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L-plan tower house extended in the 15th century. [135] [Note 4] Sweetheart Abbey: New Abbey: Dumfries and Galloway: Founded 1273: Abbey A Cistercian monastery founded in 1275 by Dervorguilla of Galloway. [129] St Mary's Tower: Nethergate Dundee City: 1495: Church Also known as "The Old Steeple" [139] and described as "the oldest surviving ...
This list includes the historic houses, castles, abbeys, museums and other buildings and monuments in the care of Historic Environment Scotland (HES). HES (Scottish Gaelic: Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland’s historic environment.
Ale is fermented in the original oak tuns, some of which are over 200 years old. [9] The brewery makes a range of beers, though the two main brands are Jacobite Ale and House Ale. [10] Traquair House Ale. Ale was brewed at Traquair during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. In 1739 a 200-gallon copper was installed in the brew house under the ...
James Durham was granted the Duntarvie estate in 1588, and the house was built afterward. A long, symmetrical house of the Scots Renaissance style, it later became part of the Hopetoun Estate. Roofless in the 1920s, restoration of the house began in 1995, though still incomplete in 2014. [13] House of the Binns: Castellated house 1621–1630 ...
The stone building at Knap of Howar, Orkney, one of the oldest surviving houses in north-west Europe. The oldest house for which there is evidence in Scotland is the oval structure of wooden posts found at South Queensferry near the Firth of Forth, dating from the Mesolithic period, about 8240 BCE. [1]
Moubray House, 51 and 53 High Street, is one of the oldest buildings on the Royal Mile, and one of the oldest occupied residential buildings in Edinburgh, Scotland. The façade dates from the early 17th century, built on foundations laid c. 1477 .
Aberdour Castle Aberdour, Fife, Scotland UK grid reference NT192854 South front of Aberdour Castle; the oldest part is on the left Aberdour Castle Coordinates 56°03′19″N 3°17′54″W / 56.0552°N 3.2983°W / 56.0552; -3.2983 Type Tower house with later extensions Site information Owner Historic Environment Scotland Controlled by Earl of Morton Open to the public Yes ...
Forglen House is a mansion house that forms the centrepiece of the Forglen estate in the parish of Forglen, north-west of Turriff, Aberdeenshire, in the north-east of Scotland. The lands were given to the abbots of the Abbey of Arbroath by King William the Lion before 1211 and the Monymusk Reliquary was held there.