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
- osprey
- ptarmigan
- red deer
- red kite
- red squirrel
- Scottish wild cat
Arts, craft
- John Bellany
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh
- Edwin Morgan
- Andy Scott
Buildings and structures
- Balmoral Castle
- Balmoral Hotel
- Broch
- Clyde Tunnel
- Edinburgh Castle
- Falkirk Wheel
- Scott Monument
- Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
Clan
- Scottish clan chief
Clothing
- Sporran
- Tartan
Festivals
- Beltane
- Braemar Gathering
- Burns Night
- Edinburgh Festival
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Tattoo
- Hogmanay
- Royal Highland Show
- Saint Andrew's day
Folklore
- Nessie
Food and drink
- Cullen skink
- Haggis
- Scotch whisky
- Selkirk Bannock
Government
- Scottish Parliament
History
- Antonine Wall
- Auld Alliance
- Battle of Bannockburn
- Battle of Stirling Bridge
- Charles Edward Stuart
- Culloden
- Declaration of Arbroath
- Hadrian's Wall - often used as a metaphor, but none of which is actually in Scotland.
- John Knox
- John Paul Jones
- Massacre of Glencoe
- Rob Roy MacGregor
- Robert the Bruce
- William Wallace
Industry, science
- John Logie Baird
- John Loudon Macadam
- James Watt
Literature, poetry
- Robert Burns
- Oor Wullie
Music
- Bagpipes
- Flower of Scotland
- Scotland the Brave
- Scots wha hae
People
- Keir Hardie
- John Macadam
- John Napier
- Winnie Ewing, the first Scottish Nationalist MP to be elected to Westminster in 1967
Royal
- Duke of Rothesay, Holyrood House, Jacobitism, Lord Lyon King of Arms, Order of the Thistle
Sport
- Kenny Dalglish
- Highland Games
- Eric Liddell
- Tartan Army
Television, radio, theatre, film
- Billy Connolly
- Sean Connery
- Dr Finlay's Casebook
- Ricky Fulton
- Ewan McGregor
- Rab C Nesbitt
- Para Handy
- Still Game
- Tannochbrae
Transport
- Royal Yacht Britannia
- Caledonian MacBrayne
- Cutty Sark
- RRS Discovery
- Flying Scotsman
- QEII
- Queen Mary