Callendar House is one of the places I visited instead of the Highlands, due to Covid. It was 1.5 miles from my hotel. I walked there (and back).
Callendar house is a large, ornate mansion. It is three stories tall, complete with towers and turrets and a 15th century castle. It hosted many historical figures including Mary Queen of Scots, Oliver Cromwell, and Bonnie Prince Charles. It houses a public museum that tells of Falkirk's industrial and Roman past.
Callendar House
The whole house
Steps
Closer look
Callendar House served as a filming location for Outlander. The kitchen was used as the kitchen of Bellhurst Manor, the Duke of Sandringham's Estate.
Upstairs hallway
Inside stairs
The Antonine Wall was the last linear frontier built by the Romans. It was built in the 2nd century. It was too expensive to defend so it was abandoned about 20 years after it was completed. There are ruins of the Antonine Wall in Callendar Park. I didn't see.
Medieval helmet display
The Falkirk Cairn is a relative new monument. It was erected in 2007 and honors the Scottish soldiers who fought and died under Sir William Wallace during the Battle of Falkirk in 1298. The cairn is located in Callendar Park.
