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Operated by Historic Scotland, 15th- to 17th-century house open on select days, grounds include the Kinneil Museum: Kinneil Museum: Bo'ness: Falkirk: Argyll, the Isles, Loch Lomond, Stirling and Trossachs Local website, located in the 17th-century stable block of Kinneil House, history of the park and house from Roman times to the present
Gladstone's Land is a surviving 17th-century tenement house situated in the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has been restored and furnished by the National Trust for Scotland , and is operated as a popular tourist attraction.
The Tolbooth in Aberdeen, Scotland is a 17th-century former jail which is now operated as a museum. The museum contains prison cells and exhibits various police and law and order related items. [ 1 ] The building has been featured on popular television as the setting for a ghostlore story.
Southern Scotland occupied by the English Commonwealth's New Model Army following Scottish defeats at the Battle of Dunbar 1650 and the Battle of Hamilton during the Third English Civil War: 1651: 3 September: Battle of Worcester was a victory for New Model Army over the last major Royalist field army. Most of the Royalist officers and men who ...
The clan system of the Highlands and Islands had been seen as a challenge to the rulers of Scotland from before the 17th century. James VI's various measures to exert control included the Statutes of Iona, an attempt to force clan leaders to become integrated into the rest of Scottish society. This started a slow process of change which, by the ...
Acheson House is a 17th-century house in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was built in 1633 for Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet , Secretary of State of Scotland for King Charles I. It did not stay in the Acheson family, and during the 19th century it declined like much of the Old Town.
Many Covenanters were held in the tolbooth in poor conditions in the 17th century [4] [5] and a riot took place in the building in May 1692. [6] It ceased to be the meeting place of the burgh council when Canongate was annexed by Edinburgh in 1856. [7] In 1875 the City Architect, Robert Morham, extensively restored and remodelled the exterior.
Historical records indicate that it was the most magnificent palace in Scotland in the 17th century. Kings James VI and Charles I were entertained at the palace. [2] It was damaged and burned out again during the 1715 Jacobite Rising [1] and in 1780, it was described as being in ruins. [3] The palace was demolished in 1789. [4]