Castle Tioram Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
Information about and images of Castle Tioram near Acharacle on Undiscovered Scotland.
Timeline of Scottish History - Undiscovered Scotland
Wherever you turn in Scotland you come across signs of an incredibly complex and remarkably violent history. It might be one of the 2700 castles built in an often vain attempt to defend land, property and lives: or one of the innumerable battlefields where ordinary Scots fought, often with one another, and usually in pursuit of someone else's ambitions or beliefs.
Dunnottar Castle Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
Scotland has some magnificently located castles. Think no further than Stirling Castle or Edinburgh Castle, both built on top of rocks that allow them to dominate the landscape for miles around. But if we had to pick just one to trust with our lives in a time of great danger then it would without any doubt be Dunnottar Castle.
Scotfax: The Saltire on Undiscovered Scotland
The Flag of Scotland is the Saltire: the white diagonal cross of Scotland's patron saint, St Andrew, on a blue field. It is one of the oldest flags in the world, dating back, according to the version of the story you believe, to 832 or further, perhaps to 761.
Undiscovered Scotland: Home Page
On This Day. 2 January 1877: The death in Kirkintilloch of Alexander Bain, an instrument maker, an inventor and a clockmaker best known for inventing the fax machine and the electric clock. 2 January 1971: 66 football fans are killed and over 200 more are injured at in a crush as they try to leave Ibrox Park, the ground of Rangers F.C. in Glasgow.
Undiscovered Scotland: Timeline of Scottish History: 1740 to 1800
29 October 1740: The birth in Edinburgh of James Boswell, the lawyer, diarist, traveller and author. 28 April 1742: The birth in Dalkeith of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, the lawyer and politician who became the last person to be impeached in the United Kingdom. February 1744: A French fleet intending to invade southern England is caught by the Royal Navy then dispersed by a …
Undiscovered Scotland Resources: Scottish Webcam Links
Undiscovered Scotland collections of links to businesses and online resources: Scottish Webcam Links.
Timeline: Prehistory to 1000 - Undiscovered Scotland
8500 BC: The date of the oldest human settlement yet found in Scotland, at Cramond, near Edinburgh. 3000 BC: Maeshowe chambered tomb is built on Orkney. 3000 BC: Alleged date of origin of the Fortingall Yew, probably the world's oldest living thing. 3000 BC: Occupation of what may be the first Crannog or artificial islet residence, …
Sweetheart Abbey Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
The substantial remains of Sweetheart Abbey can be found on the eastern edge of the village of New Abbey, five miles south of Dumfries. To its south-west lie hills climbing to the summit of Criffel while to its east lies the estuary of the Rive Nith.
Saint Mungo: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland
Saint Mungo, also known as Saint Kentigern, Cantigernus or Cyndeyrn Garthwys, lived from 528 to 13 January 614. He is the patron saint and founder of the City of Glasgow. The wider picture at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. According to the Life of Saint Mungo written by the monk, Jocelin of Furness, in about 1185, Mungo's mother was Princess Theneva (or Denw) daughter of Loth ...