Create your own video on http://studio.stupeflix.com/?w=1 ! Skara Brae, a neolithic settlement, located in the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of mainland Orkney. The decisive victory of Robert the Bruce over the English at Bannockburn was a defining moment in the forging of the Kingdom of the Scots. Mary, Queen of Scots is one of the most famous women in Scottish history. The discovery of North Sea oil transformed the Scottish economy in the late 20th century. Jack McConnell MSP has been the First Minister of Scotland since November 2001. The debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament Building contains a shallow horseshoe of seating for the Members of the Scottish Parliament. Parliament House in Edinburgh is home to the High Court of Justiciary and the Court of Session which are the supreme courts of Scotland. The City Chambers in George Square, Glasgow. Ben Nevis, the highest peak in the British Isles, is in Lochaber, the wettest district in the British Isles. Scottish ten pound notes feature historical figures such as Sir Walter Scott, the Duke of Argyll and Mary Slessor. The ruins of St Andrew's Cathedral in Fife. Vanguard class submarines of the Royal Navy, which carry the UK's nuclear deterrent, are based in Scotland. A piper playing the Great Highland Bagpipe. The Old Course at St Andrews. A Loganair aircraft at Barra Airport, the only airport in the world where scheduled air services land on a beach runway. The distinctive Royal Stewart Tartan is the personal tartan of Queen Elizabeth II.

• published: 19 Mar 2010
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