List of cultural icons of Scotland

This List of cultural ICONS of Scotland is a list of links to potential cultural icons of Scotland.

Animals

• Border collie, Capercaillie 1, Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Scottish Deerhound, osprey 2, red grouse, ptarmigan 3, red deer 4, Golden Eagle, red kite 5, red squirrel 6, Gordon Setter, Scottish Terrier, Scottish Blackface sheep, Scottish wild cat 7, Shetland Sheepdog (Shetland Collie), Shetland Pony, Highland Pony, Skye Terrier, West Highland Terrier

Arts, craft

• John Bellany 8, 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 9, Edwin Morgan 10, David Morier, National Galleries of Scotland, Eduardo Paolozzi, Samuel John Peploe, Sir Henry Raeburn, Scots Makar, Andy Scott 11 12, Scottish art, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish Ballet, Phoebe Traquair, Jack Vettriano, Alison Watt

Buildings and structures

• Balmoral Castle 13, Balmoral Hotel 14, Broch, 15, Broch of Mousa,
• Caerlaverock Castle, Callanish, Castle Stalker, Cawdor Castle, Clyde Tunnel 16, Crichton Castle, Culzean Castle,
• Doocot, Dunnottar Castle,
• Edinburgh Castle 17, Eilean Donan Castle
• Falkirk Wheel 18, 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 19, Scottish abbeys, Scottish Parliament 20, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre 21, St Giles Cathedral, St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall

Clan

• Clan badge, Lord Lyon, King of Arms, Scottish clans, Scottish clan chief 22, Scottish Heraldry

Clothing

• Coatee, Flashes, ghillie brogues, Ghillie shirt, Glengarry, Harris Tweed, Hose, Kilt, plus fours, Scottish attire, Scottish apparel, Sporran 23, sgian dubh, Tam o' Shanter, Tartan 24, 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

• Bluebell, Lion rampant, Stone of Scone, Tartan, thistle

Festivals

• Beltane 25, Braemar Gathering 26, Burns Night 27 28
• Edinburgh Festival 29, 30, Edinburgh Fringe (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) 31 32, Edinburgh Tattoo 33
• Highland Games, Hogmanay 34
• May Day
• Royal Highland Show 35, Royal National Mod
• Saint Andrew's day 36
• Tartan Day

Folklore

• Big grey man of Ben Macdui, Kelpie, Nessie 37, Wild haggis

Food and drink

• Atholl brose, Baxters, Buckfast, Cock-a-leekie, Crannachan, Cullen skink 38, Deep fried Mars Bar, Drambuie, Haggis 39, Irn Bru, Neeps, Oatcakes, Porridge, Scotch pie, Scottish ales, Scottish beer, Selkirk Bannock 40, Stovies, Shortbread, Single malt, Tatties, Whisky, tatty scones (potato cakes);

Government

• MSP, Member of the Scottish Parliament 41, Scotland Office 42, Scottish Affairs Committee 43, Scottish Constitutional Commission, Scottish Executive, Scottish Grand Committee, Scottish independence, Scottish Office, Scottish Parliament 44 45, Scottish Parliament Information Centre, Secretary of State for Scotland 46

Highland 2007 icon

• The Loch Ness Monster 47 was voted as Highland 2007 Icon; runners-up were Flora MacDonald 48, Rob Roy MacGregor 49, Hugh Miller 50, Simon Fraser of Lovat 51 and Bonnie Prince Charlie.52

History

• Antonine Wall 53, Auld Alliance 54
• Battle of Bannockburn 55, Battle of Largs 56, Battle of Falkirk 57, Battle of Stirling Bridge
• Charles Edward Stuart 58, Col Ciotach, Culloden 59
• Declaration of Arbroath 60, Devolution 61
• Hadrian's Wall - often used as a metaphor, but none of which is actually in Scotland.
• John Knox 62
• John Paul Jones 63
• Massacre of Glencoe 64, Moss Troopers Act 1712
• Radical War, Red Clydeside, Rob Roy MacGregor 65
• Robert the Bruce 66
• Wars of independence, William Wallace 67

Industry, science

• Hugh Baird (engineer), John Logie Baird 68, Alexander Graham Bell
• John Loudon Macadam 69
• William John Macquorn Rankine
• Silicon Glen 70
• Thomas Telford, William Thomson
• James Watt 71

Language

• Doric dialect, Lallans, Lowland Scots, Scottish accent, Scottish English, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Standard English

Literature, poetry

• J. M. Barrie, The Beano 72, Robert Burns 73
• Helen Cruickshank
• The Dandy, Arthur Conan Doyle
• Greyfriars Bobby
• Paul Johnston and his father Ronald Johnston, crime novelists
• Hugh MacDiarmid, Sorley MacLean, Makar, Martin Martin
• William Neill, Robert Burns
• Lewis Grassic Gibbon
• Oor Wullie 74
• The People's Friend
• Ian Rankin 75 76, J. K. Rowling
• Scottish Storytelling Centre, Scottish Writers' Museum (Edinburgh), Selkirk Grace, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson
• Tannochbrae
• Irvine Welsh

Money

• Scottish coinage
• Three Scottish banks issue their own Pound Sterling banknotes: Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland

Music

• Bagpipes, Paddie Bell, Big Country
• Canntaireachd, Ceilidh, The Corries
• Peter Maxwell Davies 77
• Flower of Scotland
• Hebrides Overture
• John Blackwood McEwen
• The Proclaimers
• Runrig
• Scottish folk music, Scottish music, Scotland the Brave, Scots wha hae, The Skids
• William Wallace
• The Jesus and Mary Chain
• Cocteau Twins

People

• Alexander Graham Bell, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 78
• Henry Faulds
• Keir Hardie 79
• George Meikle Kemp
• John Macadam 80, John MacLean, James Macpherson
• John Napier 81
• Sir Henry Raeburn 82
• Alex Salmond 83 84, Adam Smith
• Wendy Wood
• Sean Connery

Places

• Ben Nevis Cairngorms, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Glen Coe, Gretna Green, Highlands and Islands, Iona, Isle of Skye, Loch Lomond, Loch Ness, Scottish Islands

Royal

• Duke of Rothesay, Holyrood House, Jacobitism, Lord Lyon King of Arms, Order of the Thistle 85 86, Queen Mother

Sport

• Hugh Baird, Billy Bremner, Matt Busby
• Jim Clark, David Coulthard, Curling
• Kenny Dalglish 87
• Caber toss, Old Firm (Celtic F.C. and Rangers F.C.)
• Archie Gemmill,
• Golf (see Golf in Scotland), Muirfield, Royal Musselburgh Golf Club, St Andrews golf course
• Hampden Park, Gavin Hastings, Highland Games 88, Chris Hoy 89 90
• Eric Liddell 91, Sandy Lyle, Benny Lynch
• Ally McCoist, Liz McColgan, Colin McRae, Young Tom Morris, Andy Murray, Yvonne Murray, Murrayfield Stadium
• Scottish Football Association, Scottish Rugby Union, Shinty, Jock Stein, Jackie Stewart, Lachie Stewart
• Tartan Army 92, Tossing the caber

Television, radio, theatre, film

• Balamory, BBC Radio nan Gaidheal, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Scotland, Brigadoon
• Billy Connolly 93, Sean Connery94, Alan Cumming
• Dr Finlay's Casebook 95
• Ricky Fulton 96
• Craig Ferguson
• Glendarroch
• Sanjeev Kohli
• Local Hero
• Ewan McGregor 97,
• Para Handy 98
• Rab C Nesbitt 99, River City
• Still Game 100
• Take the High Road, Tannochbrae 101, Trainspotting

Transport

• Bilingual road signs
• Royal Yacht Britannia
• Caledonian MacBrayne
• Cutty Sark
• RRS Discovery
• Flying Scotsman
• QEII
• 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