New research by a leading historian shows a surprising historical perspective on being British. In late medieval Scotland, the island of Britain was sometimes seen as fundamentally Scottish. This ...

A medieval structure, believed to be one of the world’s oldest whisky stills, has been discovered among the ruins of a Scottish abbey. Archaeologists uncovered the structure at the site of Lindores ...

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SELKIRK, SCOTLAND—Traces of a medieval village, including stone buildings with stone floors, have been uncovered in southern Scotland, near the English border. The buildings had been placed along a ...

Researchers from ADHS, Historic Environment Scotland, Dendrochronicle and Wessex Archaeology examined the remains of the old bridge. Ancrum and District Heritage Society Volunteer archaeologists in ...

A DNA sample provided by a businessman has confirmed him as a descendant of a medieval king of Scotland. It has also led to the discovery of a distinct genetic marker for descendants of King Robert ...