The Scottish Enlightenment was the birth of an intellectual and philosophical movement in the late 18th and 19th century, Scotland's Belle Époque ...

Since the 12th century, Ireland had been a colony of Great ... many of whom had been the descendants of Scottish settlers in Ulster and would later become known as the Scots Irish.

A new Scottish tartan has been designed to honor the thousands of individuals — mostly women — who were executed between 1563 and 1736 under Scotland’s Witchcraft Act. The Witches of Scotland tartan ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A group which is raising awareness about the Scottish witch trials are preparing to hold an exhibition this summer. The Creative Coven was ...

CAPPERCLEUCH, SCOTLAND—Two amateur metal detectorists ... of 30 gold and silver coins that were minted in the fifteenth century. They notified the archaeological authorities, who retrieved ...

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 hoard is the find of a lifetime," Stephenson said in a statement from Scotland's Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. Some of the coins were English silver groats, minted by both Henry ...

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The 12th-century artefact in question, a “significant sculpture” dubbed Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda, will be returned to its home country after provenance research at the ...

The witch trials truly kicked off in Scotland in all its horror under the reign of King James VI, who would later go on to also become James I of England. A marriage between James and Anne of Denmark ...

Claims Judgement Day will fall in 2027 have been based on the writings of Saint Malachy, an Irish bishop from the 12th century who wrote a series of prophecies about the sequence of popes.