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Conservation work begins at Kisimul Castle
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced that essential conservation work has begun at Kisimul Castle, Barra, with the aim of addressing concerns related to...
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The Inchtuthil Nail Hoard
In 1959 during excavation of the legionary fortress at Inchtuthil near Dunkeld headed by Sir Ian Richmond, archaeologists uncovered a singularly remarkable haul of...
Articles
Ruthven Barracks during the Jacobite ’45
Situated on the south side of the River Spey overlooking the small town of Kingussie in Badenoch, Ruthven Barracks was one of four highland...
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Battle of Dunkeld during the Jacobite Rising of 1689
At the battle of Dunkeld on 21 August 1689, the Jacobites under the command of Brigadier-General Alexander Cannon attacked a Scottish government force of Cameronians,...
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Scottish History Blog
The raising of the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan
On 19 August 1745, the Jacobite standard was raised at Glenfinnan at the head of Loch Shiel in Lochaber, marking the beginning of the Jacobite...
Scottish History Blog
RAF Oban: Flying boat base during the Second World War
RAF Oban was a Royal Air Force flying boat base located in Ardantrive Bay at the northern end of the Isle of Kerrera, on...
Scottish History Blog
The Capitulation of Irvine
Following a standoff between Scottish and English forces at Irvine in July 1297, the leaders of the Scottish army who were in revolt against...
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Conservation work begins at Kisimul Castle
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has announced that essential conservation work has begun at Kisimul Castle, Barra, with the aim of addressing concerns related to...
News
Pictish ring discovered at Burghead Fort
A "remarkable" Pictish ring with an intricate setting has been discovered at Burghead Fort by a volunteer during a dig led by the University...
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3 SCOTS help maintain and protect Culloden Battlefield
The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) has been working with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) as part of the...
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Scottish History Books
The Lighthouse Stevensons
An exciting new edition of Bella Bathurst’s epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible...
Scottish History Books
Old Ways New Roads
Old Ways New Roads draws on the output of key travellers – from soldiers, surveyors and scholars to artists, writers and leisure tourists –...
Scottish History Books
Union and Revolution
A provocative new account of Scotland's history across a century of revolution and political instability.
This edition in the New History of Scotland series...