List of cultural icons of Scotland
This List of cultural icons of Scotland is a list of objects, topics or people identified as cultural icons of Scotland.
Animals
- capercaillie [1]
- osprey [2]
- ptarmigan [3]
- red deer [4]
- red kite [5]
- red squirrel [6]
- Scottish wild cat [7]
Arts, craft
- John Bellany [8]
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh[9]
- Edwin Morgan [8]
- Andy Scott [10][11]
Buildings and structures
- Balmoral Castle [12]
- Balmoral Hotel [13]
- Broch [14]
- Clyde Tunnel [15]
- Edinburgh Castle [16]
- Falkirk Wheel [17]
- Scott Monument[18]
- Scottish Parliament [19]
- Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre [20]
Clan
Clothing
Festivals
- Beltane [24]
- Braemar Gathering [25]
- Burns Night [26][27]
- Edinburgh Festival [28][29]
- Edinburgh Fringe (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) [30][31]
- Edinburgh Tattoo [29]
- Hogmanay [32]
- Royal Highland Show [5]
- Saint Andrew's day [33]
Folklore
Food and drink
Government
History
- Antonine Wall [39]
- Auld Alliance [40]
- Battle of Bannockburn [41]
- Battle of Stirling Bridge
- Charles Edward Stuart [42]
- Culloden [43]
- Declaration of Arbroath [44][45]
- Hadrian's Wall - often used as a metaphor, but none of which is actually in Scotland.
- John Knox [46]
- John Paul Jones [47]
- Massacre of Glencoe [48]
- Rob Roy MacGregor [49]
- Robert the Bruce [50]
- William Wallace [45]
Industry, science
Literature, poetry
Music
People
- Keir Hardie [56]
- John Macadam [57]
- John Napier [58]
- Winnie Ewing, the first Scottish Nationalist MP to be elected to Westminster in 1967 [59]
Royal
Sport
Television, radio, theatre, film
- Billy Connolly [66]
- Sean Connery[67]
- Dr Finlay's Casebook [45]
- Ricky Fulton [68]
- Ewan McGregor [69]
- Rab C Nesbitt [70]
- Para Handy [71]
- Still Game [72]
- Tannochbrae [45]
Transport
- Royal Yacht Britannia[73]
- Caledonian MacBrayne[74]
- Cutty Sark[75][76]
- RRS Discovery
- Flying Scotsman
- QEII[77]
- Queen Mary
See also
- Scottish national identity
- National symbols of Scotland
- 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
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