| SLAINTE - http://www.slainte.org.uk/
Scottish Libraries Across The Internet. Information on people, organisations, libraries, events and resources of Scottish interest. |
Scotland's Transatlantic Relations Project - http://www.star.ac.uk Studies of Scotland's literary and cultural connections with North America and the Caribbean, plus details of conferences organised by the project. |
English at Dundee - http://www.dundee.ac.uk/english/welcome.htm Includes Web Concordances and extensive Scottish literature links. |
Association for Scottish Literary Studies - http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ScotLit/ASLS/ Organisation promoting the study, teaching and writing of Scottish literature and language. News and information on membership and publications. |
Scottish Literature at the University of South Carolina - http://www.sc.edu/library/scotlit/scotlit.html Information on publications and materials held by the university. |
Stanza - http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/standrews/stanza/ Scotland's poetry festival, which takes place in St. Andrews, Fife, October each year. |
ASLS - http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/ScotLit/ASLS/ Association for Scottish Literary Studies. Promotes the study, teaching and writing of Scottish literature, and furthers the study of the languages of Scotland. |
NorthWords - http://www.highlanderweb.co.uk/nortword.htm Print magazine for poetry, short stories and reviews. Based in the Highlands. Subscription information. |
Scottish Background - http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_se/personal/cjmm/Scotback.html Introduction to Scottish language and literature. |
Texthouse - http://www.texthouse.net News, events, author profiles and excerpts from writers from the Borders. |
| Shetland
Publishing Company - http://www.baysights.com/shetlandbooks
Publishers of books, fact and fiction, with links to Shetland Islands, UK. Also includes direct sales page. |
The Poetry of Scotland - http://www.it-serve.co.uk/poetry/index.php Works by Robert Burns and contributed verse. |
The Eildon Tree - http://www.eildontree.org.uk/ Magazine for new writing from the Borders. Information and excerpts. |
Lammermuir to La Mancha - http://members.aol.com/lammermuiruk/index.htm Fragmentary exploration of the world of George Borrow, and of the relationship between Scottish writers and Spain. |
West of Scotland Children's Book Group - http://www.geocities.com/wscbg/ Newsletter and calendar of events. |
SCOTLAND POETRY
The Poetry Society - http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/ Publications, advice, funding and education. |
Arvon Foundation - http://www.arvonfoundation.org/ Three residential writing schools across the UK. Open to anyone with a desire to write. |
The Poetry Book Society - http://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/ Provides information about the contemporary poetry scene and awards the annual T S Eliot Prize. Join online and buy the latest poetry books at discounted prices. |
Scottish Book Trust. - http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/ Works with people throughout Scotland to promote the pleasures and benefits of reading and books. Runs Writers Register and Writers in Scotland programmes. |
Academi - http://www.academi.org The Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency. |
Scottish Publishers Association - http://www.scottishbooks.org/ The Scottish Publishers Association is a trade association of publishers of Scottish Books. |
Apples and Snakes - http://www.applesandsnakes.org/ Performance poetry organisation: poets, events, education, features, resources, links and contact details. |
Pitshanger Poets - http://www.pitshangerpoets.co.uk Poetry group in Ealing, West London, that runs workshops and readings, and publishes local poetry. |
Leicester Poetry Society - http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk/ Listing readings, workshops and competition details. |
The Kent and Sussex Poetry Society - http://www.kentandsussexpoetrysociety.org/ Site provides information about the Society's open poetry competition, monthly poetry readings, workshops, retreats and other events. |
OU Poets - http://members.aol.com/oupoets/index.htm 0U Poets is a poetry group for students and staff, past or present of the Open University, Milton Keynes UK. The site was last updated in 1998, but there is a collection of poetry still on the site. |
Bell Jar - http://www.bell-jar.co.uk/ Provides workshop days and weekends in inspirational locations. |
SCOTTISH HISTORY
SCRAN - http://www.scran.ac.uk/ Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network, multimedia resources on history and culture in Scotland. |
Gateway to Scotland - http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotland.html Provides maps and history timeline with information about the Country. |
BBC: In Search of Scotland - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/ Covers the history of Scotland from mysterious ancestors to the modern day, with a focus on religion and Scotland's relations with Europe and England. Includes a multi-media gallery. |
Scottish Economic History Database, 1550 - 1780 - http://www.ex.ac.uk/~ajgibson/scotdata/scot_database_home.html For the serious Scottish historian, an on-line database of crop yeilds, demographic data, prices, wages and weather from 1550 to 1780. |
Britannia's Guide to Scotland - http://britannia.com/celtic/scotland/ This section of the large Britannia includes an encyclopedia of famous Scots and a timeline of Scottish history by Peter N. Williams. |
Statistical Accounts of Scotland - http://edina.ac.uk/StatAcc/ Contemporary accounts of the economic and social state of Scotland around the time of the Industrial Revolution. This web service provides free access to page images of the Accounts. |
Am Baile - http://www.ambaile.org.uk/ An online learning and research resource of digitised archives for the language, culture and history of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. English and Gaelic versions. |
Electric Scotland's Scottish History - http://www.electricscotland.com/history/ Offers information on early Scottish history, battles, culture, literature, music and Scots abroad. |
Scottish Railways and Steamers - http://www.railscot.co.uk/ Chronological listings grouped in year bands dating from before 1700. Search facilities, pictures and associated information are included. |
Lothene Experimental Archaeology - http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk Living history group which researches and recreates aspects of the life of ordinary people in Lothian (Lothene) from Roman times to the 18th Century. |
Scottish Parliament Project - http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~scotparl/ Based at the University of St Andrews, aims to create a digital edition of the acts of the pre 1707 Scottish Parliament, and a three volume History of the Scottish Parliament. |
Scottish History Online - http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/ John Duncan shares his passion for Scottish history. Includes illustrated articles on the Picts, ancient sites and historic figures, plus the password-protected Scottish History Club. |
Rampant Scotland Index - History - http://www.rampantscotland.com/history.htm Index of sites concerning Scottish history. |
First Scottish Books - http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/chepman/index.html Digitised images of the nine earliest books printed in Scotland, from the National Library of Scotland |
History Scotland Magazine - http://www.historyscotland.com Illustrated magazine covering all aspects of Scotland's history and heritage. Features on archaeology, history, architecture, place-names, language, environmental and local history. Scholarly but aimed at a wide audience. |
Ayrshire History - http://www.ayrshirehistory.org.uk Illustrated articles on the history of Ayrshire and its people, and the local history of its parishes, towns and villages. |
University of Edinburgh Department of Scottish History - http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/scothist/ Offers undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Scottish history. Courses, research students, recent theses, staff. The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft. |
Medieval Scotland - http://www.medievalscotland.org/ A collection of articles by Sharon L. Krossa, including such topics as handfasting, kilts, William Wallace, and Robert Bruce. Also a bibliography and links for Scottish medieval names, clothing, history, and literature. |
Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, 1654 - http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/blaeu/ The National Library of Scotland presents the first atlas of Scotland, containing 49 engraved maps and 154 pages of descriptive text, translated from Latin into English for the first time. |
Scottish History Online - http://www.north-scotland.co.uk/ Historical images of Scotland, and the Scottish People. Looking at the prehistoric, medieval, Pictish and Celtic history of Scotland, which goes back over 8,000 years. Also includes the Scottish History Club which encourages people to interact with others with a passion for Scotland Past. |
Soft Toy Lion's "Lion Rampant" pages - http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/lennich/scotland.htm Various original works outlining Scotland's culture and heritage. |
Scottish Printing Archival Trust - http://www.scottishprintarchive.org The 500-history of print in Scotland. |
Book of Deer Project - http://www.bookofdeer.co.uk Discussion of the illustrated Gospel from the early Columban monastery at Old Deer in Aberdeenshire, with entries in Scottish Gaelic written c.1135. |
Scottish Feudal Baronies - http://www.gmilne.demon.co.uk/Baronies.htm An introduction to Scottish feudal baronies with a list of them taken from 'Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum Abbreviatio' or the 'Retours of Services of Heirs', which cover the period 1544-1699. |
Video
History Scotland - http://www.videohistoryscotland.freeserve.co.uk
Scottish video titles of Scotland, its maritime, shipping and railway history. |
| Sgian Duh -
History - http://www.scotclans.com/history/index.html
Timeline of Scottish history with short descriptions of each of the events listed. |
Scotsman.com -
Heritage & Culture - http://www.heritage.scotsman.com/
Various sections include news, culture and traditions, ideas and ingenuity, Scotland's history with a timeline, myths and mysteries, historic places and A-Z profiles of Great Scots. With video archives. |
Friars in
Medieval Scotland - http://www.friars-in-medieval-scotland.co.uk
Tjeerd Carter-Tijmstra explains the different orders of friars, and gives photographs and history of the best preserved sites, a full list of the mendicant houses in Scotland and bibliography. |
A
Short History of Scotland - http://www.scotlandvacations.com/ScottishHistory.htm
Scotland Vacations gives a timeline of the history of Scotland leading to illustrated features on people and places. |
Scottish Site Directory - http://www.fortunecity.com/athena/exercise/2492/SCOTTISHSITEDIRECTORY/ A series of one page articles on various aspects of Scottish history by J.K. Gillon. |
Scottish History - http://members.aol.com/skyelander/ Articles on aspects of Scottish history by historian Robert Gunn. Complete timeline included. |
Scotland's
Past - http://www.scotlandspast.org/
Offering the latest news in Scottish history and archaeology plus an timeline of all periods of Scottish history. |
History of Scotland - http://www.heritage-of-scotland.com/history.htm Description of the history of Scotland from 1 AD to present day. |
Chronology of Scottish History - http://www.rampantscotland.com/SCM/chronology.htm Timeline of Scottish history listing all the major dates and events, from earliest times to modern day, from Rampant Scotland. |
Scotland - A History - http://www.scottishradiance.com/scothistory/scothistory.htm Site concentrating on the earlier aspects of Scottish history Picts, Scots, Gaels and the Celtic church. |
Nancy MacCorkill's Scottish Internet Book - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2897/index.html A collection of original works on various aspects of Scottish history. |
Discover the History of Scotland - http://netmedia.co.uk/history/fortrose.html An ambitious project by the pupils and staff of Fortrose Academy to tell the story of Scotland from prehistoric to modern times. |
Comunn_Birlinn Celtic Galley Association - http://www.birlinn.org/ A charitable organisation which aims to promote knowledge of the maritime history of the Celtic seas and the skills of boat building and seamanship in Scotland. |
National Tartan Day - http://www.tartanplace.com/tartan.html Historical information relating to significant events in Scotland from The Highland Clearances up to the 20th century. Also contains other historical information about workhouses, and of concentration camps and mass graves, sources quoted. |
Kirkpatrick Macandrew Trust for Scotland - http://pages.eidosnet.co.uk/~kirkpatrick/kirkpatrickwebindex.htm Listing history, origins, activities and events. |
Gateway to Scottish History - https://members.tripod.com/~CunninghamC/Homepage12_97/index.htm Index of sites concerning Scottish history. |
Moirbooks - http://www.moirbooks.homestead.com Scottish heritage and local hisatory books by Helen Moir. Includes book details, author information, and some genealogy links. |
The Royal Observer Corps in Scotland - http://www.scottishroc.org.uk An ambitious project to document the role of the Royal Observer Corps in Scotland during the Cold War. |
Yahoo Group: Scot Celt and Medieval History Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Scot_Celt_Medieval/ Scottish Celtic and Medieval European history and culture information hosted by two historians in a friendly, positive group. |
History of Scottish Highland Dress - http://www.clan.com/history/features/kilt/ An article mainly about the development of the kilt. |
| The Convention of the
Baronage of Scotland - http://www.scotsbarons.org/
Explains the origins of the barony in the feudal system, the function of baronial courts, and related history and heraldry. |
Scottish Archaeology and History - http://www.ourpasthistory.com/scotland/ Corinne Mills looks at ancient and historic sites, including castles, monasteries, battlefields and shipwrecks. Also gives a timeline and portraits of Mary Stuart. |
Scottish History Online Courses - https://www.angelfire.com/sc2/scotshistorycourses/ Offered by Cumbernauld College, Scotland include Wallace and Bruce, the Jacobite rebellions and social and industrial changes in Scotland 1700 to 1850. Links to Scottish history sites. |
The Story of Scotland's History - http://members.aol.com/scothist/ An online book about Scottish history. |
Hail Caledonia - http://www.caledonia-net.co.uk An on-line encyclopedia of Scottish history. |
Scottish Origins - http://members.aol.com/Skyelander/menu2.html Robert M. Gunn tells the story of Scotland, including its rulers, up to William Wallace. |
Davie's Scottish Homepage - http://freespace.virgin.net/davie.wilson/ Contains a section devoted to Scottish history and another on Scottish castles. |
Welcome to Scotland - http://www.ezra.fsnet.co.uk/Scotland Altara's Almanac, containing information on Scotland, Pictish and Celtic knotwork, traditional fayre, with links to other sites |
M.V. Gardyloo - http://members.lycos.co.uk/peterdyson History, photographs and information on this sludge dumping vessel. |
A Tartan Weaver - http://www.tartanweaver.com Hand woven designs including scarves, pillow covers, towels and lap rugs. Specializing in custom orders. |
Celtic Affairs - http://www.celticaffairs.com
Piping and drumming is the speciality of this Australian based tartan store. |
Celtic Clothing - http://www.celticclothing.co.uk/
Traditional kilts including the military box pleat kilt as well as ladies wear. |
Clan Gatherings - http://www.clangatherings.com/
Stylish silk clothing for women made to order in many tartans. Box pleated skirts are made with 100% Dupion silk. |
Clansman Knitwear - http://www.scottishclansman.com Offering apparel, badges, kilts, shoes and headwear. |
Cornovi Creations - http://www.cornish-tartans.co.uk/ Cornish Tartan, mens and ladies tartans for sale. |
Gaelicdreams - http://www.gaelicdreams.com/ Kilts, tartan clothing, clan crest, celtic jewelry and pipe band accessories. |
Hastings Highland Supplies. - http://www.hastingshighlandsupplies.com Offering kilts, plaids and tartan, items of highland dress for pipers, bands, or individual wearers of Scottish attire. Based in the south coast of England |
Heather House - http://heatherhouse.net/wool.htm Offering ties, scarves, tams, blankets and highland teddy bears. |
Houston Traditional Kiltmakers - http://www.houston-highlandwear.co.uk Providing highlandwear outfits designed for the whole family. |
McRok - http://www.mcrok.com Offering gifts, baseball caps, ties, scarves, kilts. Based in Selkirk in Scotland |
North of St. Andrews - http://www.northofstandrews.com/ Clan crested products and wide variety of tartans, as well as accessories . |
Ryan and O'Carroll's - http://www.irishtartans.com/
Offering gifts and clothing made with Irish county tartans. |
Scotch Corner - http://www.scotchcorner.com Supplier of Highland dress and kilts, as well as accessories. |
ScotClans - http://www.scotclans.com Comprehensive merchandise store, including kilts, outfits, and ties. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland. |
Scott Mall - http://www.scotmall.com/ A listing of stores that offer Scottish tartan clothing and clancrest imprinted on various items. |
Scottish Kilts - http://scottishkilts.net/
Offers kilts, sporrans, clan crests, sgian dubhs and tartan highlandwear. Glasgow based. |
Scottish Tartans by Paula & Jean-Jacques - http://members.aol.com/jjrpaula Kilt and skirt yardage, plaids, blankets, scarves and sashes. |
Shop Scotland - http://www.secureonlineshopping.biz/shopscotland/main.asp Specializing in kilts, tartans and wedding accessories. From Troon in Scotland. |
Stevens and Graham - http://www.tartanrugs.co.uk/ Specialists in Scottish Clan Tartan carpets and rugs. Delivery worldwide. Based in Glasgow in Scotland. |
| Tartan Online - http://www.tartanonline.com
Offering ties, scarves, shawls, stoles, and headwear. |
TartanWeb - http://www.tartanweb.com Includes kilts, sporrans and clan badges. |
The Edinburgh Woollen Mill - http://www.foreverscotland.com
A fine selection of Scottish clothing and accessories from The Edinburgh Woollen Mill Limited. |
The Kilt Centre & The Pipe Box - http://www.thekiltcentre.com Displays Highland Dress and traditional hand made tartan kilts. Based in Hamilton, Scotland |
The Welsh Tartan Centre - http://www.welsh-tartan.com/ Offering ladies wear, souvenirs, glassware, and accessories. |
The Woollen Mill - http://www.woollenmill.co.uk Ladies and gents made to measure kilts, jackets and highland accessories. Also suppliers of Scottish knitwear, countrywear including Barbour weatherwear and Cashmere knitwear, scarves and blankets. |
Tinkers Tartan - http://tinkerstartan.com Offering sporrans, jewelry, food, pottery, and crystal. |
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