The Penicuik Estate was once a hub for the greatest minds of the Scottish Enlightment—today, it’s a stylish new retreat ...

The knitted bonnet is now a brownish green colour but analysis has revealed traces of indigo typical of the traditional blue bonnets worn in the Highlands and islands of Scotland in the 18th century.

A small village just 40 minutes outside of Glasgow has been hailed as the 'most magical' place in the UK - as tourists say it ...

A beautiful rural Scottish property including an 18th century farmhouse has just gone on the market. Linton Burnfoot Farm sits at the foot of Linton Hill in the Scottish Borders, with sellers ...

The personal belongings of an 18th-century murder victim, hastily buried in a peat bog, have gone on display on the Isle of Lewis, forming part of a rare exhibition shedding light on one of Scotland’s ...

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The tiny croftland, made up of multiple islands, has its own Vikin ruins and the remains of two houses, offering an idyllic ...

A DAY out in Scotland is good for the soul. There’s no better way to shake off the winter blues and embrace spring than ...

Scottish filmmaker John Maclean has always ... he wanted to see if he could transplant the genre to 18th Century Britain. "1790s Britain felt like 1860s America," he says. "It was wild and lawless ...

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken,” the 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume once ...

These artefacts, on loan from National Museums Scotland, offer a glimpse into ... in the Highlands and islands of Scotland in the 18th century. Stories of a murder on the moor have been passed ...