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The National Trust for Scotland cares for many properties which have an association with great Scots of the past. Who is your favourite? Vote now at…
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Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the Hill House is a visually arresting mix of Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Scottish Baronial and Japonisme architecture and design. #NTSGreatScots
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Built between 1902 and 1904 for the Glasgow publisher Walter Blackie, the Hill House is world-renowned architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s domestic masterpiece. Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald created a space where architecture, interiors, gardens and environment blend into one. #NTSGreatScots
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Does Charles Rennie Mackintosh get your #NTSGreatScots vote? Cast yours now at www.nts.org.uk/Great-Scots
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With the Hill House in Helensburgh, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald created a space where architecture, interiors, gardens and environment blend into one. #NTSGreatScots
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His astonishingly forward-thinking vision and creativity has given Scotland a rich architectural and artistic heritage. Does Charles Rennie Mackintosh get your #NTSGreatScots vote? Join the debate at www.nts.org.uk/Great-Scots
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Following his defeat at Culloden on 16 April 1746, Bonnie Prince Charlie fled ‘over the sea to Skye’ en route to France. He was assisted by Flora MacDonald, who disguised him as her Irish maid Betty Burke. #NTSGreatScots
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Flora MacDonald’s name is forever linked with Bonnie Prince Charlie. Following his defeat at #Culloden, Flora helped the prince escape ‘over the sea to Skye’ en route to France. Give her your #NTSGreatScots vote at www.nts.org.uk/Great-Scots
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Flora MacDonald’s name is forever linked with Bonnie Prince Charlie. Following his defeat at Culloden on 16 April 1746, the prince fled to the Hebrides. Due to Flora’s cunning plan to disguise him as her Irish maid Betty Burke, the prince evaded the Hanoverians and crossed ‘over the sea to Skye’ en route to France. #NTSGreatScots
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Does Flora MacDonald get your #NTSGreatScots vote? Cast yours now at www.nts.org.uk/Great-Scots
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Mar Lodge Estate occupies nearly 7% of the Cairngorms National Park and covers some of the most remote and scenic wild land in Scotland, including four of the five highest mountains in the UK. Fifteen of the Trust's 46 Munros can be found in the Cairngorms around Mar Lodge. #NTSGreatScots #Munro
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The most famous Scottish glen is also one of its most dramatic, with forbidding mountains, thundering waterfalls and sparkling lochs. Its many mountaineering routes include eight Munros. #NTSGreatScots #Munro
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Ben Lawers is Scotland’s tenth highest #Munro and the central Highlands' highest mountain, stretching 1,214m (3,984ft) above Loch Tay. Make it to the summit and you’ll be rewarded with magnificent views of Ben Lomond and Glencoe to the west, and the Cairngorms to the north.
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Does Sir Hugh #Munro get your #NTSGreatScots vote? Cast yours now at www.nts.org.uk/Great-Scots
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One of the last few areas of wild land in Scotland, Kintail is a rugged, remote estate in the West Highlands. The dramatic landscape encompasses the Five Sisters – a mountain ridge incorporating three Munros. #NTSGreatScots #Munro
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Rising from the east shore of Loch Lomond to a height of 974m (3,193ft), Ben Lomond offers exhilarating walking and spectacular views across Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park. Ben Lomond is one of the Trust's 46 Munros, and is the most southerly #Munro in Scotland. #NTSGreatScots
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Sir Hugh #Munro was the first person to chart Scotland’s mountains over 3,000 feet, which were named in his honour. His seminal list the ‘Munro Tables’, first published in 1891, was a labour of love. Give him your #NTSGreatScots vote at www.nts.org.uk/Great-Scots
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Our #NTSGreatScots are still fighting for your vote. Have you cast yours yet? Vote now at www.nts.org.uk/Great-Scots
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Mary, Queen of Scots is said to have shocked her courtiers at Falkland Palace by insisting on wearing men’s breeches to play tennis. Britain’s oldest royal (or real) tennis court was built here for her father, James V, between 1539–41. If Mary gets your #NTSGreatScots vote, help her to win our poll at www.nts.org.uk/Great-Scots
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Britain’s oldest royal (or real) tennis court was built at Falkland Palace between 1539–41 and was used by Mary, Queen of Scots. If she gets your #NTSGreatScots vote, help her to win our poll at www.nts.org.uk/Great-Scots