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Awesome Scottish Castles map

Posted on 11/02/2020 in Fun Stuff

Scotland is home to over one thousand castles! Hover over the picture of each castle for a fun fact, and click to find out more on Historic Environment Scotland’s website.


The famous Loch Ness Monster lives near Urquhart Castle!Dunstaffnage Castle was built on a huge rock above the Firth of Lorne!St Andrews Castle has one of medieval Britain's most famous castle prisons - the Bottle DungeonTantallon Castle is on top of high cliffs, which makes it hard to attack by ship!The Duke of Albany, who lived at Doune Castle, was famous for his 'large tabling and belly cheer'. That means he liked a good party!Stirling Castle has a ceiling full of famous medieval faces called the Stirling Heads!Caerlaverock Castle is unique in Britain for its triangular shape!Linlithgow Palace, birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots, hosts a fantastic jousting event each summer!Edinburgh Castle is the most popular castle in Scotland!

Awesome Scottish Castles


Doodle, colour and sticker Scotland’s most awesome castles!

Discover incredible Scottish castles in this bright and lively activity book, bursting with colouring, doodling, mazes, stickers and fun facts.

Fill Edinburgh Castle with stickers, join the dots to make a daring raid on Urquhart Castle, doodle legendary castle creature and much more, in castles all over Scotland!




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