The Society has registered with Donr, a Text Giving service provider, so that we can now offer text giving to anyone who wishes to make a monetary donation to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Text Giving is a quick and easy way of giving a donation to the Society. All you need is your mobile…
To celebrate the Society’s 240th anniversary at the end of this year the Society is delighted to announce it is holding a Design Competition. In the run up to our next Anniversary Meeting we would like to produce a Society tartan and register it with the Scottish Register of Tartans. The new tartan could feature…
“Archaeological Science: looking to the future” a lecture by Dr Lisa Brown FSA Scot. An exploration of current and future scientific techniques applied to archaeological research in Scotland. Click here for the video. “The State Funeral and Heraldry of Mary Queen of Scots” lecture by John Malden FSA Scot. John Malden evokes the pageantry and…
Dig It! recently launched a series of eight fantastic videos exploring some of Scotland’s most curious castles. Supported by the Castle Studies Trust, the collection, which adds to the existing Backyard Castles series on YouTube channel Dig It! TV, invites viewers from across the world to experience Scotland’s heritage found in some surprising places! Check…
250 years ago today the first pages of Encyclopaedia Britannica were published in Edinburgh. William Smellie was one of the original founders of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and editor of the first edition of the Britannica, as well as William Buchan’s Domestic Medicine, the Scots Magazine, and the first transactions of the Society…
Did you know that Scotland is home to six World Heritage Sites? Over the years, the Society has published research on these sites in our books and journals. In celebration of World Heritage Day 2018 we are offering a 25% discount on two Society monographs each of which deals with one of Scotland’s World Heritage…
The Runestone is now on the move…. Thanks to the great team work and support of all project partners* over the past few months during the Year of History, Heritage and Art (HHA 2017) we are delighted to announce the ancient Runestone has now been excavated and lifted out of the ground. Today, AOC Archaeology’s…
Both the Society and Tomatin Distillery Company Ltd are interested in Antiquaries and Scotland’s rich past. As proud owners of the Tomatin and Cù Bòcan single malt brands and a number of blends including The Talisman and The Antiquary, and to celebrate the return to the UK market of The Antiquary range, Tomatin Distillery Company…
Scotland’s six World Heritage Sites will be celebrated with six coordinated events for the first time on World Heritage Day Picts will race Romans at the Antonine Wall, knitters will descend on New Lanark and musicians will do battle in Edinburgh. Scotland’s six UNESCO World Heritage Sites will feature in six different events on World…
A Glasgow-based artist has brought new life to six stories from the Mesolithic to Victorian era as part of Dig It! 2017 Dig It! 2017, the year-long celebration of Scottish archaeology, commissioned the artwork as the centrepiece for their event programme. The printed teaser programme features 49 events and is available across Scotland, while the…
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