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Some of the most significant products of Scottish ingenuity include James Watt 's steam engine, improving on that of Thomas Newcomen, [3] the bicycle, [4] macadamisation (not to be confused with tarmac or tarmacadam [5]), Alexander Graham Bell 's invention of the first practical telephone, [6] John Logie Baird 's invention of television, [7][8 ...
Gumtree.com, known as Gumtree, is a British-based online classified advertisement and community website based at Hotham House, Richmond, London. Classified ads are either free or paid for depending on the product category and the geographical market. As of November 2010, it was the UK's largest website for local community classifieds and was ...
The event is known as the Battle of Duns, and is the source of the town's motto, Duns Dings A! In 1513, some 6 miles (10 km) to the north of the town at Ellemford, James IV of Scotland mustered his army, prior to his campaign that would lead to the disastrous Battle of Flodden.
Kirkintilloch (/ ˌkɜːrkɪnˈtɪləx /; Scots: Kirkintulloch; Scottish Gaelic: Cair Cheann Tulaich) [5][6] is a town and former barony burgh in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. [7] It lies on the Forth and Clyde Canal and on the south side of Strathkelvin, about 8 miles (13 km) northeast of central Glasgow.
Cupar (/ ˈ k uː p ər / listen ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Cùbar) is a town, former royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland.It lies between Dundee and Glenrothes.According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the ninth-largest settlement in Fife, and the civil parish a population of 11,183 (in 2011). [2]
A banknote can be seen on the table. Scottish trade in the early modern era includes all forms of economic exchange within Scotland and between the country and locations outwith its boundaries, between the early sixteenth century and the mid-eighteenth. The period roughly corresponds to the early modern era, beginning with the Renaissance and ...
Shotts is a small town [2] in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located almost halfway between Glasgow (17 miles or 27 kilometres) and Edinburgh (26 miles or 42 kilometres). The town has a population of about 8,840. [3][4] A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de Shotts, [5][6] though toponymists ...
History of Scotland. The High Middle Ages of Scotland encompass Scotland in the era between the death of Domnall II in 900 AD and the death of King Alexander III in 1286, which was an indirect cause of the Wars of Scottish Independence. At the close of the ninth century, various competing kingdoms occupied the territory of modern Scotland.