8 December 2011

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Christmas is coming to Edinburgh Castle with lots of fun activities for all the family.

8 December 2011

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This Sunday, (11th December), there are two special Christmas events at Stirling Castle. There will be fun for all the family with A Stewart Christmas, from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm when visitors can step back in time and enjoy a very light hearted and slightly irreverent return to the period of Mary Queen of Scots.

7 December 2011

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Archaeologists are continuing preliminary investigations at the site of the new visitor centre for the Battle of Bannockburn.

5 December 2011

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On the day the pandas arrived in Scotland, First Minister Alex Salmond visited China's Eastern Qing Tombs, ahead of work to digitally document the world-famous heritage site as part of the groundbreaking Scottish Ten project. Launching digital diplomacy links between Scotland and China, the First Minister’s visit highlighted the Scottish Ten collaboration between Historic Scotland, Glasgow School of Art and CyArk, which is documenting all five UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Scotland and five international sites using cutting-edge digital technologies, including laser scanning.

1 December 2011

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Scotland’s most important battlefields are continuing to be officially identified after Historic Scotland announced the second of its three batches for inclusion in “The Inventory of Historic Battlefields”.