Scottish Places of Interest. Cairngorms.
The Cairngorms is the UK’s largest national park (twice the size of the Lake District), reaching from Aviemore in the...
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The Cairngorms is the UK’s largest national park (twice the size of the Lake District), reaching from Aviemore in the...
Robert Crichton, 8th Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, (d. 1612) was a Scottish peer executed for the murder of a fencing...
Alexander Grant – founder of National Library of Scotland Born the son of a railway guard in Forres, 1864. Grant...
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union,...
DROP SCONES. Drop Scones, Scottish pancakes, Scotch Pancakes, or even Pikelets; whatever you call them, these little fluffy circles of...
Ground-breaking, chart-topping, genre-bending, globetrotting, instantly enthralling… it’s little wonder that Talisk rank highly amongst the most in-demand folk-based groups to...
Dear friends, a very good and close friend of mine, who wrote this poem sadly passed away a few days...
Opened in 1890, the Forth Bridge is a Scottish icon that is recognised the world over as the most famous...
The Battle of Roslin on 24 February 1303 was a Scottish victory in the First War of Scottish Independence. It took place near...
The Romans struggled to hold onto even a small part of Scotland. Rome first invaded Britain in 55 BC and...
Celtic Knot Band Ring -Solid Pictish Knot – Scottish Engagement Wedding Jewellery Design Scotland Edinburgh – hallmarked 925 Sterling Silver.
People of Scotland. Ethnic groups. For many centuries continual strife characterized relations between the Celtic Scots of the Highlands and the western islands and the Anglo-Saxons of the Lowlands. Only...
East Lothian (/ˈloʊðiən/; Scots: East Lowden; Scottish Gaelic: Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy...
Alexander Aikman (23 June 1755 – 6 July 1838) was a Scottish printer, newspaper publisher, planter, and member of Jamaica’s House of Assembly. From...
Born as a child alone who could not find a friend? parents who worked too hard Alice was left to...
Euphame MacCalzean (born before 1558, died 25 June 1591 in Edinburgh) was burnt to death as a result of the North Berwick witch trials of...
britannia’s timeline Britannia was the first Royal Yacht to be built with complete ocean-going capacity and designed as a Royal...
Andrew Stewart MBE (30 December 1933 – 11 October 1993) was a Scottish singer entertainer and songwriter. He presented the BBC TV variety show The White...
David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, was the unfortunate victim of a royal family feud. His father was Robert III, the...
Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as Hearts, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Professional Football...
Open up my mind free my torment the images are frightening to me the battles that go on inside my...
Eleven heavy silver chains like these have been found in Scotland, and nine survive today. They were made some time...
A rare Green Chinoiserie Eight Day Longcase Clock, signed Robert Clidsdale, a highly collected renown Scottish clockmaker of the 18th...
Scotch pie Alternative names Mutton pie, shell pie, mince pie, football pie Type Meat pie Place of origin Scotland Serving...
Aberdeen (/ˌæbərˈdiːn/ (listen); Scots: Aiberdeen, listen (help·info); Scottish Gaelic: Obar Dheathain [opəɾ ˈɛ.ɛɲ]; Latin: Aberdonia) is a city in northeast Scotland. It is Scotland’s third most populous city, one of Scotland’s 32 local government council areas and the United...
Introduction This page covers all the kings and queens of Scotland from Robert the Bruce in 1306 up to the Union...
Scotland had many battles, especially with the English, for some strange reason we always wanted to fight with them. Below...
Royal Mile. Hi friends, One of the rather spectacular places in the City of Edinburgh is the Royal Mile, its...
Edinburgh Festival. Growing up in a fast-paced Town really had its benefits, everything was at hand, buses every 2 mins...
Scottish Whisky Distilleries. Dear friends, Scotland is well known for a lot of things but the main thing is Whisky,...
Henry the VIII of England and Henry the second of France acknowledged the rights of the Scottish throne and tried...
Captain Robert Campbell, the 5th Laird of Glen Lyon, lived from 1630 to 2 August 1696. He was a minor...
Address to the Devil. O Prince, O chief of many throned pow’rs!That led th’ embattled seraphim to war!(Milton, Paradise Lost)O thou!...
I beg for you to try and see, the face behind the mask on me, It’s dark and eyeless, looking...
Alexander Graham Bell (/ˈɡreɪ.əm/; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born[N 2] inventor, scientist, and engineer who...