Welcome to the Society's collection of open access e-books about Scotland's past.

Spotlights

  • 'Remember Now Thy Creator': Scottish Girls' Samplers, 1700–1872

    Scottish Girls' Samplers, 1700–1872

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    'This is a very important volume for helping our understanding of the history behind these labours of love that some of us are privileged to own.'

    – Barbara Crawford (The Antiquaries Journal)

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  • Culduthel: An Iron Age Craftworking Centre in North-East Scotland

    Culduthel

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    ‘[Culduthel] brings together 20 years of painstaking research into the finds to share extraordinary insights into life between 200 BC and AD 200 in the Moray Firth.’

    – Susy Macaulay (Press and Journal)

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  • The Fortification of the Firth of Forth 1880–1977: ‘The most powerful naval fortress in the British Empire’

    The Fortification of the Firth of Forth 1880–1977

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    ‘[The authors] have to be congratulated on putting together a massive amount of research with informative text and numerous plans, charts and photographs. This book is a ‘must have’ for those interested in the recent archaeology, military or local history of this area.’

    – Douglas Gray (Kinghorn Chronicle)

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New Releases

Cover for 'Remember Now Thy Creator': Scottish Girls' Samplers, 1700–1872 'Remember Now Thy Creator': Scottish Girls' Samplers, 1700–1872
Naomi E A Tarrant, FSAScot (Author)
March 11, 2022
Cover for Culduthel: An Iron Age Craftworking Centre in North-East Scotland Culduthel: An Iron Age Craftworking Centre in North-East Scotland
Candy Hatherley, Ross Murray
February 18, 2022
Cover for The Fortification of the Firth of Forth 1880–1977: ‘The most powerful naval fortress in the British Empire’ The Fortification of the Firth of Forth 1880–1977: ‘The most powerful naval fortress in the British Empire’
Gordon J Barclay, FSAScot, Ron Morris (Author)
January 14, 2022
Cover for A Fragmented Masterpiece: Recovering the Biography of the Hilton of Cadboll Pictish Cross-Slab A Fragmented Masterpiece: Recovering the Biography of the Hilton of Cadboll Pictish Cross-Slab
Heather F James, FSAScot, Isabel Henderson, FSAScot, Sally M Foster, FSAScot, Siân Jones, FSAScot
November 5, 2021
Cover for Bearsden: A Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall Bearsden: A Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall
David J Breeze
May 29, 2020
Cover for Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness: Changing Ideologies in North-East Scotland, Sixth to Sixteenth Century AD Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness: Changing Ideologies in North-East Scotland, Sixth to Sixteenth Century AD
Martin Carver, Justin Garner-Lahire, Cecily Spall
June 28, 2019
Cover for The Scottish Antiquarian Tradition: Essays to mark the bicentenary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 1780–1980 The Scottish Antiquarian Tradition: Essays to mark the bicentenary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 1780–1980
A S Bell
June 27, 2019