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  Cardoness Castle

  Learn about the lawlessness of the McCullochs, for whom this elegant six-storey tower house was built.

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  Dundrennan Abbey

  Visit the secluded spot where Mary Queen of Scots sheltered during her last hours in Scotland.

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  Kildrummy Castle

  Visit ‘the noblest of northern castles’ – even ruined, the stronghold of the mighty earls of Mar is a fine example of a 13th-century castle.

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  Lochleven Castle

  Imagine being imprisoned in this island stronghold, as Mary Queen of Scots – formerly a guest here – once was.

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  MacLellan’s Castle

  See in the remains of Sir Thomas MacLellan’s tower house how castle building had evolved by the late 1500s to favour comfort over cannons.

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  Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum

  Learn about Pictish society from a striking set of 26 carved stones, one of the most important collections of early medieval sculpture in Western Europe.

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  Newark Castle

  Contrast the beauty of this rediscovered treasure with the notoriety of its most famous noble resident.

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  Spynie Palace

  Enter Scotland’s largest surviving medieval bishop’s house – residence of the bishops of Moray for 500 years.

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  St Serf's Church and Dupplin Cross

  Visit the picturesque former parish church said to mark the spot where St Serf supposedly slew a dragon.

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  Stanley Mills

  Enjoy a hi-tech visitor experience at one of the Industrial Revolution’s best-preserved relics.

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  Threave Castle

  Watch Archibald the Grim’s forbidding island fortress come into view as you cross the River Dee by boat.

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  Whithorn Priory and Museum

  Walk in the footsteps of countless others to reach St Ninian’s shrine, one of Scotland’s earliest Christian sites.