Top Historic Sights in Highland, United Kingdom

Explore the historic highlights of Highland

Urquhart Castle

Highland, United Kingdom
13th century

Eilean Donan Castle

Highland, United Kingdom
c. 1250

Dunrobin Castle

Highland, United Kingdom
13th/19th century

Glenfinnan Viaduct

Highland, United Kingdom
1897-1901

Culloden Battlefield

Highland, United Kingdom
1746

Ardvreck Castle Ruins

Highland, United Kingdom
1590

Tioram Castle Ruins

Highland, United Kingdom
13th century

Ackergill Tower

Highland, United Kingdom
16th century

Dun Dornaigil

Highland, United Kingdom
300-0 BC

Grey Cairns of Camster

Highland, United Kingdom
3000 BC

Carbisdale Castle

Highland, United Kingdom
1905-1917

Castle Roy

Highland, United Kingdom
13th century

Corrimony Chambered Cairn

Highland, United Kingdom
2000 BC

Hill O Many Stanes

Highland, United Kingdom
2000 BC

Ballone Castle

Highland, United Kingdom
16th century

Carn Liath

Highland, United Kingdom
300 BC

Keills Chapel

Highland, United Kingdom
12th century

Invergarry Castle

Highland, United Kingdom
1660-1665

Mingarry Castle Ruins

Highland, United Kingdom
13th century

Kilravock Castle

Highland, United Kingdom
c. 1460

Kinlochaline Castle

Highland, United Kingdom
12th century

Crosskirk Broch

Highland, United Kingdom
200 BC

Keiss Castle Ruins

Highland, United Kingdom
c. 1600

Erchless Castle

Highland, United Kingdom
13th century

Lochindorb Castle Ruins

Highland, United Kingdom
13th century

Rait Castle Ruins

Highland, United Kingdom
13th century

Skibo Castle

Highland, United Kingdom
18th century

Dalcross Castle

Highland, United Kingdom
1620

Dounreay Castle Ruins

Highland, United Kingdom
16th century

Castle Grant

Highland, United Kingdom
15th century

Dunbeath Castle

Highland, United Kingdom
15th century

Forse Castle Ruins

Highland, United Kingdom
c. 1200

Castle Leod

Highland, United Kingdom
17th century

Ousdale Broch

Highland, United Kingdom
300-100 BC

Featured Historic Landmarks, Sites & Buildings

Historic Site of the week

Abbey of Saint-Georges

Saint-Georges de Boscherville Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey. It was founded in about 1113 by Guillaume de Tancarville on the site of an earlier establishment of secular canons and settled by monks from the Abbey of Saint-Evroul. The abbey church made of Caumont stone was erected from 1113 to 1140. The Norman builders aimed to have very well-lit naves and they did this by means of tall, large windows, initially made possible by a wooden ceiling, which prevented uplift, although this was replaced by a Gothic vault in the 13th century. The chapter room was built after the abbey church and dates from the last quarter of the 12th century.

The arrival of the Maurist monks in 1659, after the disasters of the Wars of Religion, helped to get the abbey back on a firmer spiritual, architectural and economic footing. They erected a large monastic building one wing of which fitted tightly around the chapter house (which was otherwise left as it was).