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 ...

Traces of four medieval structures dating from the 14th to 17th centuries were discovered next to a highway near Bothwell in Scotland, where the Netherton Cross (a 10th century stone cross) once stood ...

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Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of a grand castle affiliated with a long-forgotten medieval kingdom and nestled on an island in Scotland. The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland ...

Artist’s reconstruction of historic structures at the site of Netherton Cross, a 10th- or 11th-century religious sculpture that has since been relocated © Jennifer ...

After a failed heist ended with a broken Stone of Destiny, 34 fragments were gifted to various individuals. Sally Foster tracked down some of the missing fragments.

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 ...

DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY, SCOTLAND—The Scotsman reports that restoration of a thirteenth-century carving from Dundrennan Abbey, a ruin located in Scotland’s western uplands, has revealed an image that ...

You won’t find knights or dragons, but this latter-day castle gatehouse in Chevy Chase, Md., has medieval architectural details: four-story turrets, spiral stairs and crenellations along the roof ...