Together they created the Kingdom of Alba. The Picts took part in one of the most decisive battles in Scottish history - the Battle of Dun Nechtain (Dunnichen). If the Picts had lost, Scotland ...

The Gaels gave Scotland its name from 'Scoti', a racially ... At the heart of the Gaelic kingdom – Dál Riata – was a formidable hill fort. The rocky outcrop of Dunadd, Argyll, was far more ...

led to the creation of a united kingdom to be called “Great Britain” on 1 May of that year. The UK Parliament met for the first time in October 1707. Here we look at the relationship between the two ...

Debates continued about Scotland's position in the United Kingdom throughout the nineteenth and twentieth ... the first elections were held to the newly created Scottish Parliament in May 1999. The ...