart, a ditch and outer ramparts.
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An outstanding example of 16th-century Scottish architecture, which is both intact and hardly altered. The castle owes its striking appearance to asymmetrical square garrett chambers corbelled out over two circular towers at diagonally opposite corne...
Eassie Sculptured Stone is an elaborately sculptured Pictish cross-slab with an intricate cross, angels, animals, warrior, Pictish symbols and three hooded figures....
A Noble Residence Edzell Castle is enchanting. The red sandstone castle walls, set amid pleasing green parkland, conjure up an image of a noble bygone age. Medieval society was not all fighting and feuding. Everyday lordly life in late-medieva...
Lindsay Burial Aisle is a small burial Aisle is all that remains of the 14th-century Edzell Old Church. The Aisle was built by the Lindsays of Edzell as a chantry chapel in the 16th century and was later used as their burial vault....
Maison Dieu Chapel is part of the south wall of a chapel, belonging to a medieval hospital founded in the 1260s with finely-detailed doors and windows....
St Orland's Stone is accessed via a stile approximately 2 miles down a farm track to the north of Glamis. The track is not signposted and is unsuitable for cars. There is no pedestrian access from the adjacent agricultural fields....
It is hard to believe that this sleepy Angus village of St Vigeans was once the centre of a royal estate and of huge religious importance, bustling with prayerful pilgrims and monks. Admittedly, this was more than 1,000 years ago, so visitors could b...
Tealing Dovecot and Earth House is an elegant dovecot of the late 16th century standing in a modern farmyard. A short walk leads to the remains of an earth house, or souterrain, of Iron Age date, a curving underground passage, now uncovered. Re-used ...
The ancient priory church at Restenneth, by Forfar, is believed to have been founded by Nechtan, king of the Picts about 715. He sent to the Abbot of Wearmouth, near Corbridge, to ask for instruction in the Christian faith, and also for builders who ...
The Verdant Works are the only dedicated jute museum in the United Kingdom. As a museum, the Verdant Works tell the story of Dundee's textile industries, focusing primarily on the jute and linen industries. The production of textiles was the dominant...
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