From the field at Bannockburn, a knight, clad in shining armour, rode with great haste, bringing the news of the victory to the north and onwards to the islands of Orkney.
The Orcadians Who Fought At Bannockburn
Robert II, King of Scots #OnThisDay
On 22nd of January 1371 Robert II was crowned King of Scots.
Re-creating An Islamic Glass Vessel Discovered At Caerlaverock Castle
Tiny sherds of glass unearthed at Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfriesshire, way back in the 1990s have inspired people to imagine what the amazing Islamic vessel that they came from would have looked like.
The Orcadians Who Fought At Bannockburn
From the field at Bannockburn, a knight, clad in shining armour, rode with great haste, bringing the news of the victory to the north and onwards to the islands of Orkney.
The Lewis Chess Set: #OnThisDay
On 11th of April 1831, the Lewis Chess Pieces, were put on public display at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, shortly after their rediscovery in a sand bank on the island of Lewis.
Video Game to Explore Aberdeen’s Medieval Past
A Kickstarter campaign to create a video game which will bring people face-to-face with life in the Middle Ages has been launched.
UNESCO Medieval Scots & Latin Texts Now Available Online
“This important corpus of material will now be much more accessible to others investigating medieval and renaissance life.”
