Threave Castle will welcome visitors back to its interior for the first time in four years, starting Saturday 1 August, following the successful completion of high-level masonry inspections and necess...

Kelso Abbey is welcoming visitors once again after five years of closure due to essential conservation efforts undertaken by Historic Environment Scotland (HES), the organisation responsible for manag...

On 12 April 1588, the marriage of John MacIain of Ardnamurchan and Lady Janet Campbell, the widowed mother of Lachlan Mór Maclean, 10th Laird of Duart, and daughter of the 4th Earl of Argyll, took pla...

Two rare Jacobite-era pistols have been brought together in a new exhibition at Montrose Museum. A pistol, which is on loan from National Museums Scotland, is showcased next to its counterpart in Tart...

Groundworks have officially begun on the Glencoe Folk Museum’s major £3 million refurbishment project, marking the start of work to transform the historic venue into a modern, fully indoor visitor att...

A new report published by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has revealed traces of a possible new stone or timber circle at Machrie Moor on the Isle of

As part of its Historic Summer campaign, Historic Scotland is offering a 20% discount on admission tickets at a number of its sites throughout the country.

For the first time, objects from the richest Iron Age burial ever discovered in Scotland will be on display this weekend at the National Museum of Scotland.

A medieval comb, intricately carved and first discovered in the 1980s, has returned to display at Jedburgh Abbey. This unique and significant artefact,

On 15 June 1725, Russian warships and transport vessels anchored off the Isle of Lewis while en route to Spain. Rumours quickly spread that they were there to land arms and men to support a Jacobite r...

On 16 August 1745, two companies from the 2nd Battalion of St Clair’s 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots), marching to reinforce the garrison of Fort William, were attacked by a party of Macdonalds at ...

From Mon 18 Aug - Though small in landmass, Scotland and her people have had a mighty impact on the world over many centuries. In Connecting Scotland's History, Anna Groundwater demonstrates the richn...

On 15 June 1725, Russian warships and transport vessels anchored off of the Isle of Lewis while en-route to Spain. Rumours quickly spread that they were there to land arms and men to support a Jacobit...

High-level masonry inspections, which are looking at the impact of climate change on historic sites, in combination with other factors, are set to begin at sites across Shetland this summer, beginning...

Essential conservation works to the Great Hall at Kisimul Castle on Barra started on Monday 30 June, Historic Environment Scotland (HES) announced. The project aims to implement new interventions to t...

During the Jacobite Rising of 1719, Royal Navy warships attacked and captured the Spanish-held Eilean Donan Castle in Kintail. The castle was the main Jacobite base and was cannonaded into submission ...

On 3 May 1746, three Royal Navy warships sailed into Loch nan Uamh in Arisaig and engaged two French privateers that had arrived to deliver weapons and money for the Jacobites and to enquire into the ...