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Laggangairn Standing Stones - History and stories
A brief history of Laggangairn Standing Stones that have marked the route over a desolate moor in Dumfries and Galloway for some 4,000 years.
St Blane’s Church - History and stories
A brief history of a church founded on one of the earliest Christian sites in Scotland.
Tomnaverie Stone Circle - History and stories
Tomnaverie is a recumbent stone circle, a kind of monument found only in north-east Scotland. There are about 100 of them.
Taversöe Tuick Chambered Cairn - History and stories
A brief history of Taversöe Tuick Chambered Cairn, Orkney
Wanlockhead Beam Engine - History and stories
Wanlockhead Beam Engine is a unique survival. It’s the only reasonably complete water-powered beam pumping engine in Britain.
Mar's Wark - History and stories
A brief history of Mar's Wark in Stirling.
Tarves Tomb - History and stories
A brief history of the Tarves Tomb in Aberdeenshire, built for the owner of nearby Tolquhon Castle.
Dogton Stone - History and stories
A brief history of the Dogton Stone, a rare 9th‑century Pictish cross‑slab with weathered carvings of an armed horseman and abstract motifs.
Glenelg Brochs: Dun Telve and Dun Troddan - History and stories
A brief history of the Glenelg Brochs, a pair of 2,000‑year‑old tall broch towers set in a beautiful glen.
Carlungie Earth House - History and stories
Carlungie Earth House is one of the largest souterrains in Scotland. But what is a souterrain, and how was it used?
Rispain Camp - History and stories
A brief history of Rispain Camp in Dumfries and Galloway.
Antonine Wall: Bar Hill Fort - History and stories
A brief history of Bar Hill Fort, set about 30 metres south of the Antonine Wall, with the Military Way road running between.
Burghead Well - History and stories
A brief history of Burghead Well, near Elgin, which stands in the north-eastern corner of what was once a great Pictish fort.
Culsh Earth House - History and stories
A brief history of Culsh Earth House in Aberdeenshire, built around 2,000 years ago before being uncovered in the 1800s.
Coulter Motte Hill - History and stories
This motte-castle may have been built by Flemish immigrants - likely sheep farmers - invited by King Malcolm IV to settle in the area around 1160.