Throughout the 9th century Scotland experienced waves of Viking raids. From simply raiding monasteries, the Vikings soon progressed to control huge areas of the country. Video: A history of ...

The people of Shetland, a group of islands north of Scotland, are welcoming the arrival of spring in dramatic style – by ...

The Vikings arrived in Scotland in longboats, attacking buildings and people. They occupied large parts of the country including Dalriada. The Scotti moved into Pictland, where the Picts were too ...

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Vikings conquered many of Scotland's islands as well as the mainland, in the 8th and 9th Centuries. They came, they conquered, they left, or so the story seemed to go. Now historians are re ...

The Lady Scots softball team picked up a 4-1 victory over the Latta Vikings on Wednesday night at Scotland High School. The ...

Walking over the concrete causeway to the tiny island, the first thing you will come across are the ruins of a Viking settlement and an earlier Pictish community. The extensive ruins, which are ...

Ten years ago in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, metal detectorists stumbled ... The pieces dated to around 900 A.D. or the Viking Age. The hoard “was buried in four distinct parcels” that ...

1 news release from the National Museums of Scotland. “It is incredible to ... origins of this remarkable object,” Jane Kershaw, a Viking silver expert from the University of Oxford, said ...

If there is somewhere in Scotland that you have always wanted ... the first thing you will come across are the ruins of a Viking settlement and an earlier Pictish community. The extensive ruins ...

Ewan McGregor narrates a captivating portrait of wild Shetland and traces the course of a breeding season as the animals on these remote islands battle for survival.