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Caerlaverock Castle: Scotland's Triangular Fortress, Where Edward I Came, Above the Solway In 1300, Edward I of England laid siege to Caerlaverock Castle with a substantial army, and a herald named Walter of Exeter was present to record the event in a poem. The...

Inveraray Castle: Where Scotland's Most Powerful Clan Meets the Shores of Loch Fyne The Campbells have been the most politically significant family in the Scottish Highlands for over five centuries — Earls of Argyll since 1457, Dukes since 1701, Chiefs of one of...

Balmoral Castle: A Highland Paradise Above the Dee, the Royal Family's Most Private Home Queen Victoria called it "my dear paradise in the Highlands." She and Prince Albert had searched the Highlands for the right estate; when they found Balmoral in...

Drummond Castle Gardens: The Formal Terraces That Played Versailles, Above Perthshire The drive to Drummond Castle is itself a preparation: a mile-long avenue of beech trees, reaching overhead, narrowing to a vanishing point ahead. It ends at a gate. Beyond the gate,...

Culzean Castle: Robert Adam's Clifftop Masterpiece, Above the Firth of Clyde When the Kennedy family gave Culzean Castle to the National Trust for Scotland in 1945, they stipulated one condition: that the top-floor apartment be reserved, for as long as he wished...

Dunrobin Castle: The Fairy-Tale Château of the Northern Highlands, Above the Dornoch Firth The architect who redesigned Dunrobin Castle between 1835 and 1850 was Sir Charles Barry — the same man who was simultaneously working on the Palace of Westminster in London....