Scotland and its History. Norway.
1098 – Magnus Barefoot Lands In The Western Isles Magnus Barefoot (or Barelegs) came to the throne of Norway in...
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28 December 2024
Scotland and its history
A menu of everything to do with Scotland. from bagpipes to inventions.
2024
Scotland and its History. 80AD.
80 AD Gnaeus Julius Agricola in Scotland Gnaeus Julius Agricola was sent in the year AD77 to be governor of...
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23 December 2024
Scotland and its History. Referendum 3
2014 – Scottish Referendum The Scottish National Party, whose central aim is independence, won the 2011 Scottish Parliament election by...
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19 December 2024
Scotland and its History. Referendum 2.
1997 – Second Referendum In 1997 after nearly 20 years of Conservative rule a labour government swept to power with...
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18 December 2024
Scotland and its History. Bronze Age.
With the advances that metal brought better weapons came and with this more warfare and the need to defend. Brochs...
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11 December 2024
Scotland and its History. Hunter.
The First Hunter Gatherers Around 6,000 BC – 1,000 BC Currently our understanding is that around 8/10 thousand years ago...
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8 December 2024
Scotland and its History. Referendum.
1979 – First Referendum From the Mid 1970s onwards there had been building political pressure towards separate parliaments in both...
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3 December 2024
Scotland and its History. Clans.
Described as ‘fiercer than fierceness itself’, the Clan Cameron is said to be one of the most ancient of Scottish...
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1 December 2024
Scotland and its History. Dunvegan.
The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan One of the most treasured possessions of the clan MacLeod is the famous Fairy Flag...
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21 November 2024
Scotland and its History. Neolithic.
Neolithic Farmers and Monument Builders The Neolithic Age is considered the New Stone Age. By 3,000 BC. The population in...
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16 November 2024
Scotland and its History. The Luckenbooth.
The Luckenbooth The Royal Mile, Edinburgh The Royal Mile is a long cobbled street that runs down from Edinburgh castle...
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13 November 2024
Scotland and its History. Brahan Seer.
The Brahan Seer Living around the same time as the legendary Nostradamus was a farm labourer called Coinneach Odhar. His...
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10 November 2024
Scotland and its History. The Thistle.
Common throughout the highlands, islands and lowlands of Scotland, the prickly purple thistle has been Scotland’s national emblem for centuries....
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2 November 2024
Scotland and its History. The Reformation.
This article presents the role John Knox’s leadership played in the success of the Scottish Protestant Reformation in 1560. John...
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22 October 2024
Scotland and its History. St Andrew.
The union flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is sometimes referred to as the Union Jack and is made...
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7 October 2024
Scotland and its History. The 4 Marys.
Mary Queen of Scots, queen of Scotland at the age of just 6 days, had a very chaotic and endangered...
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5 October 2024
Scotland and its History. Darien.
The Darien Scheme. Some have said: ‘The Darien Venture was the most ambitious colonial scheme attempted in the 17th century…...
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27 September 2024
Scotland and its History. Railway.
Rattling and screeching, the wooden waggon trundles down the track through fields and bushes towards the coast. Its heavy load...
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12 September 2024
Scotland and its History. Unicorn.
The Unicorn, National Animal of Scotland The unicorn: a mystical beast, representing both purity and innocence, power and ferocity, adopted...
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1 September 2024
Scotland and its History. James IV.
The Strange, Sad Fate Of James IV Of Scotland James IV (1473-1513) was Scotland’s Renaissance king. Potentially as influential and...
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21 August 2024
Scotland and its History. IRN BRU.
Describing the taste of Irn Bru to a non-Scottish native can be a difficult task. It’s incredibly sweet, with some...
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12 August 2024
Scotland’s History: The Story Behind the Anthem.
No Official National Anthem As Scotland currently remains a part of the United Kingdom, its formal national anthem continues to...
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29 July 2024
The Old Firm: Glasgow’s Historic Football Battle.
An Epic Fierce Sports Rivalary. There are a lot of notable sports rivalries out there, whether it be the Lakers...
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25 July 2024
Edinburgh Castle: A Historical Landmark with Exceptional Views.
When I lived in Edinburgh I was about a 10-minute walk away from this glorious landmark. It is simply beautiful...
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19 July 2024
Scotland’s Rich History: The Legend of the Conehead.
Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, has become well known over the last couple of decades for being a bustling...
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15 July 2024
Scotland and its History. Culture.
Scotland has been handing down its traditions for close to a thousand years now, since the earliest days of the...
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3 July 2024
Scotland and its History. (Poll Tax)
The introduction of the Poll Tax in Scotland. The Community Charge, commonly known as the poll tax, was a system of taxation...
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22 June 2024
Scotland and its History. The Gaels.
The Gaels gave Scotland its name from ‘Scoti’, a racially derogatory term used by the Romans to describe the Gaelic-speaking...
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13 June 2024
Scotland and its History. The Crown Jewels.
Scotlands Crown Jewels. The Honours of Scotland and the Stone of Destiny were both used throughout history in the crowning...
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1 June 2024
Scotland and its History. The People.
Hello friends, this is a piece of information regarding Scottish people. The Scots are well known for being nice, pleasant,...
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25 May 2024
Scotland and its History. Witchcraft.
We are all aware that Witchcraft was very real in the early Centuries in England, Women were either drowned or...
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3 May 2024
Scotland and its History. Jekyll and Hyde.
As we are all aware, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde were fictitious Characters by Scottish Born, Robert Louis Stevenson who...
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28 April 2024
Scotland and its History. The Plague
In the early days Edinburgh, well pretty much everywhere wasn’t the most hygienic of places, disease was rife, bad sanitary...
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5 April 2024
Scotland and its History. The Creation.
The History of Scotland is known to have begun by the end of the last glacial period (in the paleolithic),...
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8 March 2024
Scotland and its History. Autumn Leaves.
Autumn Leaves (1856) is a painting by John Everett Millais exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856. It was described by the critic John Ruskin as “the...
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11 February 2024
Scotland and its History. Bank of Scotland.
The Bank of Scotland plc (Scottish Gaelic: Banca na h-Alba) is a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is part of the Lloyds Banking Group. The...
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8 February 2024
Scotland and its History. The Pope.
The state visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom held from 16 to 19 September 2010 and was...
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4 February 2024
Scotland and its History. Visit.
George IV‘s visit to Scotland in 1822 was the first visit of a reigning monarch to Scotland in nearly two centuries, the...
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29 January 2024
2023
Scotland and its History. Tattoo.
The Edinburgh Military Tattoo hosted every August in Edinburgh.
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24 December 2023
Christmastime in Edinburgh.
Have a Very Merry Christmas guys and a safe peaceful New Year.
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19 December 2023