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The 20 best memorials & monuments in Scottish Highlands

Our curated top 20 memorials & monuments in Scottish Highlands, ranked by quality rating, image richness and content depth. For the complete list of 1,836 memorials & monuments see the full memorials & monuments index for Scottish Highlands.

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    Culloden Battlefield

    Culloden Battlefield, memorials & monuments in Scottish Highlands

    Where the Jacobite cause died in 1746 — Britain's last pitched battle.

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    Shield

    The 360 spot height - geograph.org.uk - 3915243

    Shield — a memorial in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.

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    Mini

    Track behind Stone - geograph.org.uk - 5413416

    Mini — a memorial in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.

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    Moire ro Naomh nan Eilean

    Moire ro Naomh nan Eilean, memorials & monuments in Scottish Highlands

    Our Lady of the Isles (Gaelic: Moire ro Naomh nan Eilean or Bana Thighearna nan Eilean) is a sculpture of the Madonna and Child, on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The statue is situated

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    Munro

    Culloden battlefield from the Government Army's front line - geograph.org.uk - 460307

    Munro — a memorial in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.

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    Concert Court

    Post box on Broad Street, Aberdeen - geograph.org.uk - 7307444

    Concert Court — a memorial in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.

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    stele

    Erected to the Glory of God - geograph.org.uk - 4908697

    stele — a memorial in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.

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    Fyrish Monument

    Fyrish Monument, memorials & monuments in Scottish Highlands

    The Fyrish Monument is a monument built in 1782 on Fyrish Hill (Scottish Gaelic: Cnoc Fhaoighris), in Fyrish in Evanton, near Alness, Easter Ross, Scotland, on the orders of Sir Hector Munro, 8th of N

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    Cathedral Gates

    Entrance to Dunkeld Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 2800519

    Cathedral Gates — a memorial in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.

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    Thomas Reid

    Crown tower, King's College Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 4613603

    Thomas Reid — a memorial in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.

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    Gravestone

    Loch Eck, Bernice Farm - geograph.org.uk - 159895

    Gravestone — a memorial in scotland-highlands, United Kingdom.

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    Bridge of Allan

    3 Chalton Road, Bridge Of Allan

    Bridge of Allan in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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    River Awe

    Loch Awe in the Pass of Brander - geograph.org.uk - 5569376

    River Awe in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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    The Duke's Tower

    Inveraray Bell Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1725665

    The Duke's Tower, also known as Inveraray Bell Tower, is the detached bell tower of All Saints' Church, Inveraray, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Standing 126 feet (38 m) high on the shores of Loch Fyne,

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    The Prince's Cairn

    The Prince's Cairn, memorials & monuments in Scottish Highlands

    The Prince's Cairn is a memorial in the United Kingdom.

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    Macrae's Monument

    Macrae's Monument, memorials & monuments in Scottish Highlands

    James Macrae (1677–1746) was most likely born in the parish of Ochiltree and escaped great poverty to become a sea captain and later an administrator who served as the governor of Fort St George and i

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    Mercat Cross

    Mercat Cross, memorials & monuments in Scottish Highlands

    Mercat Cross — Monument, dating to 1737.

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    Mercat Cross

    Mercat Cross, memorials & monuments in Scottish Highlands

    Mercat Cross is a memorial in the United Kingdom.

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    Mercat Cross

    Mercat Cross, memorials & monuments in Scottish Highlands

    Mercat Cross is a memorial in the United Kingdom.

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    Mercat Cross

    Beauly Priory Beauly Inverness Scotland (4973758505)

    Mercat Cross is a memorial in the United Kingdom.

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