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  Hackness Martello Tower and Battery

  Explore mighty coastal defences built during the Napoleonic Wars but destined never to see action.

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  Huntly Castle

  Visit the seat of one of medieval and Renaissance Scotland’s most powerful families, the earls of Huntly.

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  Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement

  Delve into more than 4,000 years of human settlement in the same location in Shetland.

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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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  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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  New Abbey Corn Mill

  See this water-powered mill spring to life in the summer months when it’s put to work to show how oatmeal is made.

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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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  Rothesay Castle

  Survey a fortress famous for its long and close association with the Stewart kings of Scotland.

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  Smailholm Tower

  Stand in surroundings that inspired Sir Walter Scott, who learned the power of border ballads as a young infant living on the estate.

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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.