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Christianity sacred sites in Scotland, United Kingdom
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Barpa Langass
Lochmaddy, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the western flank of Ben Langass, a massive dome of stone rises from the moorland of North Uist....
Broch of Clickimin
Lerwick, Scotland, United Kingdom
On a small islet in Clickimin Loch, within walking distance of Lerwick, stands a broch complex spanning nearly 2,000 years of continuous habitation....
Brough of Birsay
Birsay, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Brough of Birsay rises from the sea off the northwest coast of Orkney, reachable only when the tide withdraws....
Brough of Deerness Chapel
Deerness, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the eastern tip of Orkney's Mainland, a grass-topped promontory rises from the North Sea, connected to the land by a narrow neck of eroded rock....
Callanish 4 Stone Circle
Callanish, Scotland, United Kingdom
On rising ground above Loch Ceann Hulabhig, five standing stones of Lewisian gneiss form a quiet oval around a small burial cairn....
Callanish II Stone Circle
Callanish, Scotland, United Kingdom
On a low ridge overlooking East Loch Roag, five standing stones and two fallen slabs trace an ellipse that once held ten uprights around a central cairn....
Callanish Standing Stone Circle
Callanish, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the Atlantic edge of Lewis, thirteen standing stones form a circle older than the main phase of Stonehenge....
Callanish Stone Circle 8
Callanish, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the southern coast of Great Bernera, three standing stones and one fallen companion form a semicircle at the edge of a sheer cliff above Loch Roag....
Callanish Stone Circle III
Callanish, Scotland, United Kingdom
On a low ridge southeast of the main Callanish Stones, a double concentric ring of Lewisian gneiss has stood for nearly five thousand years....
Culswick Broch
Walls, Scotland, United Kingdom
On a conical hilltop above the western coast of Shetland, the walls of Culswick Broch still stand in local red granite, warm-coloured and resolute after two thousand years....
Dun Carloway Broch
Carloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
On a rocky knoll above East Loch Roag, the walls of Dun Carloway Broch still rise nine metres without mortar....
Dunadd sacred hill, Lochgilphead, Scotland
Bridgend, Scotland, United Kingdom
A rocky crag rises from the ancient Great Moss at the mouth of Kilmartin Glen. On its summit, a footprint carved into living rock marks the place where the Gaelic kings of...
Eshaness Broch
Hillswick, Scotland, United Kingdom
On a promontory in the Loch of Houlland, reached by stone causeways across the water, the Broch of Houlland rises to four metres against the sky of northwest Shetland....
Fortingall Yew Tree and Church, Perthshire, Scotland
Fortingall, Scotland, United Kingdom
In a small churchyard at the mouth of Scotland's longest glen stands a yew tree that may have been ancient when the pyramids were young....
Hill of the Angels
Iona, Scotland, United Kingdom
A smooth grass-covered knoll rises from the flat central plain of Iona, the island Columba chose for his monastery in 563....
Iona Abbey
Isle of Iona, Scotland, United Kingdom
Iona Abbey stands on a small Hebridean island where St Columba founded a monastery in AD 563....
Lund Standing Stone
Baltasound, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the low moorland of southwest Unst, the most northerly inhabited island in the British Isles, a massive gneiss boulder stands roughly 3.8 metres tall with a girth...
MacLean's Cross
Iona, Scotland, United Kingdom
MacLean's Cross stands where three medieval paths once met on the Isle of Iona, between the nunnery and the abbey....
Macleod's Stone
Tarbert, Scotland, United Kingdom
On a small hillock above Traigh Iar beach on the west coast of Harris, a single standing stone has held its ground for approximately five thousand years....
Pobull Fhinn
Lochmaddy, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the southern slope of Ben Langass, overlooking Loch Langass and the mountain Eaval, an oval of standing stones occupies a platform that Bronze Age hands carved from the...
Reineval Chambered Cairn
Lochboisdale, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the northern slope of Beinn Reineabhal, overlooking the valley that descends to Mingarry and the Atlantic beyond, a massive stone mound rises from the moorland....
Ronas Hill Chambered Cairn
North Roe, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the summit of Shetland's highest hill, Neolithic builders placed a chambered cairn for their dead....
Rosslyn
Roslin, Scotland, United Kingdom
Rosslyn Chapel rises from the Scottish landscape like a vision carved in stone. Every surface of this small fifteenth-century building carries carvings of extraordinary...
St. Fillan’s Cave, Pittenweem, Scotland
Pittenweem, Scotland, United Kingdom
Beneath the fishing village of Pittenweem lies a cave where the Irish missionary Fillan once prayed in solitude, his glowing arm said to illuminate the scriptures in...
St. Mary’s Church, Haddington, Scotland
Haddington, Scotland, United Kingdom
Known as the Lamp of Lothian, St Mary's has held worship since the twelfth century....
Stanydale Temple
Bixter, Scotland, United Kingdom
On a treeless hillside in western Shetland, a heel-shaped stone structure stands open to the sky....
The Street of the Dead
Iona, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Street of the Dead is a cobbled medieval processional way on the Isle of Iona, running from Martyrs Bay to the ancient burial ground of Reilig Odhrain beside Iona...
Underhoull Longhouse
Baltasound, Scotland, United Kingdom
On a windswept slope above Lunda Wick on the island of Unst, the ruins of an Iron Age broch and three Norse longhouses occupy the same ground....
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