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Landmarks & Historic Sites

The Dogton Stone, dating from the 9th century, is believed to commemorate a major battle between the Picts and the Scots.
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The Drumtroddan Standing Stones were probably erected between 2000 and 1000 BC.
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Edin's Hall Broch is one of the few Iron Age brochs in southern Scotland. It is 27m in diameter which is unusually large.
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Fort George, is a large 18th century fortress with perhaps the mightiest artillery fortifications in Europe. It is still in use today.
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The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery where 50,000 people have been buried.
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Jarlshof is a historic settlement giving insight into life in the late Bronze Age, Iron Age, Pictish era, Norse era & the Middle Ages.
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"Melin Llynnon" (Welsh), or Llynnon Mill, is a gristmill and is the only surviving working windmill in Wales.
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The 14th C timber framed Lord Leycester Hospital has never been a medical establishment but an institution for the needy, infirm & aged.
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The National Wallace Monument is a tower commemorating Sir William Wallace, the 13th century Scottish hero.
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The three-storey whitewashed mill was built around the end of the 18th century by the Stewarts from the nearby Shambellie House.
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New Lanark was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills & housing for the mill workers & it is now a UNESCO Heritage site.
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The Segontium Roman fort was an auxiliary fort, founded by Agricola in 77 A.D., when the Romans spread their conquest of Britain into Wales.
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Smailholm Tower is a 20 metre high peel tower on top of the crag of Lady Hill, commanding a wide view over the surrounding countryside.
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South Stack island is home of one of Wales' most spectacular lighthouses.
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On the Solway shore south of Whithorn, St. Ninian’s Cave is said to have been St. Ninian’s retreat.
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Housed in an historic spa, the exhibitions tell the story of Innerleithen and St Ronan’s Wells.
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Established as a cotton mill, Stanley Mills is one the best-preserved relics of the 18th-century Industrial Revolution.
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The Glenlee is a three-masted baldheaded steel-hulled barque, launched fully rigged and seaworthy in 1896.
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This ancient chambered Tomb in Anglesey is believed to date back to 3000BC.
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The beam engine and waterbucket pumps were introduced into Wanlockhead in 1745.
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