Scotland

Early occupation as a Hill Fort. Construction started in 12th Century. The principal royal residence of the Stewart dynasty. Home to Kings James IV, James V and James VI.

A royal residence to Scottish monarchs from the time of David I throughout the Medieval and Tudor ages until the 17th century when it was principally used for army barracks. Bronze Age settlements have always been on the site of the dormant volcano Castle Rock. In Arthurian Legends, a shrine has been dedicated to Morgaine La Fee. Home to Mary Queen of Scots, Lord Darnley and James VI (& I)

The structure seen today was first started in the time of James IV and the royal apartments date to the 16th century. Home to Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley. Margaret Tudor and James VI married not far from the Palace and sometimes stay in the royal apartments on occasion.

Ethie Castle dates to around 1300 when the monks of the nearby Arbroath Abbey built a sandstone keep. The castle passed through the hands of the Details Maxwell family and into the hands of the last Cardinal David Beating who was murdered in 1546. In 1665 the Carnegie family purchased the castle.

Ballindalloch Castle, known as the "pearl of the north", is a Scottish castle located in Banffshire, Scotland. It has been the family home of Macpherson-Grants since 1546.

Cawdor Castle is set amid gardens in the parish of Cawdor in Nairnshire, Scotland. The castle is built around a 15th-century tower house, with substantial additions in later centuries. Originally a property of the Calder family, it passed to the Campbells in the 16th century.

Craigmillar Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is three miles south-east of the city centre, on a low hill to the south of the modern suburb of Craigmillar.

Dunbar Castle was one of the strongest fortresses in Scotland, situated in a prominent position overlooking the harbour of the town of Dunbar, in East Lothian. Several fortifications were built successively on the site, near the English-Scottish border. The last was slighted in 1567; it is a ruin today.

The ruins of Linlithgow Palace are situated in the town of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, 15 miles west of Edinburgh. The palace was one of the principal residences of the monarchs of Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Falkland Palace, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, is a royal palace of the Scottish Kings. Today it is under the stewardship of Ninian Stuart, who delegates most of his duties to The National Trust for Scotland.

Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by King David I. During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a royal residence, and after the Scottish Reformation the Palace of Holyroodhouse was expanded further.

It was built in 1158 and became the centre of the Medieval Catholic Church in Scotland as the seat of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and the Bishops and Archbishops of St Andrews. It fell into disuse and ruin after Catholic mass was outlawed during the 16th-century Scottish Reformation. It is currently a monument in the custody of Historic Environment Scotland. The ruins indicate that the building was approximately 119 m (390 ft) long, and is the largest church to have been built in Scotland.