Posts Tagged ‘Roman’
Plans to open up the Devil’s Pulpit to tourists
Plans have been revealed today to create a tourist spot at Finnich Glen, near Killearn, in Stirlingshire. A detailed planning application for a 150-space car park, visitor centre/restaurant, and a network of paths, bridges and viewing platforms, has been submitted for the Devil’s Pulpit beauty spot. Architects and planning consultants Bell Ingram Design have lodged…
Read MoreExperience more Scots history at Kinneil House
Members of the public will have more access to historic Kinneil House in Bo’ness, thanks to Historic Environment Scotland. HES has increased access to Kinneil House in Bo’ness as part of its ongoing partnership with the Friends of Kinneil and Falkirk Community Trust. The partnership has contributed to a new operating model to increase public…
Read MoreWhy I’m so pleased the Simpsons broke their promise
Peter Ranscombe toasts a Scottish and Northern Irish couple triumphing with their English wines. “WE PROMISED we would never make an English still wine,” laughed Charles Simpson as he addressed his guests in the basement at Trade Soho, the private members’ club in London where he and his wife, Ruth, launched their range of four……
Read MoreTreasures from Roman hoard going on show
A stunning new exhibition will open on Saturday 11 May featuring many of the iconic pieces from the spectacular Traprain Treasure, found on Traprain Law 100 years ago. This is the first time this internationally significant Roman silver can be seen in East Lothian since its discovery in 1919. Being shown at the John Gray…
Read MoreReece Witherspoon – the American belle from Scotland
Hollywood move star Reese Witherspoon is A-class Hollywood royality. She’s won an Oscar, and the hearts of a nation, with her acting, in a huge variety of roles. But what’s less well known as that, despite her southern drawl, she’s of Scots ancestry. It was her role as Elle Woods in the 2001 breakout hit…
Read MoreHow the Romans tried to keep the Scots out
People have been building boundary walls to keep their enemies out for millennia. In the 3rd century BC work began on the Great Wall of China as a defence from the Mongols. Famous modern day examples include the Berlin Wall, dividing the communist east from our allies in West Germany, and the current West Bank…
Read MoreOne of the world’s rarest books on show for one day
One of the world’s most treasured books, the Gutenberg Bible, will go on display at the National Library of Scotland this week. On Thursday (22 November), visitors to the Library will have the chance to see the book, produced in the 1450s by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany. The Gutenberg Bible – as it later…
Read MoreRoman sculpture found in a Scottish river
Recovered in 1997 from the mouth of the River Almond in Cramond, near Edinburgh, the Cramond Lioness is a sculpture dating back to Roman times. It portrays a male prisoner being killed by a lioness. It was Robert Graham, a local ferryman, who uncovered the sculpture from the mud of the river. It remains unknown…
Read MoreWhen silver was Scotland’s most desired metal
An exhibition marking when Scotland valued silver over gold is set to open. National Museums Scotland is holding an exhibition, Scotland’s Early Silver, at Duff House in Aberdeenshire, showing how silver, not gold, became the most important precious metal in Scotland over the course of the first millennium AD. Scotland’s Early Silver, created by National…
Read More£1million to boost interest in the Antonine Wall
Nearly £1million of new funding has been awarded to build better connections for communities and visitors along the length of the Antonine Wall. The Heritage Lottery Fund has allocated £980,600 to help raise awareness of the 63km-long World Heritage Site. Rediscovering the Antonine Wall is being led by West Dunbartonshire Council, in partnership with East…
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