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It was to here that Mary Queen of Scots and Henry, Lord Darnley came following their marriage in July 1565.

From William both the Stuart royal line in Scotland and the English line of the Earls of Norfolk descend.

One of Scotland's greatest royal fortresses, Stirling Castle was taken by William Wallace in 1297 but was surrendered to Edward I in August 1305 following a siege.

By the early 1900s it was billed as 'Sussex's answer to Scotland'!

On sunny days, Snaefell summit (2034 ft) offers the visitor superb views of England, Ireland and Scotland.

The octagonal Jacobean font is decorated with the arms of Scotland, Ireland, Maidstone and the Astley family, who were granted the former Archbishop's Palace in Elizabethan times.

In return, France offered Scotland military assistance against England.

Despite its name, Scotland Street actually leads to Wales.

This modest hospital was set up in Scotland Lane as the Leeds Work People's Convalescent Home.

This modest hospital was set up in Scotland Lane as the Leeds Work People's Convalescent Home.

The island of Iona, near Mull off the west coast of Scotland, is known as the cradle of Scottish Christianity or 'The Mecca of Gael'.

The hotel was built by the London and North Western Railway Company for travellers from London to Scotland.

Hardly picturesque, crouched under the outcrop of granite, is a collection of small cottages, the earlier one probably occupied by the granite workers who came from as far away as Scotland to quarry and

The Napoleonic Wars led to a severe shortage of barrack accommodation in Scotland.

Between 1670 and 1679 the quadrangle was remodelled in the French style to the designs of Sir William Bruce, the King's Surveyor in Scotland.

It was still there for the Scots planters to add their plan and get the approval of James I (the sixth of Scotland) for the new port.

What used to be the turnpike road running from London to Scotland had a busy toll house, which is now the Green Man inn.

Gretna stands on the Scottish/English border, and as a result became popular for runaway marriages of English couples - Lord Hardwicke's act of 1754 abolished irregular marriages in England, but not in Scotland

The five striking jacks represent Wales, Scotland, Ireland, England and, of course, Old Father Time.

In 1899, the 8th Duke of Argyll presented the ruins of the abbey to the Church of Scotland, in the hope that restoration work might be undertaken.

In 1899, the 8th Duke of Argyll presented the ruins of the abbey to the Church of Scotland in the hope that restoration work might be undertaken.

This was constructed as the northern frontier between Scotland and Britain and remained so for some two hundred years.

It was at Peveril where he accepted the submission of King Malcolm of Scotland in 1157, and he built this splendid stone keep 19 years later.

A few miles to the south of Nairn stands Cawdor Castle, one of Scotland's finest medieval buildings.