Scottish Landmarks

Presentation on Scottish Landmarks by pupils of Hamilton Grammar School for the visit of our friends from Donkorkrom in Ghana

1. Scottish Landmarks

2. Edinburgh Castle
•Edinburgh Castle is an
ancient fortress which
dominates the sky-line of
the city of Edinburgh from
its position atop the
volcanic Castle Rock.

3. Hadrian's wall
•Hadrian's Wall is a stone and
turf fortification built by the
Roman Empire across the
width of what is now northern
England. Begun in 122, during
the rule of emperor Hadrian, it
was the middle of three such
fortifications built across Great
Britain, the first being from the
River Clyde to the River Forth
under Gnaeus Julius Agricola
and the last the Antonine Wall.

4. Old Course at St Andrews
•The Old Course at St
Andrews is one of the oldest
golf courses in the world. The
Old Course is a public course
over common land in St
Andrews, Fife, Scotland and is
held in trust by The St
Andrews Links Trust under an
act of Parliament. The Royal
and Ancient Golf Club of St
Andrews (R&A) club house sits
adjacent to the first tee and
although it might be imagined
that they own the course, they
are but one of many clubs that
have playing privileges on the
course, along with the general
public.

5. Turnberry
•Turnberry is a golf resort on
the coast of the outer Firth of
Clyde in southwestern
Scotland. Located in South
Ayrshire on the rugged coast,
it comprises three links golf
courses, a golf academy, a
five-star hotel built in 1906, as
well as lodge and cottage
accommodations. The
prominent rock island Ailsa
Craig is readily visible to the
west

6. Loch Lomond
•Loch Lomond is a freshwater
Scottish loch, lying on the
Highland Boundary Fault. It is
the largest lake in mainland
Britain, by surface area, and
contains many islands,
including Inchmurrin, the
largest fresh water island in
the British Isles. It is a popular
leisure destination and is
featured in song.

7. The Kelvin Grove Art Gallery
•The Kelvingrove Art Gallery
is a museum and art gallery in
Glasgow, Scotland. The
building houses one of
Europe's great civic art
collections. Since its
refurbishment the museum is
the most popular free to enter
visitor attraction in Scotland,
and the most visited museum
in the United Kingdom outside
London. It is located on Argyle
Street, in the West End of the
city, on the banks of the River
Kelvin (opposite the
architecturally similar Kelvin
Hall, which was built in
matching style some years
later.

8. Bannockburn
•Bannockburn is in the
vicinity of Bannockburn
village, probably between
the Pelstream and
Bannock burns (streams)
was the site of the Battle
of Bannockburn fought in
1314 - one of the pivotal
battles of the 13th/14th
century Wars of
Independence between
Scotland and England.

9. Glasgow School of Art
•Glasgow School of Art (GSA)
was founded in 1845 as the
Glasgow Government
School of Design, one of the
first Government Schools of
Design. In 1853 it changed its
name to The Glasgow School
of Art. Initially it was located at
12 Ingram Street, but in 1869 it
moved to the McLellan
Galleries. In 1897 work started
on a new building to house the
school on Renfrew Street. The
building was designed by
Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

10. The Barrowlands
•The Barrowlands (more
properly The Barrowland
Ballroom) is a major dance
hall and concert venue in
Glasgow, Scotland. The
original building opened in
1934 in a mercantile area east
of Glasgow's city centre. The
"Barras" street market (more
properly Glasgow Barrowland
market), after which the area
and the ballroom are named,
continues until the present
day.