Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Wed, 08/29/2012 - 16:45
People across the globe will now be able to enjoy one of Orkney’s most enigmatic Neolithic monuments after Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon unveiled a new ‘virtual’ tour of Maeshowe chambered tomb at Winter Solstice.
The Deputy ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Mon, 08/27/2012 - 16:45
And now for something completely different!
Come along to the magnificent medieval Doune Castle on Sunday 16th September 2012 for the annual Monty Python-inspired event.
Doune Castle featured in many of ...
Submitted by Kerry Dexter on Wed, 08/22/2012 - 16:45
From Thurso to Inverness to the Isle of Skye, all across the Highlands of Scotland, the Blas Festival brings a celebration of Gaelic music and tradition. In 2012, it is coming up from 7 through 15 September.
There will be tributes to the ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Thu, 08/16/2012 - 16:45
A weekend of words and wit with some of today's best known writers and personalities, at one of Scotland's great country houses.
This fall, from 2-4 November, at Lennoxlove House, Haddington, experience a weekend of sparkling book talk and a&n ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Mon, 08/13/2012 - 16:45
An Historic Scotland book which helped bolster the international status of Stanley Mills by highlighting new archaeological discoveries and unprecedented research has received a national award.
“Force and Fabric” was highly comm ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Sat, 08/11/2012 - 16:45
We're all intrigued with the history of William Wallace. In an Exhibit at the Scottish Parliament, visitors can actually SEE a 700-year old letter about William Wallace from Philip IV, the French King.
From the Scottish Parliament:
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Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Fri, 08/10/2012 - 16:45
It’s not as extreme as the tilt found at the famous Tower of Pisa, but it’s been revealed that the Glenfinnan Monument has a slight lean, too.
It has been discovered that the monument erected as a memorial to the Jacobite Rising ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 16:45
The Edinburgh Libraries has put together a fantastic google map of books set in Edinburgh.
As they say, "Explore our city of literature through the stories it has inspired."
Click here to access the m ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 16:45
If you have taken the children to see the film ‘Brave’ and are wondering what to do to entertain them now that the summer holidays are drawing to a close, why not take them to one of Historic Scotland’s attractions which inspired the film?
His ...
Submitted by Jessie Voigts on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 16:45
Fifty years on from a ground-breaking conference looking at Scotland’s landscapes, a follow up event is scheduled to consider the future for nation’s countryside.
In 1962, a ground-breaking conference considered the state of the na ...
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