A new model of Robert the Bruce, produced from a cast of his skull, has gone on display for the first time to mark the 750th anniversary of his birth. The 3D reconstruction of the medieval Scottish king is the…
The man who delivered Scotland’s independence was born 750 years ago this summer. Stephen Roberts examines his life, and analyses the landmark victory that forged a nation.
Fought at Sutton Bank in North Yorkshire, near Harrogate, on 14 October 1322, Byland saw Scottish forces led by King Robert the Bruce inflict on the English a defeat as serious as that of Bannockburn eight years previously.
Surveying Dunfermline Abbey A recent project led by Dr Michael Penman from the University of Stirling in partnership with Historic Environment Scotland has conducted a series of ground-penetrating radar surveys of Dunfermline Abbey, revealing the possible layout of the original…