National Trust for Scotland & Historic Scotland places in Clackmannanshire

Scotland's largest surviving medieval keep, seat of the Earls of Mar, with opulent 18th-century rooms and a rooftop view over nine counties.

Wooded gorge in the Ochils where two burns tumble through waterfalls to Castle Campbell, with steep paths, bridges and rare ferns and lichens.

The Campbell earls' 15th-century tower house on a ridge above Dollar Glen between the Burns of Care and Sorrow, with a loggia, terraced gardens and roof views; open April to September, adult £8.50, half price in the first EH year.

A tall tower house begun in 1359 for the Bruces on King's Seat Hill above Clackmannan, where Katherine Bruce knighted Robert Burns; free to see from outside at any time, interior on paid tours, half a mile's walk.