The Seven Wonders of Scotland: 13 to 18
There are 30 candidate wonders, which we have split over five pages. The next six are The Edinburgh Festivals, Edinburgh Old and New Towns, Fingal's Cave and Staffa, The Forth Bridge, Glasgow's Shipyards, and Glencoe.
The Edinburgh Festivals
- Rough Guide Directions: Edinburgh by Donald Reid
- AA Guide to Edinburgh by Sally Roy
- Lonely Planet City Guide: Edinburgh by Neil Wilson
Edinburgh Old and New Towns
- Looking Up In Edinburgh by Jane Peyton
- Edinburgh: The Making of a Capital City
- The Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh by John Gifford, Colin McWilliam, David Walker and Christopher Wilson
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Fingal's Cave and Staffa
- Fingal's Cage, The Poems of Ossian, and Celtic Christianity by Paul Marshall Allen and Joan de Ris Allen
- Iona and Staffa Via Oban: Nostalgic Album Views by Robert Charnley
The Forth Bridge
- The Bridge by Iain Banks
- The Forth Bridge by Colin Baxter and Jim Crumley
- The Forth Bridge: A Picture History by Sheila Mackay
Glasgow's Shipyards
- Song of the Clyde: A History of Clyde Shipbuilding by Fred M Walker
- Clydebuilt: The Blockade Runners Of The American Civil War by Eric J Graham
- The Herald Book of the Clyde by Robert Jeffrey and Ian Watson
Glencoe
- Glencoe: The Story of the Massacre by John Prebble
- Glencoe and Beyond: The Sheep-Farming Years by IS MacDonald
- Fort William and Glen Coe Walks
- A Year in the Life of Glencoe by Bill Birkett
Featured books
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Add to BasketThe Bridge - Paperback -
£8.99
A man lies in a coma, his body broken, his memory vanished. He finds himself in the surreal world of the bridge - a world free of the usual constraints of time and space, a world where dream and fantasy, past and future, fuse. -
Clydebuilt: The Blockade Runners Of The American Civil War - Hardback -
£16.99
Using contemporary accounts and individual case studies, 'Clydebuilt' presents an account of Scotland's involvement in the American Civil War Blockade, an involvement which almost certainly prolonged the conflict by several years. -
Add to BasketEdinburgh - Hardback -
£35.00
Edinburgh is renowned for its castle, its Georgian New Town, and its many other distinctive buildings. This guide, complete with maps, plans and illustrations, introduces the reader to many of Edinburgh's architectural treasures. -
Add to BasketEdinburgh - Paperback -
£5.99
Each of the guidebooks in the 'AA Essential Guide' series provides personal recommendations and inside knowledge from expert authors, with at-a-glance presentation of practical travel information, suggestions for walks and tours and detailed listings of restaurants and hotels. -
Add to BasketEdinburgh: The Making Of A Capital City - Paperback
£23.99
This book provides a unique and comprehensive review of the making and re-making of Edinburgh over most of the last millennium. A series of themes of wide relevance are explored and discussed in the context of their impact upon the form of the city and its success as a capital. -
Add to BasketFingal's Cave, The Poems Of Ossian, And Celtic Christianity - Hardback -
£20.00
Fingal's Cave has long been a source of mystery, spiritual insight and artistic inspiration. Paul and Joan Allen explore the meaning of Fingal's initiation rite, the development of Celtic culture and customs and its influence into modern times. -
Add to BasketThe Forth Bridge - Paperback -
£3.95
The instantly recognisable shape of the Forth Rail Bridge has become an imprint on the landscape on the Firth of Forth. This pictorial history describes how it has become a monument to the visionary daring and hard work that led to its creation. -
Add to BasketThe Forth Bridge: A Picture History - Paperback -
£12.99
The Forth Bridge was, arguably, the greatest engineering feat the Victorian world had ever seen. The first large structure made of steel, it remains a magnificent achievement today. -
Add to BasketFort William And Glen Coe Walks - Paperback
£11.99
Pathfinder Guides provide easy to follow directions and detailed maps for country walks throughout the British Isles. This guide to walks around Fort William and Glencoe presents 28 colour-coded routes for walkers of all abilities. -
Add to BasketGlencoe And Beyond: The Sheep-Farming Years, 1780-1830 - Paperback -
£25.00
The early sheep-farming period in the part of the Highlands examined in this study was characterised by a great deal of geographical, social and financial movement. It challenges the view that sheep-farming was introduced by Lowland incomers. -
Add to BasketGlencoe: The Story Of The Massacre - Paperback -
£10.99
Prebble evokes the massacre of the Campbells at Glencoe in 1692. It was a bloody incident which had deep repercussions, and was the beginning of the destruction of the Highlanders, the end of which is recorded in Culloden and The Highland Clearances. -
The Herald Book Of The Clyde - Paperback -
£9.99
From its source in Scotland's Southern Uplands to one of the world's most scenic firths, the River Clyde has been an inspiration to musicians, poets and painters. This book contains over 250 striking images of Glasgow's river. -
Add to BasketLooking Up In Edinburgh: Edinburgh As You Have Never Seen It Before - Paperback -
£9.99
'Looking Up In Edinburgh' combines photography and witty humor to reveal and explore a mostly ignored aspect of the urban landscape - the surprising and spectacular architecture on buildings above eye-level. -
Add to BasketA Year In The Life Of Glencoe - Hardback -
£14.99
Glencoe is shaped by ancient volcanoes and Ice Age glaciers; on the slopes, the red stag stamps his authority across the purple heather, and the golden eagle rules the air; down below are farms and little communities. In this stunning photographic essay, Birkett captures the heartbeat of the Highlands of Scotland.
Fire-eating Street Performer Swallowing Fire
Aerial view of the New Town, Edinburgh
View of Fingal's Cave on Staffa
Construction of the Forth Railway Bridge
'Alisa' at John Brown's shipyard
Glencoe by James MacWhirter
All images licensed via www.scran.ac.uk
Last modified Wednesday 10 February 2010
