South Scotland Historic Sites

Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway

The Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway Society has constructed and operates a tourist railway that now reaches the border with Lanarkshire and Dumfries & Galloway

Bothwell Castle

Bothwell is Scotland?s largest and finest 13th century castle

Summerlee Heritage Park

Summerlee, Scotland\'s museum of industrial life has just completed a major 10 million redevelopment

Culzean Castle & Country Park

Culzean Castle & Country Park is perched on a promontory with views over the Firth of Clyde

Time Capsule

Souter Johnnie's Cottage

The former home of the shoemaker John Davidson, immortalised by Robert Burns as Souter Johnie in his supernatural tale Tam o’ Shanter.

Cumbernauld Museum

Displays tell the story of the area from Roman times throught the agricultural and industrial eras of the 18th and 19th Centuries, to the present day new town.

Hermitage Castle

Hermitage Castle is an awesome, eerie ruin, set in a lonely spot,

Museum of Lead Mining

The Museum of Lead Mining is unique to Scotland as it is the only former lead mine open to the public

Musselburgh Doll Museum