11+ hour, 52+ min ago  (1041+ words) Archaeologists digging beneath Notre Dame cathedral have uncovered hundreds of objects, with the site revealing layers of history from medieval Paris to Roman times. While tourists wait to climb Notre Dame and meet its gargoyles, a team of archaeologists below…...

16+ hour, 12+ min ago  (342+ words) An investigation has been launched into damage to the historical ruins of Old Inverlochy Castle near Fort William. Police said that, on at least two occasions between May 5-14 and May 19-25, the security fencing surrounding the castle has been damaged and…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (694+ words) The Kelvin Aqueduct is one of the most impressive sights on Scotland's canal network. The structure carries the Forth & Clyde Canal over the River Kelvin in Maryhill, Glasgow, a task it has fulfilled for more than 236 years." Built between 1787 and…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (414+ words) A community has come together to celebrate the rescue of a historic 'lifting stone' from its concrete bounds in an Ayrshire village. The heavy stones can be found right across Scotland and were used in times gone by as tests…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (161+ words) Shackleton's famous shipwreck can now be seen up close and in unprecedented 3 D detail at Discovery Point in Dundee, thanks to a collaboration...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (304+ words) Two of Dundee's most famed historic industries are being intertwined, as timbers salvaged from a Lochee jute store are set to be installed aboard...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (598+ words) The discovery was made during a three-day geophysical survey carried out last August by volunteers from the Friends of Crookston Castle, working alongside specialist archaeologists from Historic Environment Scotland (HES). It is the first evidence of prehistoric occupation recorded at…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (358+ words) Cremated human remains dating from the Iron Age have been discovered during an archaeological excavation at Adie's Brae near Moffat. The dig was part of the'Destination Tweed'project's community-based archaeology programme Uncovering the Tweed, which is investigating important sites of activity…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (506+ words) National Records of Scotland is lending two items from Scotland's National Archive for an exhibition on the early reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. Accounts of the Royal Treasurer from 1546 and a cipher or code used for writing secret messages…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (610+ words) Archaeologists have uncovered what may be Scotland's first standard gauge railway'predating previously known examples by dozens of years." The discovery was made during excavations on the historic Tranent'Cockenzie Waggonway in East Lothian, a 300-year-old section of track which can still…...