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  • General view of the Craw Stane, standing in a field on the farm of Mains of Rhynie. This Class I Pictish stone is incised with the symbols of a fish and a Pictish beast. In the distance, behind the stone, can be seen the hillfort of Tap O North.

    Investigating the Picts

    17 March 2017,
    Archaeology, Year of History Heritage & Archaeology
  • Two young people standing on a grassy hill

    In the footsteps of the Highland Drovers

    16 March 2017,
    Heritage, History
  • A Roman soldier

    Your Right Of Appeal – A Scheduling Story

    14 March 2017,
    Heritage, News
  • The 6-Spot Burnet Moth

    Of butterflies and moths

    14 March 2017,
    Nature & wildlife
  • The glass award and the team standing on stage

    WWW – Wonderful winning website

    11 March 2017,
    Digital
  • Three women preparing an exhibit for the exhibition

    Victorian Visions

    10 March 2017,
    Collections, Education
  • Linda Zupancic

    My Scottish family

    08 March 2017,
    Heritage
  • The Forth Bridge viewed from the top

    The Forth Bridge

    04 March 2017,
    World Heritage
  • The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border is a collection of Border ballads compiled by Walter Scott, first published in three volumes in 1802 and 1803. The three volumes include such well-known ballads as 'A Lyke-Wake Dirge', 'The Twa Corbies', 'Thomas Rymer', 'Lord Randal', 'The Demon Lover', 'Helen of Kirkconnel'. These books belong to Sally Gall, Interpretation.

    Words that change the world

    02 March 2017,
    Education, History, Visitors
  • books at trinity house

    Scottish history reading list

    02 March 2017,
    Education, History
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