An Explorer Pass, valid for 14 consecutive days, is a great way to explore our iconic sites.

Explore the ruins of a Cistercian monastery of the 1200s, once home to a community of monks and lay brothers. Culross Abbey was built in the 1200s and survived until the Reformation, when the abbey ...

See where the 6th-century St Serf supposedly slew a dragon. This picturesque former parish church is said to mark the spot. Parts of it are 800 years old, and its layout shows how the Reformation of ...

1 Apr to 30 Sept: Fri to Mon, 10am to 4.30pm (last entry 4pm). May close for lunch. 1 Oct to 31 Mar: Closed ...

Cross a narrow peninsula to a lonely castle incorporating a rare hall-house of the 1200s. At first glance, Lochranza Castle looks like a classic Scottish L-plan tower house of the 1500s. But looking ...

Admire a sacred place of enduring importance – the site of an ancient church which enjoyed royal favour, and where the annals of Iona were once kept. The earliest masonry at Restenneth Priory dates to ...

Walk among the enigmatic stones of one of the most spectacular prehistoric monuments in the British Isles. The Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge is an enormous ceremonial site dating back to the ...

Urquhart Castle overlooks Loch Ness from the rocky promontory that it dominates and upon which some famous names have set foot. St Columba may have visited around AD 580. Adomnan, his biographer, ...

Enjoy a hi-tech visitor experience at one of the Industrial Revolution’s best-preserved relics. Interactive displays tell the stories of those who worked here and the products they made. For 200 years ...

Witness a battle and a hunt at this magnificent range of sculptured stones, featuring some of the finest surviving Pictish carving. The Aberlemno Sculptured Stones are free to visit. Please note, the ...

Roam the grounds of Britain’s northernmost castle, a remarkably fine tower house of the late 1500s. Muness Castle is a splendid example of tower house architecture, and it’s full of delightful touches ...

Walk in the footsteps of Roman soldiers on the empire’s main road through the south of Scotland. Dere Street Roman Road was built by occupying Romans in AD 79—81. It was reused during the time of the ...