National War Museum
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The National War Museum is a museum dedicated to warfare, which is located inside Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. Opened in 1933 in a converted 18th-century ordnance storehouse, the museum is run by National Museums Scotland and covers 400 years of Scotland at war from the 17th century through permanent exhibits and special exhibitions.
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Battle of Raith ⓘ
596 hypothetical battle -

Battle of Roslin ⓘ
1303 battle -

Battle of Wester Kinghorn ⓘ
battle of the Second War of Scottish Independence -

Battle of Boroughmuir ⓘ
1335 battle -

Cleanse the Causeway ⓘ
1520 battle -

Battle of Linlithgow Bridge ⓘ
1526 battle in Scotland -

Battle of Pinkie ⓘ
1547 Anglo-Scottish battle -

Siege of Haddington ⓘ
1548-49 Siege of Haddington during the War of the Rough Wooing -

Siege of Leith ⓘ
1560 Siege at Leith -

Battle of Carberry Hill ⓘ
1567 battle -

Battle of Inverkeithing ⓘ
battle during the Third English Civil War (1651) -

Battle of Rullion Green ⓘ
1666 battle of the Scottish Covenanter Wars -

Skirmish of Dunfermline ⓘ
1715 skirmish -

Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
battle in Scotland during the Jacobite rising of 1745 -

Argyle Battery, Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Artillery Fortifications, Inchkeith ⓘ
architectural structure in Fife, Scotland, UK -

Balgonie Castle, artillery fortification ⓘ
architectural structure in Fife, Scotland, UK -

Braefoot Point Battery ⓘ
architectural structure in Fife, Scotland, UK -

Charles Hill, Monks' Cave storehouse, military camp and battery ⓘ
architectural structure in Fife, Scotland, UK -

Crombie anti-aircraft battery ⓘ
scheduled monument 695m SE of Bullions in Fife, Scotland, UK -

Dalmeny Battery ⓘ
architectural structure in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Downing Point, battery and camp 100m S of 22 The Inches ⓘ
architectural structure in Fife, Scotland, UK -

Edinburgh Castle, Butts Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Edinburgh Castle, Dury's Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Edinburgh Castle, Forewall Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Edinburgh Castle, Half Moon Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Edinburgh Castle, Low Defence ⓘ
artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Edinburgh Castle, Mills Mount Battery ⓘ
artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Hound Point Battery, 150m W of Fishery Cottage ⓘ
architectural structure in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Leith Links, artillery mounds ⓘ
artillery battery in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Liberton Battery, anti-aircraft battery 100m E of Liberton Kennels ⓘ
architectural structure in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Downing Point Battery ⓘ
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Braefoot Battery ⓘ
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16, 17, 18 West Preston Street, Edinburgh ⓘ
air-raid shelter in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

33 East Port, Dunfermline ⓘ
air-raid shelter in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK -

79, 81, 83, 85, 87 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh ⓘ
air-raid shelter in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Alderston House - Lothian Region, Alternative Standby Headquarters ⓘ
civil defence centre in Lothian, Scotland -

Barnton Quarry ⓘ
disused stone quarry in Scotland, formerly containing a Regional Seat of Government nuclear bunker
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Burgh Chambers, 15 Seaview Place, Bo'Ness ⓘ
air-raid shelter in Bo'ness, Falkirk, Scotland, UK -

Craigiehall Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
building in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Edinburgh City Control ⓘ
civil defence centre in Edinburgh, UK -

Edinburgh R4 ROTOR Sector Operations Command headquarters ⓘ
architectural structure in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Edinburgh Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters ⓘ
British Cold War command centre in Edinburgh -

Kirknewton Regional War Room ⓘ
Cold war control bunker in Kirknewton, Edinburgh, UK -

Pollock Institute of Physical Education Psychology, Pleasance, Edinburgh ⓘ
air-raid shelter in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

Shrubhill Tramway Workshops and Power Station, Shrub Place Lane, Leith Walk, Edinburgh ⓘ
air-raid shelter in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -

South Queensferry Air Raid Shelter ⓘ
WWII air raid shelter in Scotland -

Vogrie House - Midlothian Alternative Standby Headquarters ⓘ
civil defence centre in Midlothian, Scotland -

Balgonie Castle ⓘ
castle in Fife, Scotland, UK

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Blackness Castle ⓘ
fortress, near the village of Blackness, Scotland

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Byres Castle ⓘ
castle located at Byres, in East Lothian, Scotland, UK

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Cairns Castle ⓘ
ruined keep in West Lothian, Scotland, UK

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Carberry Tower ⓘ
castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK

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Dalhousie Castle ⓘ
castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK

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Dalkeith Palace ⓘ
historic house in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Dirleton Castle ⓘ
castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK

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Dundas Castle ⓘ
castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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Dunfermline Palace ⓘ
ruined former royal palace in Scotland

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Linlithgow Palace ⓘ
ruined palace in West Lothian, Scotland, UK

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Midhope Castle ⓘ
castle in West Lothian, Scotland, UK

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Old Dunimarle Castle ⓘ
castle in Fife, Scotland, UK

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Preston Tower ⓘ
castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK

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Seton Castle ⓘ
castle in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
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Edinburgh Castle ⓘ
castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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Craigmillar Castle ⓘ
castle in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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Roslin Castle ⓘ
castle near the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland, UK

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Borthwick Castle ⓘ
castle in Midlothian, Scotland, UK

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Ravenscraig Castle ⓘ
castle in Fife, Scotland, UK

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Niddry Castle ⓘ
castle in West Lothian, Scotland, UK
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Seafield Tower ⓘ
architectural structure in Fife, Scotland, UK
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Leith Fort ⓘ
fort in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK -
National War Museum ⓘ
Museum in Scotland

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HMY Britannia ⓘ
1953 royal yacht -

Military Museum Scotland ⓘ
museum in Wilkieston, Scotland, UK
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HMS Bayonet ⓘ
1938 Net-class boom defence vessel -

HMS Campania ⓘ
1914 seaplane tender -

USS Stockton ⓘ
1917 Caldwell-class destroyer -

Tally Toor ⓘ
Martello Tower in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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1933-05-23T00:00:00Z
1933 National War Museum
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Unknown artist - Major Duncan McPherson of 71st (Fraser's) Highlanders - M.1948.181 - National War Museum
Unknown artist - Captain William Hutchison (or Hutchinson) (1791–1833), of the Anamaboe Militia - M.1946.68 - National War Museum
Unknown artist - Lieutenant Aeneas Sutherland, 78th Ross-shire Buffs, Light Company - M.1956.84 - National War Museum
John Watson Gordon (1788-1864) - Admiral Sir Peter Halkett of Pitferrane (1765–1839), 6th Baronet of Pitfirrane - M.1952.49 - National War Museum| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 596 | Battle of Raith | Angles, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1303 | Battle of Roslin | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1332 | Battle of Wester Kinghorn | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1335 | Battle of Boroughmuir | battle, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1520 | Cleanse the Causeway | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1526 | Battle of Linlithgow Bridge | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1547 | Battle of Pinkie | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1548 | Siege of Haddington | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1560 | Siege of Leith | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1567 | Battle of Carberry Hill | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1651 | Battle of Inverkeithing | battle, Kingdom of Scotland, Commonwealth of England | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1666 | Battle of Rullion Green | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1715 | Skirmish of Dunfermline | skirmish | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1745 | Battle of Prestonpans | Kingdom of Great Britain, Jacobitism, battle | Wikidata |
| link | page | Mapping Museums page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Historic Environment Scotland page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Canmore page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Canmore page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | British Listed Buildings page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Art UK website page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Statens historiska museers samlingar page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Tripadvisor page@ | Wikidata | ||
| organisation | factory | 1918 | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | shipyard, shipbuilding, business | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding | Scott of Kinghorn | shipbuilding, business | Wikidata | |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1877 | Ramage & Ferguson | shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1918 | Henry Robb | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | Argyle Battery, Edinburgh Castle | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Artillery Fortifications, Inchkeith | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Balgonie Castle, artillery fortification | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Braefoot Point Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Charles Hill, Monks' Cave storehouse, military camp and battery | artillery battery, military base | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Crombie anti-aircraft battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Dalmeny Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Downing Point, battery and camp 100m S of 22 The Inches | artillery battery, military base | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Edinburgh Castle, Butts Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Edinburgh Castle, Dury's Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Edinburgh Castle, Forewall Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Edinburgh Castle, Half Moon Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Edinburgh Castle, Low Defence | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Edinburgh Castle, Mills Mount Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Hound Point Battery, 150m W of Fishery Cottage | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Leith Links, artillery mounds | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Liberton Battery, anti-aircraft battery 100m E of Liberton Kennels | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | 1914 | Downing Point Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1915 | Braefoot Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 16, 17, 18 West Preston Street, Edinburgh | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 33 East Port, Dunfermline | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 79, 81, 83, 85, 87 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Alderston House - Lothian Region, Alternative Standby Headquarters | Lothian Regional Council, civil defense center | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Barnton Quarry | Royal Air Force station, bunker, quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Burgh Chambers, 15 Seaview Place, Bo'Ness | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Craigiehall Anti-Aircraft Operations Room | command center, bunker, blockhouse | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Edinburgh City Control | civil defense center, City of Edinburgh Council | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Edinburgh R4 ROTOR Sector Operations Command headquarters | ROTOR R4 bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Edinburgh Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters | Royal Observer Corps, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Kirknewton Regional War Room | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Pollock Institute of Physical Education Psychology, Pleasance, Edinburgh | sports institute, air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Shrubhill Tramway Workshops and Power Station, Shrub Place Lane, Leith Walk, Edinburgh | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | South Queensferry Air Raid Shelter | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Vogrie House - Midlothian Alternative Standby Headquarters | civil defense center, Midlothian Council | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Balgonie Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Blackness Castle | Historic Environment Scotland, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Byres Castle | bastle house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Cairns Castle | tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Carberry Tower | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Dalhousie Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Dalkeith Palace | castle, palace | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Dirleton Castle | Historic Environment Scotland, tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Dundas Castle | tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Dunfermline Palace | Historic Environment Scotland, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Linlithgow Palace | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Midhope Castle | tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Old Dunimarle Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Preston Tower | tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Seton Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1200 | Edinburgh Castle | Historic Environment Scotland, building complex, archaeological site, tourist attraction, museum, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1300 | Craigmillar Castle | Historic Environment Scotland, castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1305 | Roslin Castle | castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1430 | Borthwick Castle | tower house | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1460 | Ravenscraig Castle | castle | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1500 | Niddry Castle | tower house | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1542 | Seafield Tower | tower house | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Leith Fort | fort, barracks | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Naval And Military Museum, Edinburgh Castle | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1933 | National War Museum | national museum, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1953 | HMY Britannia | royal yacht, preserved watercraft, museum ship, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2017 | Military Museum Scotland | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Bayonet | boom defence vessel, Net-class boom defence vessel, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Ivanhoe | naval trawler, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1914 | HMS Campania | shipwreck, seaplane tender | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1917 | USS Stockton | Town-class destroyer, Caldwell-class destroyer, destroyer, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1810 | Tally Toor | Martello tower | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Daniel Cunliffe (1801-1871) - The Camp Fire - M.1949.860 - National War Museum | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Exhibits at Edinburgh Castle-National War Museum of Scotland | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Unknown artist - Sergeant Wallace, Royal Scots Greys - M.1930.1229 - National War Museum | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Unknown artist - Major Duncan McPherson of 71st (Fraser's) Highlanders - M.1948.181 - National War Museum | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Unknown artist - Captain William Hutchison (or Hutchinson) (1791–1833), of the Anamaboe Militia - M.1946.68 - National War Museum | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Unknown artist - Captain H. C. Wilson, 25th Native Infantry - M.1934.495 - National War Museum | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Unknown artist - Lieutenant Aeneas Sutherland, 78th Ross-shire Buffs, Light Company - M.1956.84 - National War Museum | Commons | ||
| commons | image | John Watson Gordon (1788-1864) - Admiral Sir Peter Halkett of Pitferrane (1765–1839), 6th Baronet of Pitfirrane - M.1952.49 - National War Museum | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville (1835-1885) - The Storming of Tel el Kebir - M.1952.50 - National War Museum | Commons | ||
| commons | image | William Owen (1769-1825) - Captain Henry Gee Boulders Barnard - M.1953.867 - National War Museum | Commons | ||





