A clan is defined as a group of people united by a common surname, and they have played a major role in Scotland's history over the centuries. We previously covered 12 of the most iconic Scottish ...

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

ARROCHAR, SCOTLAND—The Scotsman reports that a team led by Heather James of Calluna Archaeology found more than 80 archaeological sites dating to the seventeenth century during a survey of the western ...

"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 ...

Dougie Vipond meets contemporary clan chiefs to see how the clan system operates in a modern Scotland. Broadcast in September and October 2009 on BBC Scotland Landward. Page first published on ...

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Some say that two heads are better than one, but a grave in the Scotland Highlands dating to the 15th century held several heads too many. Archaeologists counted six skulls in the grave when it was ...

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 ...