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History and Archaeology information

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Websites

An excellent site for Scottish Historical information is:
http://www.rampantscotland.com/history.htm

Scottish history tours
http://www.scottishhistory.com/
http://www.rootsweb.com/~genclass/205/gen205_2.htm

Stonepages
http://www.stonepages.com/utenti/dmeozzi/Scotland/Scotland.html Scottish stone monuments (cairns, brochs, standing stones, circles etc) http://www.stonepages.com/ancient_scotland/

Archaeolink

Insch, Aberdeenshire
Information on 7,000 recorded prehistoric sites, including stone circles, Iron Age hill forts and Pictish symbol stones,
http://www.archaeolink.co.uk/

Scottish Archaeology News

and the online verion of The Digger (UK excavators newsletter) plus links to all archaeological units in Scotland.
http://www.archaeo.freeserve.co.uk/

Scottish History online

http://www.north-scotland.co.uk/

Kilmartin House Trust

This group has opened its multi award winning archaeological
centre and museum in the village of Kilmartin on the West Coast of Scotland. This site gives a taste of the museum and also allows visitors to preview the collection of ancient sites that surround the village. http://www.kht.org.uk/

There is an on-line historical Scottish newspaper, "The Latest", at Gordon Johnson's homepage http://www.ifb.co.uk/~kinman/ (also has Scottish genealogical information)

British Archaeological Directory for Scotland is at:
http://www.cix.co.uk/~archaeology/directory/scot.htm

Antique style maps of the battlefields, clans and families of Scotland are available mail-order from:
http://www.borderart.com/

Border reivers
http://www.reivers.com/

CD-ROMS / Software

Dunedin Multimedia
http://www.webpost.net/dunedin/
Educational software publishers

Mailing lists

There is a mailing list for Scottish/Celtic/Medieval history:
mailto: Skyelander@aol.com for more information. I was sent a sample issue and it looked excellent. See also
http://members.aol.com/skyelander/ Join via
http://www3.dundee.net/scripts/lyris.pl?join=scot-celt-medieval

Books

A recommended book on Scottish history is
Scotland: A new history by Michael Lynch.
ISBN 0-7126-9893-0
500+ pages, shortlisted for Saltire book of the year award.
Covers 20 centuries, from the Picts to the present day


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