One of the major figures in the history of the Western Isles is Somerled. Born around 1117 and with a mixed Norse and Gaelic pedigree, Somerled was challenge the might of both Norway and Scotland ...

The Picts took part in one of the most decisive battles in Scottish history - the Battle of Dun Nechtain (Dunnichen). If the Picts had lost, Scotland might never have existed. For the Angles of ...

Scotland and England are two nations divided by their experience of history. That divide was never wider than during the Wars of Independence in the 13th and 14th centuries when a chance event ...

We look at 8 places you can visit in and around Glasgow that tell the story of Scotland. We’ve taken a look at some of the best places within an hour of Glasgow that you can visit to learn about ...

From standing stones to skate parks, trove.scot contains more than 5,000 years of Scotland’s history in approximately three million records. It combines designation records of Scotland’s most ...