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Evening View of Scottish Castle

Scottish castles are buildings that combine fortifications and residence, built within the borders of modern Scotland. Castles arrived in Scotland with the introduction of feudalism in the twelfth century. Initially these were wooden motte-and-bailey constructions, but many were replaced by stone castles with a high curtain wall. During the Wars of Independence, Robert the Bruce pursued a policy of castle slighting. In the late Middle Ages new castles were built, some on a grander scale as "livery and maintenance" castles that could support a large garrison. Gunpowder weaponry led to the use of gun ports, platforms to mount guns and walls adapted to resist bombardment. Much of this castle rebuilding was planned and financed by James Hamilton of Finnart (c. 1495–1540), in addition to his work at Blackness Castle, Rothesay Castle, the house at Crawfordjohn, the "New Inn" in the St Andrews Cathedral Priory and the lodging at Balmerino Abbey for the ailing Quee

Wallace Monument, Scotland

The Witchery - Edinburgh, Scotland

Hermitage Castle, Scotland

Venerable, Dramatic EDINBURGH

Eriskay, Scotland

Sweetheart Abbey, Scotland

Duffus Castle - Scotland

Smailholm Tower - From The Millpond

Arbroath Abbey - Scotland

Cave Of Melody, Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland

Drummond Castle Scotland

Skara Brae - Orkney Islands, Scotland

 

Maeshowe is a Neolithic Chambered Cairn and Passage Grave Situated on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland

 

Unstan Chambered Cairn Entrance

 

Midhowe Chambered Cairn, Orkney, Scotland

 

Isle of sky, Scotland

Skye or the Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly large island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous centre dominated by the Cuillins, the rocky slopes of which provide some of the most dramatic mountain scenery in the country. Although it has been suggested that the Gaelic Sgitheanach describes a winged shape there is no definitive agreement as to the name's origins. Source