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This volume covers the vast area of the Highland region, the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland and highlights buildings and monuments as varied as its landscapes. This includes: brochs, cairns, and ceremonial settings of standing stones; cathedrals and abbeys; and churches.

This volume provides a survey of this region of Scotland stretching from the Atlantic islands and sea-lochs of Argyll to the softer landscape of Bute and the banks of the Clyde. The gazetteer introduces readers and visitors to a range of buildings.

The historic capital of Scotland is well known as a fortified medieval city with castle and crown-steepled church, its Royal Mile leading down to the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood. It is discussed as a merchant city, as a Georgian town, and as a 20th century city.

Glasgow has a wide array of architectural treasures: the greatest medieval cathedral in Scotland; fragments of a 17th- and 18th-century "merchant city"; the well-preserved heart of a planned new town, Blythswood; and a city centre dense with Victorian and Edwardian commercial buildings.

Stirling and Central Scotland straddle the divisions between Highland and Lowland, rural and industrial Scotland. This guide covers castles that range from Stirling, to the strongholds of medieval magnates at Doune, Blackness and Castle Campbell.

Perth and Kinross contain buildings which range from the remains of Roman forts to country houses and nineteenth century civic and industrial monuments. The tenth volume in the "Buildings of Scotland" series.

Ayrshire and Arran is an area of striking contrasts. Its landscape ranges from dune-backed sands to rolling pastures to moors. From railway bridges to farmsteads, town halls to Edwardian villas, this guide presents a comprehensive look at life in the county through its buildings.

Dundee is the fourth largest of Scotland's cities and has some of the finest ecclesiastical, public, commercial and industrial buildings in the country. This guide covers buildings as diverse as the houses of the coastal ports, the high-rise flats of post-war Dundee, Stevenson's Bell Rock Lighthouse and Frank Gehry's unique Maggie's Centre.

The north-east of Scotland is one of the least known areas of the country but has an architectural heritage as rich as the Highlands and Angus with which it shares its borders. This volume intends to illuminate its buildings and covers not only the historic districts of Formartine, Buchan and Banff in Aberdeenshire but also the whole of Moray.

Surveys the buildings of Aberdeen - Scotland's third largest city - and its surrounding areas. 120 colour photos.