Cadogan Guide: Scotland Book

	Introducing
01	Scotland: a photo essay	1
02	Introduction	27
03	History	33
	Prehistory	34
	The Romans	35
	The Coming of Christianity	35
	The Birth of Scotland	36
	The Auld Alliance	38
	Robert the Bruce	39
	The Stewarts	40
	Mary, Queen of Scots	42
	James VI/I	43
	The Last of the Stewarts	44
	The Union of Parliaments	45
	The Jacobite Rebellions	45
	The Scottish Enlightenment	46
	20th-century Scotland	47
04	Topics	49
	Religious Differences	50
	Clans and Tartans	51
	The Highland Clearances	52
	Gaelic	53
	Crofting	53
	Ceilidh	54
	Piping	55
	Seers	55
	Bonnie Prince Charlie	56
	Johnson and Boswell	58
	Two Enlightened Men	61
	The Stone of Destiny (Stone of Scone)	66
05	Food and Drink	67
	National Dishes	68
	Drink	69
	The Guide
06	Travel	71
	Getting There	72
	Getting Around	73
	Tour Operators	76
07	Practical A-Z	77
	Climate	78
	Eating Out	78
	Historic Scotland	78
	Maps	78
	National Trust for Scotland	79
	Packing	79
	Public Holidays	79
	Shopping	79
	Sports and Activities	80
	Tourist Offices	86
	Tracing your Ancestors	87
	Where to Stay	87
08	The Scottish Borders	89
	The Coast and Northeast Corner	91
	The Tweed Valley	96
	Berwick to Coldstream	96
	Kelso and Around	98
	Down the Tweed to Galashiels	101
	Melrose	103
	Selkirk and the Yarrow and Ettrick Valleys	105
	Peebles and Around	108
	The Teviot Valley	112
	Jedburgh	112
09	Dumfries and Galloway	117
	The Solway Coast	120
	Gretna Green to Annan	120
	Dumfries and Around	124
	Dalbeattie to Newton Stewart	127
	Wigtown and the Machars	132
	The Rhinns of Galloway	135
	Stranraer	135
	The Valleys	138
	Eskdale	138
	Annandale	139
	Moffat	141
	Nithsdale	143
	The Glenkens and Galloway Forest Park	146
10	Edinburgh	149
	History	152
	The Old Town	161
	Edinburgh Castle	161
	The Royal Mile	163
	South of the Royal Mile	168
	Princes Street	170
	The New Town	170
	Art Galleries	171
	Cathedrals	174
	Around Edinburgh	174
11	The Lothians	179
	The Coast East of Edinburgh: Barns Ness to Musselburgh	182
	Dunbar	182
	North Berwick	185
	Musselburgh	188
	The Coast West of Edinburgh: Cramond to Bo'ness	189
	The Hinterland: Linlithgow to Haddington	193
	Linlithgow and Around	193
	The Pentland Hills, Moorfoots and Esk Valley	196
	Dalkeith	200
	Haddington	202
	The Lammermuirs	205
12	Glasgow	207
	Central Glasgow	212
	Glasgow Cathedral	212
	George Square	220
	Museums and Galleries	220
	The Burrell Collection	224
	Other Attractions	226
13	The Clyde Valley and Ayrshire	229
	Paisley	232
	South of the Clyde	233
	Port Glasgow, Greenock and Gourock	234
	Down the Coast	236
	Largs	236
	South of Largs to Kilmarnock	237
	Kilmarnock and Around	240
	Ayr and Alloway	241
	Girvan to Ballantrae	245
	The Clyde Valley	246
	Hamilton	247
	Lanark	249
	North of the Clyde	251
	The Islands of the Clyde	253
	Cumbrae	253
	Arran	254
	Bute	258
14	Loch Lomond, Cowal, Kintyre, Argyll and Islands	261
	Loch Lomond	263
	The Cowal Peninsula	264
	Mid-Argyll: Knapdale and Kintyre	273
	Knapdale	273
	Kintyre	274
	Lorne	275
	Oban, North Argyll and Appin	277
	Oban	277
	North of Oban and Appin	280
	The Islands of Argyll	282
	Gigha	282
	Islay	284
	Jura	286
	Colonsay and Oronsay	287
	Mull	289
	Iona	294
	Coll and Tiree	296
15	Central Scotland	299
	Falkirk, the Hillfoots and Stirling	302
	Falkirk	302
	West of Falkirk	303
	North of Falkirk to the Hillfoots	303
	Stirling	308
	Around Stirling	310
	The Trossachs	314
	Breadalbane	318
16	Fife	321
	The South Coast	323
	Culross	323
	Charlestown to Dunfermline	326
	Dunfermline	326
	East towards Kirkcaldy	328
	Kirkcaldy	331
	Kirkcaldy to Glenrothes	332
	East Neuk	333
	Around the South Coast of East Neuk	334
	St Andrews	338
	South of the Tay	341
	Falkland	343
	Cupar	345
17	Kinross-shire, Perthshire, Angus and Dundee	347
	Kinross-shire	350
	Perth	353
	Around Perth	358
	Angus and Perthshire: East of the A9	359
	Dundee	366
	East from Dundee, Along the Coast	366
	Inland Angus	370
	Along the A9: Dunkeld and Pitlochry	377
	Dunkeld	377
	Pitlochry	378
	Perthshire: West of the A9	382
	Crieff	386
18	Aberdeen and the Grampians	389
	Aberdeen	392
	The Grampians	399
	The Coast South of Aberdeen	399
	Royal Deeside	402
	Balmoral	406
	Aberdeen to Tomintoul	408
	Aberdeen to Elgin	412
	Elgin	418
	Aberdeen to Turriff	420
	The Coast: Aberdeen to Forres	423
	Peterhead	424
19	The Highlands	435
	Inverness	438
	Around Inverness, to Nairn	442
	South of Inverness	446
	Inverness to Kingussie	446
	Inverness to Glencoe via the Great Glen	452
	Fort William	456
	Glencoe	459
	West of the Great Glen to Kyle of Lochalsh	461
	The Southwest Corner	463
	West of Inverness and the Northwest Coast	470
	Kyle of Lochalsh to Inverness via the West Coast	470
	Inverness to Durness	476
	The Northeast Highlands	485
	Inverness to John o'Groats	485
	The North Coast: John o'Groats to Durness	501
20	The Western Isles	507
	The Small Isles: Rum, Eigg, Canna and Muck	511
	Skye	514
	Lewis and Harris	528
	Berneray	540
	North Uist	540
	Benbecula	544
	South Uist	545
	Eriskay	550
	Barra	551
	St Kilda	553
21	The Northern Isles	555
	Orkney	557
	Shetland	567
	Fair Isle	576
	Reference
	Biographical Notes	577
	Chronology	580
	Monarchs	582
	Glossary	583
	Further Reading	586
	Index	588
	Maps
	Scotland
	Chapter Divisions	30
	The Scottish Borders	90
	Dumfries and Galloway	118
	Edinburgh	150
	The Royal Mile	164
	The Lothians	180
	Glasgow	208
	The Clyde Valley and Ayrshire	230
	Loch Lomond, Cowal, Kintyre, Argyll and Islands	262
	Loch Lomond and Cowal Peninsula	265
	Oban, North Argyll and Appin	278
	Central Scotland	300
	Fife	322
	Kinross-shire, Perthshire, Angus and Dundee	348
	Perth	355
	Aberdeen and the Grampians	390
	Aberdeen	396
	The Highlands	436
	Inverness	439
	South of Inverness	447
	West of Inverness and the Northwest Coast	471
	Northeast Highlands	486
	The Western Isles	508
	Skye	515
	Lewis and Harris	529
	The Northern Isles	556
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