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795 A.D. marked the first recorded Viking raid in modern-day Scotland. Join us as we step back in time to explore who the Vikings were, why they came to Scotland and the great siege of Dumbarton.
Experts from AOC Archaeology explain what they’ve uncovered so far about the HES funded post excavation work on Viking artefacts from Mayback
Orkney’s Answer to Oseberg – join us as we start to unpick the story of a Viking Boat burial recently excavated by Scottish archaeologists…
Uncover the story of the discovery of a Viking burial at Broch of Gurness.
This World Heritage Day (Tuesday 18 April), we’re sharing fun facts about the four prehistoric monuments that form the Heart of Neolithic Orkney.
More than ten centuries after being buried in a field in Galloway, we can now reveal the contents of a pot of Viking treasure for the first time.
Up Helly Aa is a series of fire festivals held every winter in the Shetland Islands. Find out more about them in this guest post by Elsie Maclean from Tobar an Dualchais
Explore Orkney’s fascinating folklore from ‘The Outrun,’ starring Saoirse Ronan, in cinemas from Friday 27 September.
From Britain’s first female sea captain to a woman fighting for equal pay in the male-dominated welding industry – explore the remarkable stories of three Scottish women who found their way in the shipping industry.
We take a look at the rocky relationship between James II and one of medieval Scotland’s most powerful dynasties: the Black Douglases.