Throughout the earliest recorded centuries, as Scotland's population began to grow, tight-knit communities and families began to make their presence felt. These rural groups needed to have a unified ...

"Map [copyright] John Bartholomew & Son Ltd. 1976." Covers Scotland. Includes text, index to tartans, and col. illus. of 141 tartans. OFFICIAL TARTAN MAP OF TARTANS APPROVED BY CLAN CHIEFS THE ...

Archaeologists excavating the scene of the most infamous clan massacre in Scottish history have unearthed parts of a "lost village" in the Highlands valley of Glencoe. The settlement featured in the ...

Scotland's charity ­regulator is investigating a trust which is selling an ancient Highland clan’s lands for £6.8million. The Clan Donald Lands Trust (CDLT) has overseen Clan Donald’s historic lands ...

One of Scotland's largest clans has a new chieftain - its first in more than 340 years. John Michael Baillie-Hamilton Buchanan was appointed true heir and chief of the Buchanan clan in a ceremony near ...

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Coins believed to have belonged to a Scottish clan leader murdered in an infamous 17th century massacre, have been found in a fireplace by an archaeology student on her first dig. University of ...