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Culloden Battlefield with a rainbow forming over the top of the memorial cairn.
20 Aug 2019

Culloden and Cantraybridge College partnership provides growing opportunities

We’ve partnered with Cantraybridge College to provide students with the chance to develop their horticultural skills.

4 Jul 2019

Future/Past: old and new pictorial views of Forfar, Part 3

Historical photos of Angus helped pupils at Langlands Primary School, Forfar learn about their town.

27 Jun 2019

Future/Past: old and new pictorial views of Forfar, Part 2

Historical photos of Angus helped pupils at Langlands Primary School, Forfar learn about their town.

20 Jun 2019

Future/Past: old and new pictorial views of Forfar, Part 1

Historical photos of Angus helped pupils at Langlands Primary School, Forfar learn about their town.

12 Jun 2019

Stories, songs and starlings

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Margaret Fay Shaw’s friend Pèigi Macrae of South Uist.

A hand holds up a shell fragment to the camera, with the battle site in the background.
12 Jun 2019

Digging up evidence of a forgotten battle

We’re carrying out archaeology to learn more about the Battle of Glenshiel, 300 years on.

A hand holds up a shell fragment to the camera, with the battle site in the background.
12 Jun 2019

300-year-old musket ball and mortar shell discovered from the Battle of Glenshiel

Archaeologists have found the first historic remains of the 1719 battle.

Craigievar Castle, a pink castle with turrets surrounded by a grassy lawn, with trees in the background.
15 May 2019

Opening the door to the past at Craigievar Castle

We’re putting the original 17th-century studded door back on display at the fairytale castle in Aberdeenshire.

Glencoe under a stormy sky. A river meanders through a valley between two hills, with some purple heather in the foreground.
8 May 2019

Uncover the secrets of Glencoe

Calling all history and archaeology enthusiasts to take part in an exciting dig exposing a site from the Glencoe Massacre.