| CROMARTY | Village in the Highlands (pop about 700), a former royal burgh (8) |
| AVOCH | A fishing village in the Highlands (pop about 1,000, north of Inverness (5) |
| TOMINTOUL | The highest village in the Highlands, founded by the Duke of Gordon in 1779 (9) |
| ULAPOOL | Village in the Highlands (7) |
| AVIEMORE | Town In the Highlands (pop about 3,500), a popular resort (8) |
| PORTMOTE | Seaport in the east coast (pop about 12,000), a former royal burgh (8) |
| MONTROSE | Seaport in eastern Scotland (pop about 12,000) a former royal burgh, designated in 1352 (8) |
| ARBROATH | A former royal burgh on the east coast (pop about 25,000), with a ruined abbey (8) |
| NAIRN | Former royal burgh in the Highlands (pop about 10,000) (5) |
| STRATHPEFFER | Former spa town in the Highlands (pop about 1,500), the site of the Pictish Eagle Stone (12) |
| CULLEN | Former fishing village in the north-east (pop about 1,300), a former royal burgh (6) |
| BEAULY | Small town in the Highlands (pop about 1,500), with a ruined priory established around 1230 (6) |
| DUMFRIES | Former royal burgh and county town in the south-west (pop 37,0000) (8) |
| CRAIL | Former fishing village in Fife (pop about 1,600), a former royal burgh (5) |
| ELGIN | A former royal burgh in the north (pop 25,000), the site of a ruined cathedral (5) |
| ANNAN | A former royal burgh in the south-west (pop about 9,000) (5) |
| JEDBURGH | Town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders with an abbey that was founded in 1147 |
| BRORA | Small town in the Highlands (pop 1,200), the site of what used to be the most northerly coalmine in the UK (5) |
| STIRLING | Former royal burgh in Scotland granted city status in 2002 |
| FORFAR | County town in eastern Scotland (pop about 9,000), a former royal burgh (6) |
