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Alloa Tower teacher information
Alloa Tower was built around 1497 and retains rare and important medieval features, notably the timber roof structure and the stone vaulting.
Balmacara Estate teacher information
Balmacara Estate (2,550 hectares) is a diverse Highland crofting estate.
Barry Mill teacher information
Barry Mill is a water-driven mill that is still in working order. Pupils can see and hear the water wheel and mill machines at work.
Battle of Bannockburn teacher information
In June 1314 the history of Scotland as a nation was about to change forever.
Ben Lawers teacher information
Ben Lawers is the highest mountain in the central Highlands at 1,214m as well as a National Nature Reserve.
Ben Lomond teacher information
Ben Lomond, situated on the east shore of Loch Lomond, is probably Scotland’s most visited mountain and, at 974m, is its most southerly Munro.
Brodick Castle & Country Park teacher information
Brodick Castle, Garden & Country Park stretches from the shores of Brodick Bay to Goat Fell, the highest peak on Arran.
Brodie Castle teacher information
Brodie Castle stands on land that has belonged to the Brodie family for at least 800 years. Generations of the family left their mark on their home.
Broughton House & Garden teacher information
Broughton House was the home of renowned Scottish artist E A Hornel, a member of the ‘Glasgow Boys’ group of artists.
Castle Fraser, Garden & Estate teacher information
Castle Fraser, one of the magnificent castles of Mar, was begun around 1575 by Michael Fraser, 6th Laird, and incorporates earlier building.
Crarae Garden teacher information
Crarae is the finest example of an exotic Himalayan-style woodland garden in Britain.
Crathes Castle, Garden & Estate teacher information
Crathes Castle is a fine example of a 16th-century tower house. It has remarkable painted ceilings and vernacular furniture, as well as collections of family portraits.
Culloden teacher information
Learning at Culloden is about discovering the story of the Jacobites through skills-based, hands-on activities. We have a range of sessions you can book for your class.
Culross teacher information
Your pupils can relive domestic life in the Stuart period at the Royal Burgh of Culross, situated on the banks of the River Forth.
Culzean Castle & Country Park teacher information
Culzean Castle & Country Park is a major heritage site, situated on the Ayrshire coast 50 miles south of Glasgow.
Drum Castle, Garden & Estate teacher information
Drum Castle is one of Royal Deeside’s most beautiful castles and the oldest intact castle in the care of the National Trust for Scotland.
Falkland Palace & Garden teacher information
Falkland Palace was a country residence of the Stuart kings and queens. The palace was used as a lodge when the royal family hunted deer and wild boar in the forests of Fife.
The Georgian House teacher information
The Georgian House, in Edinburgh’s New Town, is set in a fine Georgian square. The house, built in 1796, was designed by Robert Adam – the foremost architect of the day – and is a wonderful example of late 18th-century classical architecture.
Gladstone’s Land teacher information
Gladstone’s Land is a typical example of a 17th-century Edinburgh ‘land’ (or tenement building) of the overcrowded Old Town. These ‘lands’ grew up along the Royal Mile – the ridge running between Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyrood.
Glencoe teacher information
Glencoe is well known for its breathtaking landscape, but there’s much more to be discovered in its unknown corners.
Greenbank Garden teacher information
Greenbank Garden is a 2.5acre walled garden which has been divided into many small plots demonstrating various horticultural styles. The whole space is effectively an outdoor classroom.
Haddo House teacher information
The site of Haddo House has been continuously occupied by the same branch of the Gordon family since the 15th century.
Harmony Garden teacher information
Harmony is a garden of abundance. The vegetable garden demonstrates traditional growing techniques, while the mixed flower borders are skilfully laid out to provide an aesthetic frame for the grand Georgian house.
Inveresk Lodge Garden teacher information
Inveresk Lodge Garden is an attractive, terraced hillside garden surrounding a 17th-century lodge house. There’s a small mixed woodland area to one side of the meadow and a pond with a dipping platform.
Inverewe teacher information
Inverewe is set on a peninsula on the shores of Loch Ewe, within the Wester Ross National Scenic Area. It’s renowned for its exotic plants which flourish here on a latitude that’s more northerly than Moscow.
J M Barrie’s Birthplace teacher information
J M Barrie, writer and creator of Peter Pan, was born at 9 Brechin Road, Kirriemuir in 1860. He lived there until he was 10 years old.
Killiecrankie teacher information
The Pass of Killiecrankie is a spectacular, deep river gorge cloaked in ancient woodland and flanked on the west by the River Garry. The Battle of Killiecrankie (part of the first Jacobite rising) took place nearby in 1689.
Kintail teacher information
Kintail is a beautiful stretch of West Highland landscape, which includes the Five Sisters of Kintail (designated a National Scenic Area) and the Falls of Glomach (one of the highest waterfalls in Britain).
Leith Hall, Garden & Estate teacher information
Leith Hall was built over three centuries, starting in 1650, and remained the home of the Leith-Hay family until the mid-20th century. The views are wonderful from the extensive garden and estate.
Mar Lodge Estate teacher information
Mar Lodge Estate is recognised as one of the most important nature conservation landscapes in the British Isles. Set within the Cairngorms National Park, and with 15 Munros within its boundaries, it has some of the most remote and scenic wild land in Scotland.
Moirlanich Longhouse teacher information
Moirlanich Longhouse is a rare survivor of the Scottish longhouse, in which a family and their livestock lived under one roof. It dates from the early to mid-19th century.
Newhailes House & Gardens teacher information
Newhailes is an important example of a late 17th-century house (with impressive 18th-century additions) set within a designed landscape.
Preston Mill & Phantassie Doocot teacher information
Preston Mill is one of the oldest water-driven meal mills in Scotland. There has been a mill on this site for centuries.
Priorwood Garden teacher information
Priorwood Garden has a fine orchard, woodland garden and flower borders. Harmony and Priorwood Gardens are 300 metres from each other, and a class can visit both gardens within half a day.
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum teacher information
The best place to get close to Robert Burns and his genius is his birthplace in the beautiful village of Alloway.
Robert Smail’s Printing Works teacher information
Robert Smail’s Printing Works is a working time capsule. It offers an insight into the Victorian period of industrial, educational and technological change and is one of the few remaining letterpress printers in the UK.
Thomas Carlyle’s Birthplace teacher information
This unassuming white-painted cottage was built by Thomas Carlyle’s father and uncle – both stonemasons – and is a simple gem of Scottish 18th-century vernacular architecture.
Threave Garden & Nature Reserve and Rockcliffe teacher information
Threave's wonderful garden and wider estate are a haven for wildlife all year round. Rockcliffe is one of Scotland's prettiest coastal nature reserves.