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20 historical sites and how they shaped Scotland - The Scotsman

Accidents and Disasters in Scotland in the 19th & 20th Centuries

Am Baile - Highland History & Culture

Am Baile contains a growing number valuable archive records relating to the Scottish Highlands and Islands including school admissions registers; poorhouse registers; naval reserve registers; vehicle registration lists; crofters commission reports; shipping registers; some court records.

Bletherskite - Scottish Clans Blog From Scotland

Coins of the UK

Gives a good deal of history of the coinage of the United Kingdom by regnal years.

DiCamillo Database of British & Irish Country Houses

Online searchable database of British and Irish country houses with information on over 6,000 houses.

Electric Scotland's Scottish History - Culture, Battles, Literature and more

EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History

Selected transcriptions, facsimiles and translations.

Highland Clearances (Wikipedia)

Historic Environment Scotland

Introducing Historic Environment Scotland, the lead public body set up to investigate, care for and promote Scotland’s historic environment.

Historic Scotland

An executive agency of the Scottish Government charged with safeguarding the nation

Historical Timeline for Scottish Genealogy

[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

History of Scotland (Wikipedia)

History Timeline - Scottish Culture

List of natural disasters in the British Isles (Wikipedia)

Local History Link

Advertises UK local history books and services for sale or items wanted.

Scottish History

From the BBC.

Scottish Register of Tartans

The Register is a database of tartan designs, maintained by the National Records of Scotland.

Snippets from History: people in the past - KinHelp (Wayback Machine)

A collection of snippets from Scottish history taken from a variety of documented source material over the centuries.

Stones of Scotland