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  • |name=House of the Binns ...n the seat of the Dalyell family. It is owned by the [[National Trust for Scotland]].
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  • |picture caption=Keep and west wall of the castle |ownership=Historic Scotland
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  • ...ants of a late 12th or early 13th century castle of enceinte at the hamlet of [[Hume]] in [[Berwickshire]], between [[Greenlaw]] and [[Kelso]], ...invasion from England and the only castle in these shires not destroyed in Robert the Bruce's scorched earth policy put into dramatic effect in 1313.
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  • '''Stevenston''' is a town in [[Ayrshire]]. It is one of the 'Three Towns' along with [[Ardrossan]] and [[Saltcoats]]. ...stable of Scotland, around 1170. The town is first mentioned in a charter of c. 1240.
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  • ...|Dunlop]] and [[Lugton]], it is a relatively large town, with a population of over 6,500. The town is served by Stewarton railway station. ...een the traditional routes from Kilmarnock, Irvine and [[Ayr]] to the city of [[Glasgow]], though in recent times the [[M77 motorway]] has bypassed the t
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  • ...views of the area. The 1,086-foot [[Bin Hill, Banffshire|Bin Hill]] or Bin of Cullen is a nearby hill with an associated footpath. ...otato and onion, and its former railway bridges, two of which are now part of the national cycle network. These bridges were necessary at considerable co
    8 KB (1,325 words) - 22:44, 7 May 2015
  • ...yal Visit Toronto 2010 5.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in Toronto]] *King Robert III was christened John;
    7 KB (1,082 words) - 16:23, 30 June 2023
  • ...t 9 miles north of [[Edinburgh Airport]] and about 4 miles from the centre of [[Dunfermline]]. Modern Inverkeithing is almost continuous with [[Rosyth]] ...uld have meant 'woodland burn'.<ref>Taylor, Simon (2006) ''The Place-Names of Fife'', Shaun Tyas, Donington</ref>
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  • |name=Falls of Clyde |picture=Corra Linn - Falls of Clyde.jpg
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  • ...I]] around [[Snowdonia]] in his campaign to contain rebellion in the north of Wales after 1282. ...er an invasion scare in 1306. When work finally ceased around 1330 a total of £15,000 had been spent, a huge sum for the period, but the castle remained
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  • ...tanding midway between London and Edinburgh. It had a recorded population of 11,155 in 2001. The town is part of the [[Skyrack Wapentake]].
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  • ...ninghame''' is a village and parish in [[Wigtownshire]], 8 miles northwest of the county town, [[Wigtown]]. It sits beside the [[River Cree]], ...bare_url">[http://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parmap1037.html Parish of Penninghame Map]</ref>
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  • |church=Church of England |arms=Diocese of Durham arms.svg
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  • ...n the village of [[Dunster]] in [[Somerset]]. The castle stands on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Sa ...castle survived a siege during the early years of the Anarchy. At the end of the 14th century the de Mohuns sold the castle to the Luttrell family, who
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  • [[File:Aerial photo of Bamburgh Castle - geograph.org.uk - 654112.jpg|right|250px]] |text-align="right";rowspan="2"|''The south west face of Bamburgh Castle seen from ground level and above''
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  • ...town of [[Caernarfonshire]]. Caernarfon is a jewel of the castle-building of King Edward I, begun at the King's orders in 1283. The castle belongs to t ...m'') and the castle's walls are built so as to be reminiscent of the Walls of Constantinople.
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  • ...ltshire]]. Avebury contains the largest stone circle in Europe, and is one of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain. ...itage Site. They are a popular tourist attraction and also draw in crowds of neopaganism devotees.
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  • ...sed pasture land, heathland and forest in the heavily populated south-east of Great Britain. ...t of Verderers for the benefit not of hunting princes but of the commoners of the forest.
    27 KB (4,200 words) - 13:55, 5 February 2018
  • |picture caption=South front of Balmoral Castle ...illage of [[Crathie]], six miles west of [[Ballater]] and seven miles east of [[Braemar]].
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  • [[File:Kingdom of Northumbria in AD 802.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Northumbria, estimated. in 800] ...sh kingdoms, its kings ruling as overlords of all the English kingdoms and of all North Britain.
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