A centuries old map of Scotland shines a light on the distribution of Highland clan territories after the crushing Jacobite defeat at Culloden in 1746.

Shrouded in mist and myth, Plummpton is a settlement that refuses to die quietly, despite being erased from modern maps.

As a travel writer, Thomas Pennant played a pivotal role in stimulating the birth of tourism in Scotland and Wales in the later 18th century and romantic period. Although hardly a household name ...

An 18th century bust bought for £5 ($6) nearly 100 years ago by a Scottish town council could sell for more than £2.5 million ($3 million).. The bust of landowner and lawmaker John Gordon was ...

An 18th-century marble bust previously purchased for just over $6 could now generate $3 million in revenue for a Scotland town in need. ... See map. Jeff Bezos and ...

Mavisbank House: abandoned Scottish 18th-century mansion to be rescued at last. The the house near Edinburgh is considered one of Britain’s most important buildings—but also its most derelict.

Gretna Green is a small village in Scotland, just over the border from England and its claim to fame is that it’s been a venue for runaway marriages since the 18th century.

Thomas Pennant’s travel books, describing his tours of Scotland in 1769 and 1772, and of Wales between 1778 and 1785, were essential guide-books… Newsletters Reader Rewards ...