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    Favorite Historical Highland Place?

    What is your favorite, historically significant place to visit in the Highlands?
    If you wish, please explain why?

    * Or anywhere else in Scotland you want to talk about that might be interesting.
    Last edited by Bugbear; 13th June 10 at 08:19 PM.
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    Culloden. The last great battle of the clans.

    Glen Coe. I've some MacDonald blood in me and its a really beautiful place.
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    I've expanded it to include anywhere in Scotland that might be interesting.
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    Stirling Castle is my favorite place to visit in Scotland. I really love the Argyle and Sutherland Museum. Although on my last trip to Edinburgh I visited Craigmillar Castle and found it to be pretty much as awesome as a castle can be. I had been to Edinburgh on several occasions and never even new about Craigmillar which is quite a shame because it is a fantastic place to explore.

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    Iona, and the churchyard where the kings of Ireland and Scotland were buried through the middle ages.

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    Dunstaffneg Castle outside Oban. Also both Jedburgh and Dryburgh Abbeys.
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    I'd like to visit the area around Dumfries...

    Not at all in the Highlands, though...



    Best,

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    Last edited by Ancienne Alliance; 14th June 10 at 01:05 PM.

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    I would love to see Loch Awe and the surrounding area.

    Of course, since I never been to Scotland, seeing any of it would be great.
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    Three favourites.

    Neolithic Skara Brae:



    Dunkeld Cathedral:



    Drumossie Moor/Culloden Battlefield:



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    Thank you. I've been looking up these places in my books on Scotland. Probably the best I can do.
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