List of cultural icons of Scotland
Three tartans
Harris Tweed
Scotch thistle
Falkirk Wheel
Scott Monument
Whisky
This list of cultural icons of Scotland is a list of objects, topics or people identified[by whom?] as cultural icons of Scotland.
Animals[]
Arts and crafts[]
- 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[]
- Cullen skink[35]
- Haggis[36]
- Scotch whisky[37]
- Selkirk Bannock[38]
Government[]
History[]
- Antonine Wall[40]
- Auld Alliance[41]
- Battle of Bannockburn[42]
- Battle of Stirling Bridge
- Charles Edward Stuart[43]
- Culloden[44]
- Declaration of Arbroath[45][46]
- John Knox[47]
- John Paul Jones[48]
- Massacre of Glencoe[49]
- Rob Roy MacGregor[50]
- Robert the Bruce[51]
- William Wallace[46]
Industry, science[]
- John Logie Baird[52]
- John Loudon Macadam[53]
- James Watt[54]
Literature, poetry[]
Music[]
- Bagpipes[citation needed]
- Flower of Scotland[citation needed]
- Scotland the Brave[citation needed]
- Scots wha hae[citation needed]
People[]
- Keir Hardie[57]
- John Macadam[58]
- John Napier[59]
- Winnie Ewing, the first Scottish Nationalist MP to be elected to Westminster in 1967[60]
Royal[]
Sport[]
- Kenny Dalglish[63]
- Highland Games[64]
- Eric Liddell[65]
- Andy Murray[66]
- Tartan Army[67]
Television, radio, theatre, film[]
- Billy Connolly[68]
- Sean Connery[69]
- Dr Finlay's Casebook [46]
- Ricky Fulton[70]
- Ewan McGregor[71]
- Rab C Nesbitt[72]
- Para Handy[73]
- Still Game[74]
- Tannochbrae [46]
Transport[]
- Royal Yacht Britannia[75]
- Caledonian MacBrayne[76]
- Cutty Sark[77][78]
- RRS Discovery
- Flying Scotsman
- QEII[79]
- 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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- ^ "Scottish Recipes - Selkirk Bannock". Rampantscotland.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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