Scottish Highlands - Historic Properties

Only the foundation walls remain of the very simple cottage where Flora MacDonald was raised. Sometimes wrongly referred to as her birthplace, as far as we know Flora MacDonald was not, in fact, born here, but she did live at this simple stone cottage for a time as a child.
A865, Mingarry, South Uist, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Fort Charlotte is a substantial artillery fort begun in 1665 to guard the Sound of Bressay from the threat of invasion during the Second Dutch War. Despite the high and massively constructed walls, the Dutch took Fort Charlotte in 1673 and burned it to the ground.
Lerwick, Shetland, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Fort George is a Georgian military fort at the mouth of the Moray Firth, opposite Fortrose. It was built expressly to quench the Jacobite cause in the Highlands following the failed attempt to seize the throne by Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1745-6.
Fort George, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, IV2 7TD

Attraction Type: Historic Property - Military Fort
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The Gates of Negapatam are a peculiar folly in the form of three battlemented arches with ruined pillars. 'The Gates' are also known as the Fyrish Monument. The monument is best seen from a distance, as it is a 40-minute climb to the folly.
Evanton, Dingwall, Highlands, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

Attraction Type: Historic Property - Folly
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If there is a more beautifully situated monument in Britain than the Glenfinnan Monument, I have yet to see it. This striking stone tower stands in isolated splendour on the shore of Loch Shiel, close to the spot where Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his standard on 19 August 1745.
NTS Information Centre, Glenfinnan, Lochaber, Highlands , Highlands and Islands, Scotland, PH37 4LT

Attraction Type: Historic Property - Monument
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A memorial cairn on the A873 faces the site of the Clearance village of Rasal, made famous in the writings of Donald Macleod, author of 'Gloomy Memories', a Rasal resident who exposed the harsh treatment of people cleared from the land by agents of the Countess of Sutherland.
B873, Syre, Strathnaver, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

Attraction Type: Historic Property - Memorial
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Heritage Highlight: Poignant memorial to the Strathnaver Clearances

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Great Bernera Bridge was built in 1953 to link the Isle of Lewis and Great Bernera island. It was, at the time, the second-longest bridge in the world to use pre-stressed concrete. An ancient stone circle stands above the bridge's northern end.
B8059, Earshader, Isle of Lewis, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Heritage Highlight: Very early use of pre-stressed concrete construction

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The Gress Raiders Memorial commemorates the struggle of World War One ex-servicemen and their families for the right to farm the lands they had been promised by the government following the end of the European conflict.
B895, Gress, Isle of Lewis, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

Attraction Type: Historic Property - Monument
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Heritage Highlight: A poignant reminder of the crofters' struggle for land rights

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Hackness Martello Tower is an impressive early 19th-century defensive tower and surrounding bastions, built to defend the island of Hoy against attacks by the French and American privateers.

Hoy, Hackness, Orkney, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, KW16 3PQ

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Overlooking Loch Ness near Drumnadrochit is a traditional Highland beehive cairn commemorating John Cobb, who lost his life in an attempt to break the World Water Speed Record in the bay below the cairn on 29 September 1952.
A82, Drumnadrochit, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

Attraction Type: Historic Property - Landmark
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