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Vikings

Robert the Bruce became one of the most revered Scottish warriors of all time following his historic victory at the Battle of Bannockburn (1314).

Kings of Scotland: 13 Famous Scottish Kings and why we remember them to this day

The Viking shipyard at Loch na h-Airde on Skye’s Rubh an Duna.

Scotland's 'lost and overlooked' historic sites explored in new book

There are some Scottish clans that include ‘visible relics’ of their Norse ancestors. For example, the MacIvors were originally the sons of Ivar, Macaulay the songs of Olaf, MacAskill the sons of Asgeir and MacSween the sons of Swein. The ‘Mac’ surname prefix meaning ‘son’ is Scottish in origin as a Gaelic term.

Vikings & Scotland: 9 Incredible facts about ancient Vikings in Scotland

The Jarl Squad set light to the galley in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles during the Up Helly Aa fire festival. Originating in the 1880s, the festival celebrates Shetland's Norse heritage. Jane Barlow/PA Wire

11 pictures as thousands gather at Up Helly Aa fire festival in Shetland

Netflix will start the new year with a bang. Cr: Netflix

These are 13 of Netflix's best TV series released in January 2023

Historians debate the origins of the term 'Hogmanay' in Scotland; whether it originates from Vikings or Mary Queen of Scots.

What is Hogmanay? What does the word mean? Scottish New Year’s explained

Men and boys in their jarl squad at Up Helly Aa may soon be joined by women

Welcoming Up Helly Aa to 21st century. Or should that be 8th? – Scotsman comment

Fiddler's Bid PIC: Kris Kesiak

Celtic Connections review: Shetland 550: Norn Voices, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Shetland Vikings light up the Celtic Connections opening weekend as they welcome audiences to the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall with flaming torches, cheers and songs celebrating Up Helly Aa.

Vikings march through Glasgow for opening of Celtic Connections

Strathnaver Museum in Sutherland tells 8,000 years of Highland history and is set to undergo a major refurbishment to allow it to take its story into the future. PIC: Contributed.

Museum that tells 8,000 years of Highland history faces new dawn

The harbours and landing places used by Vikings in Scotland are set to be researched on a scale never been seen before. PIC: Contributed.

Travel routes and landing places of Vikings in Scotland to be mapped like never ...

Dr Adrian Maldonado, Glenmorangie Research Fellow at National Museums Scotland, with the Hunterston Brooch, one of the museum's most prized medieval objects which features on the cover of a new book, Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom. The brooch was made around 700AD, using extremely sophisticated Irish-Scottish metalworking techniques. Some 200 years later, a Viking runic inscription was added of the Gaelic name Melbrigda. [image credit: Neil Hanna]"

The 'melting pot' of cultures that forged the kingdom of Scotland

The Principal York is a hotel on a grand scale. Built in the age of the train, to the highest Victorian specification, it’s an architectural delight with an amazing “hanging” staircase.

The Principal York – a taste of Victorian splendour - Scotland on Sunday Travel

Hebridean Celtic Festival. Credit Paul McGinley

Area focus: Stornoway

Visit Scotland/Kenny Lam

Area focus: East Neuk of Fife

Prince William, Earl of Strathearn, and Catherine, Countess of Strathearn, visit the European Marine Energy Centre in Kirkwall this week (Picture: Jane Barlow/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Orkney is at heart of world-leading renewables revolution – Iain Stewart MP

Pic - Greg Macvean - Battle of Prestonpans parade

Bid to brew medieval beer by growing crops on fields of famous battle

An illustration of metal working at the 1st Century smithy at the Swandro site. PIC: Swandro-Orkney Coastal Archaeology Trust.

The ancient Orkney site where Picts and Vikings settled under threat

As son and subject of Alexander Goudie, Lachlan has a very personal relationship with Scottish art. Photograph: Robert Pereira Hind

Book review: The Story Of Scottish Art, by Lachlan Goudie

Hume Sweet Hume Knitwear, Orkney © Orkney.com, Colin Keldie

Ad Feature Fine arts, crafts, food and drink: Discover Orkney

According to the research published in Nature, male skeletons from a viking burial site in Orkney, Scotland, were not actually genetically vikings despite being buried with swords and other viking memorabilia.

‘Not all’ Vikings were from Scandinavia, scientists say

The lost Viking waterway likely connected farms on Orkney Mainland to the power bases of the Norse earls on the north west coast at Birsay. PIC: St Andrews University.

Lost Viking waterway found in Orkney

The visualisation of a 30ft longhouse at the lost township of Caen, which was cleared of people in the early 19th Century.

Tour a lost Highland settlement destroyed during Clearances

How Dunnottar Castle would have looked around 300 years ago, when it was still an influential seat of power. PIC: Budget Direct.

Travel back 400 years as Scottish castle 'rebuilt' for armchair travellers

Review: Vikings, National Museum of Scotland

‘Vicious’ Vikings were not as horrible as history suggests

Vikings and Scotland: 10 lesser known facts

Reel Time: Inverness festival shows shape of some good things to come

Norway flights give medical tourism wings

The force is with Glow as virtual help links up schools

Lesley Riddoch - Proud nation laid low by greed still full of independent spirit

Lesley Riddoch - Chilling decisions that imperil Iceland's reputation

Nicol can lift Scots against Maori

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