List of cultural icons of Scotland
Three tartans
Harris Tweed
Scotch thistle
Falkirk Wheel
Scott Monument
Oatcakes
Whisky
The Tartan Army in Milan, Italy
A shinty game in progress
This List of cultural icons of Scotland is a list of links to potential cultural icons of Scotland.
Animals
- Border Collie, capercaillie , Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Scottish deerhound, osprey , red grouse, ptarmigan , red deer , golden eagle, red kite , red squirrel , Gordon Setter, Scottish Terrier, Scottish Blackface sheep, Scottish wild cat , Shetland Sheepdog (Shetland Collie), Shetland Pony, Highland Pony, Skye Terrier, West Highland Terrier
Arts, craft
- John Bellany , Francis Boileau Cadell, Stephen Campbell, Robert Colquhoun, Stephen Conroy, Ken Currie, Richard Demarco, Joan Eardley, John Duncan Fergusson, John Houston, Peter Howson, George Leslie Hunter, Hunterian Art Gallery, Robert MacBryde, Charles Rennie Mackintosh , Edwin Morgan , David Morier, National Galleries of Scotland, Eduardo Paolozzi, Samuel John Peploe, Sir Henry Raeburn, Scots Makar, Andy Scott , Scottish art, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish Ballet, Phoebe Traquair, Jack Vettriano, Alison Watt
Buildings and structures
- Balmoral Castle , Balmoral Hotel , Broch, , Broch of Mousa,
- Caerlaverock Castle, Callanish, Castle Stalker, Cawdor Castle, Clyde Tunnel , Crichton Castle, Culzean Castle,
- Doocot, Dunnottar Castle,
- Edinburgh Castle , Eilean Donan Castle
- Falkirk Wheel , Forth Rail Bridge Forth Road Bridge
- Holyrood House,
- Iona Abbey, Jedburgh Abbey,
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery
- Melrose Abbey, Mercat cross, Museum of Scotland,
- National Library of Scotland, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
- Scone Palace, Scott Monument, Scottish abbeys , Scottish abbeys, Scottish Parliament , Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre , St Giles Cathedral, St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
Clan
- Clan badge, Lord Lyon, King of Arms, Scottish clans, Scottish clan chief , Scottish Heraldry
Clothing
- Coatee, Flashes, ghillie brogues, Ghillie shirt, Glengarry, Harris Tweed, Hose, Kilt, plus fours, Scottish attire, Scottish apparel, Sporran , sgian dubh, Tam o' Shanter, Tartan , Tartanry, Trews
Dance
- Highland dancing, Scottish country dancing, Scottish sword dances
Education
- Scottish Certificate of Education, Standard Grade, Higher Grade,
- Edinburgh University, Glasgow University, St Andrews University
Emblems
- lion rampant
- Stone of Scone
- tartan
- thistle
Festivals
- Beltane
- Braemar Gathering
- Burns Night
- Edinburgh Festival ,
- Edinburgh Fringe (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)
- Edinburgh Tattoo
- Highland Games
- Hogmanay
- Royal Highland Show
- Royal National Mòd
- Saint Andrew's day
- Tartan Day
Folklore
- Big grey man of Ben Macdui, Kelpie, Nessie , Wild haggis
Food and drink
- Atholl brose
- Baxters
- Cock-a-leekie
- Cullen skink
- Deep fried Mars Bar
- Haggis
- Irn Bru
- Oatcakes
- Porridge
- Scotch pie
- Selkirk Bannock,[1]
- Shortbread
Government
History
- Antonine Wall
- Auld Alliance
- Battle of Bannockburn
- Battle of Stirling Bridge
- Charles Edward Stuart
- Culloden
- Declaration of Arbroath , Devolution
- Hadrian's Wall - often used as a metaphor, but none of which is actually in Scotland.
- John Knox
- John Paul Jones
- Massacre of Glencoe , Moss Troopers Act 1712
- Red Clydeside
- Rob Roy MacGregor
- Robert the Bruce
- William Wallace
Industry, science
- Hugh Baird (engineer)
- John Logie Baird
- Alexander Graham Bell
- John Loudon Macadam
- William John Macquorn Rankine
- Thomas Telford, William Thomson
- James Watt
Language
Literature, poetry
- Robert Burns
- Greyfriars Bobby
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon
- Oor Wullie
- Selkirk Grace
- Sir Walter Scott
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Money
- Scottish coinage
- Three Scottish banks issue their own Pound Sterling banknotes: Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland
Music
- Bagpipes
- Ceilidh
- Flower of Scotland
- Scotland the Brave,
- Scots wha hae
People
Places
Royal
- Duke of Rothesay, Holyrood House, Jacobitism, Lord Lyon King of Arms, Order of the Thistle , Queen Mother
Sport
See also: Scottish Sports Hall of Fame
- Curling
- Kenny Dalglish
- Caber toss
- Archie Gemmill
- Golf
- Hampden Park
- Highland Games
- Eric Liddell
- Murrayfield Stadium
- Shinty
- Tartan Army
Television, radio, theatre, film
- Balamory
- Brigadoon
- Billy Connolly , Sean Connery
- Dr Finlay's Casebook
- Ricky Fulton
- Local Hero
- Ewan McGregor ,
- Para Handy
- Rab C Nesbitt
- Still Game
- Tannochbrae
Transport
- Bilingual road signs
- Royal Yacht Britannia[2]
- Caledonian MacBrayne[3]
- Cutty Sark[4][5]
- RRS Discovery
- Flying Scotsman
- QEII[6]
- Queen Mary
Footnotes
- ↑
- ↑ "1953: Queen launches Royal Yacht Britannia". BBC News. 16 April 1953. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
- ↑ Kit Fraser (4 September 2008). "Calls for end to ferry monopoly". BBC News. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
- ↑ "Restoring the Cutty Sark". BBC London. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
- ↑ "Cutty Sark is saved by £3.3m gift". BBC News. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
- ↑ James Cook (10 July 2001). "Rough times for Clyde workforce". BBC News. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
See also
- Cultural icon
- List of cultural icons of England
- List of cultural icons of Canada
- List of cultural icons of France
- List of cultural icons of Germany
- List of cultural icons of Italy
- List of cultural icons of the Netherlands
- List of cultural icons of Northern Ireland
- List of cultural icons of Russia
- List of cultural icons of Wales