Links for tdavide: Scottish Castles and Antiques

National Trust for Scotland
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This site uses frames, so I can't give you individual URLs. Try 'Places to Visit' - then Fife for Culross and Perth for Dunkeld

Historic Scotland
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Another frame site. Go to 'Visit our Properties then 'List all Staffed Properties'. There you will find Blackness, Stirling, Edinburgh Castle, etc, etc.

The Palace of Holyroodhouse
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Part of the British Monarchy website.
This is the page about how to get in

Some of those big houses:

• Scone Palace (pronounced Scoon)
• Blair Castle
• Glamis Castle - Not strong on pictures, other than the 'send a postcard' section

Hudsons Historic Houses is a company that produces a very 'luxurious' guide to historic properties, with an emphasis on historic houses available for overnight stays. This in turn will take you to properties like (just at random) Blairquhan House

Another
Stay in a Castle site

Edinburgh Architectural Salvage Yard - a great place for furniture, fireplaces, who knows what else besides. the sort of place you might find treasure forgotten in a corner. There is a similar place called 'Holyrood Architectural Salvage'. It's actually a couple of miles from Holyrood Palace, at the other side of the Queen's Holyrood Park

The Burrell Collection doesn't have a website, but you can find a bit of info here

Antiques Scotland
has got to be a useful site for you

I've mentioned Phillips, the international auctioneers, whoi have a branch on George Street.

Here's a few smaller antiques shops in or near the centre:

• Bow Well Antiques (general site with some info)
• Buccleuch Antiques,
  (Pronounced Bu-clue, emphasis on 2nd syllable) one out of many shops in a 'district' of antique shops on Edinburgh's southside. The district runs for maybe a mile on both sides of one of the arterial roads running south from the centre
• London Road Antiques
  
  - a slightly bigger shop about a mile east of the City Centre