A stamp of approval for Scots castles

Stirling Castle and Urquhart Castle are among the landmarks from around the United Kingdom featured in a new set of stamps, released today.

The buildings are part of the set of first-class stamps from Royal Mail.

It is the second batch of famous sites – covering letters M-Z. Edinburgh castle was featured in the first collection.

The locations which are featured in the latest set of stamps show the Roman Baths in Bath; the White Cliffs of Dover; the wartime code-breaking Station X at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire; Portmeirion, a Mediterranean-style village in North Wales; Manchester Town Hall; Narrow Water Castle in County Down; London law court the Old Bailey; Oxford University’s the Queen’s College; Stirling Castle; Urquhart Castle; the north- east’s Tyne Bridge, linking Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead; London’s Victoria and Albert Museum; the Gothic York Minster cathedral in York and ZSL London Zoo.