What is the only city in the Highlands of Scotland?


What is the only city in the Highlands of Scotland? Inverness is known as the 'Capital of the Highlands', as the region's largest settlement and only city.


Where is the abandoned town in Scotland?

The almost entirely abandoned Clune Park is located in the town of Port Glasgow - just a 30-minute drive from Glasgow. It was once a thriving hub for shipworkers, boasting its own church and school, but is now little more than a ghost town.


What is the oldest castle in Scotland?

Apparently, the oldest castle still standing in Scotland that can be dated is Castle Sween. It was built in the 1100s along the eastern shore of Loch Sween, in Knapdale, Argyll. The oldest continuously inhabited castle in the country though is Dunvegan Castle, the ancestral home of Clan MacLeod for over 800 years.