Cairns Castle

Cairns Castle is a ruined keep, dating from the 15th century. It is located on the northern slope of the Pentland Hills, around 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south west of Balerno, at the south west end of Harperrig Reservoir, in West Lothian, Scotland.

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  Blackness Castle ⓘ
  fortress, near the village of Blackness, Scotland  

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  Cairns Castle ⓘ
  ruined keep in West Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Carberry Tower ⓘ
  castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Dalhousie Castle ⓘ
  castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Dalkeith Palace ⓘ
  historic house in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK

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  Dundas Castle ⓘ
  castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  Dunfermline Palace ⓘ
  ruined former royal palace in Scotland  

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  Fatlips Castle ⓘ
  remains of a post-medieval castle in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK  

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  Horsburgh Castle ⓘ
  castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK  

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  Linlithgow Palace ⓘ
  ruined palace in West Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Midhope Castle ⓘ
  castle in West Lothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Old Dunimarle Castle ⓘ
  castle in Fife, Scotland, UK  

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  Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
  castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  Neidpath Castle ⓘ
  castle in Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK  

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  Craigmillar Castle ⓘ
  castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  Roslin Castle ⓘ
  castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Borthwick Castle ⓘ
  castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK  

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  Niddry Castle ⓘ
  castle in West Lothian, Scotland, UK

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  Walled Garden, Newliston House ⓘ
  architectural structure in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Jupiter Artland ⓘ
  sculpture garden and art gallery in the west of City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Abbot House, Dunfermline ⓘ
  historic house incorporating a heritage centre, in Dunfermline, Scotland

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  Almond Valley Light Railway ⓘ
  narrow gauge heritage railway in West Lothian, Scotland, UK

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  Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial Museum ⓘ
  museum in Fife, Scotland, UK

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  Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum ⓘ
  biographical museum in Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Biggar Gasworks Museum ⓘ
  museum in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

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  Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway ⓘ
  heritage railway in Falkirk, Scotland, UK

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  Callendar House ⓘ
  historic House and Park in Falkirk

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  City Art Centre ⓘ
  Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Hibernian Football Club Museum ⓘ
  museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  HMY Britannia ⓘ
  1953 royal yacht  

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  Museum of Edinburgh ⓘ
  museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Naval And Military Museum, Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
  military museum in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  Peebles Museum and Gallery ⓘ
  local museum in the Chambers Institute, Peebles, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  SS Explorer ⓘ
  research vessel built in 1955  

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  The Reid Concert Hall Museum of Instruments ⓘ
  museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Writers' Museum ⓘ
  museum in Edinbugh, Scotland

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  Surgeons' Hall Museums ⓘ
  Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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  St Cecilia's Hall ⓘ
  Music museum, concert hall in Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Trinity House of Leith ⓘ
  listed building in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Camera Obscura ⓘ
  Museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  John Knox House Museum ⓘ
  museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Scottish National Gallery ⓘ
  part of National Galleries Scotland in Edinburgh

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  Dunfermline Carnegie Library ⓘ
  public library in Fife, Scotland  

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  Anatomical Museum ⓘ
  Anatomical museum at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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  Royal Museum of Scotland ⓘ
  museum in Edinburgh, now part of the National Museum of Scotland

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  Scottish National Portrait Gallery ⓘ
  art museum in Edinburgh, Scotland

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  Edinburgh Zoo ⓘ
  zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  National War Museum ⓘ
  Museum in Scotland  

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  Glencorse Museum ⓘ
  museum in Penicuik, Scotland, UK

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  Queensferry Museum ⓘ
  museum in South Queensferry, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Museum of Childhood ⓘ
  Museum in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art ⓘ
  part of National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh

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  Burntisland Museum ⓘ
  museum in Burntisland, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Talbot Rice Gallery ⓘ
  Art gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Canal Museum (Linlithgow) ⓘ
  museum in Linlithgow, Scotland, UK

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  Kinneil Museum And Roman Fortlet ⓘ
  museum in Boness, Scotland, UK

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  Almond Valley Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum and visitor attraction in Livingston Village, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  The John Buchan Story ⓘ
  museum in the Chambers Institute, Peebles, Scotland, UK

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  National Mining Museum Scotland ⓘ
  mining museum in Midlothian, Scotland

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  Cousland Smiddy ⓘ
  museum in Cousland, Midlothian, Scotland, UK

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  Royal Burgh of Lanark Museum ⓘ
  museum in Lanark, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  New Lanark Visitor Centre ⓘ
  museum in Lanark, Scotland, UK

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  People's Story Museum ⓘ
  Museum in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Linlithgow Museum ⓘ
  museum in Linlithgow, Scotland, UK

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  Museum of the Royal Regiment of Scotland ⓘ
  regimental museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry ⓘ
  museum in West Lothian, Scotland, UK

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  Deep Sea World ⓘ
  aquarium in Fife, Scotland, UK

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  Shotts Heritage Centre ⓘ
  museum in Shotts, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Museum of Scottish Railways ⓘ
  railway museum in Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum ⓘ
  regimental museum in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK  

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  Museum of Scotland ⓘ
  museum in Edinburgh, part of the National Museum of Scotland.

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  National Museum of Scotland ⓘ
  combined museum in Edinburgh

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  Dynamic Earth ⓘ
  science center in Edinburgh, Scotland

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  Modern Two ⓘ
  Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Two

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  Boness Motor Museum ⓘ
  museum in Boness, Scotland, UK

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  Five Sisters Zoo ⓘ
  British Zoo

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  Museum on the Mound ⓘ
  money museum in the headquarters of HBOS

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  Armadale Museum ⓘ
  museum in Armadale, Scotland, UK

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  Musselburgh Museum ⓘ
  museum in Musselburgh, Scotland, UK

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  Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum ⓘ
  museum in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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  Military Museum Scotland ⓘ
  museum in Wilkieston, Scotland, UK

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1888 Royal Museum of Scotland

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1951 Glencorse Museum

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1951 Queensferry Museum

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1955 Museum of Childhood

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1960 Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

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1975 Burntisland Museum

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1975 Talbot Rice Gallery

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1977 Canal Museum (Linlithgow)

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1977 Kinneil Museum And Roman Fortlet

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1982 Almond Valley Heritage Centre

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1983 The John Buchan Story

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1984 National Mining Museum Scotland

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1986 Cousland Smiddy

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1988 Royal Burgh of Lanark Museum

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1989 New Lanark Visitor Centre

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1989 People's Story Museum

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1991 Linlithgow Museum

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1991 Museum of the Royal Regiment of Scotland

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1991 Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry

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1993 Deep Sea World

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1994 Shotts Heritage Centre

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1995 Museum of Scottish Railways

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1995 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum

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1998 Museum of Scotland

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1998 National Museum of Scotland

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1999 Dynamic Earth

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1999 Modern Two

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2004 Boness Motor Museum

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2005 Five Sisters Zoo

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2006 Museum on the Mound

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2010 Armadale Museum

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2011 Musselburgh Museum

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2015 Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum

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2017 Military Museum Scotland

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The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) (14595394960)

Cairns Castle

Cairns Castle

Cairns Castle

137 of 'The History and Antiquities of the parish of Mid-Calder, with some account of the religious house of Torphichen, founded upon record' (11130268933)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	castle		Blackness Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Cairns Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Carberry Tower	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Dalhousie Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Dalkeith Palace	castle, palace	Wikidata
site	castle		Dundas Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Dunfermline Palace	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Fatlips Castle	castle, castle ruin	Wikidata
site	castle		Horsburgh Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Linlithgow Palace	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Midhope Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Old Dunimarle Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1200	Edinburgh Castle	castle, museum, tourist attraction, archaeological site, building complex	Wikidata
site	castle	1263	Neidpath Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1300	Craigmillar Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1305	Roslin Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1430	Borthwick Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle	1500	Niddry Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	garden		Walled Garden, Newliston House	walled garden	Wikidata
site	garden	2009	Jupiter Artland	art museum, sculpture garden	Wikidata
site	museum		Abbot House, Dunfermline	museum, building	Wikidata
site	museum		Almond Valley Light Railway	narrow-gauge railway, heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Biggar Gasworks Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway	heritage railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Callendar House	museum, building, archive, art gallery, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		City Art Centre	art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Hibernian Football Club Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		HMY Britannia	museum ship, royal yacht, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		Museum of Edinburgh	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Naval And Military Museum, Edinburgh Castle	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Peebles Museum and Gallery	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		SS Explorer	museum ship, research vessel, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		The Reid Concert Hall Museum of Instruments	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Writers' Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1697	Surgeons' Hall Museums	independent museum, medical museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1763	St Cecilia's Hall	university museum, concert hall, musical instrument museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1816	Trinity House of Leith	building, maritime museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1835	Camera Obscura	observatory, camera obscura, tourist attraction, tenement, visitor center	Wikidata
site	museum	1850	John Knox House Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1859	Scottish National Gallery	art museum, national gallery, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1883	Dunfermline Carnegie Library	public library, museum, art gallery, Carnegie library	Wikidata
site	museum	1884	Anatomical Museum	university museum, anatomical museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1888	Royal Museum of Scotland	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1889	Scottish National Portrait Gallery	art museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1913	Edinburgh Zoo	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	1933	National War Museum	military museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1951	Glencorse Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1951	Queensferry Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1955	Museum of Childhood	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1960	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art	art museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1975	Burntisland Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1975	Talbot Rice Gallery	museum, art museum, university museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Canal Museum (Linlithgow)	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Kinneil Museum And Roman Fortlet	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1982	Almond Valley Heritage Centre	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1983	The John Buchan Story	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	National Mining Museum Scotland	mining museum, national museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1986	Cousland Smiddy	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1988	Royal Burgh of Lanark Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	New Lanark Visitor Centre	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	People's Story Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1991	Linlithgow Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1991	Museum of the Royal Regiment of Scotland	museum, regimental museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1991	Museum of the Scottish Shale Oil Industry	mining museum, specialized archive	Wikidata
site	museum	1993	Deep Sea World	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	1994	Shotts Heritage Centre	museum, heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Museum of Scottish Railways	railway museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum	museum, regimental museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	Museum of Scotland	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	National Museum of Scotland	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1999	Dynamic Earth	museum, tourist attraction, science museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1999	Modern Two	art museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2004	Boness Motor Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2005	Five Sisters Zoo	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum	2006	Museum on the Mound	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2010	Armadale Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2011	Musselburgh Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2015	Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2017	Military Museum Scotland	military museum	Wikidata
commons	image		The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century (1887) (14595394960)		Commons
commons	image		Cairns Castle		Commons
commons	image		Cairns Castle		Commons
commons	image		Cairns Castle		Commons
commons	image		137 of 'The History and Antiquities of the parish of Mid-Calder, with some account of the religious house of Torphichen, founded upon record' (11130268933)		Commons