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

Spotlights

  • Darkness Visible: The Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea, from the Bronze Age to the Picts

    Darkness Visible

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    'Armit and Büster’s handsomely produced volume transports us back in time to both the Late Bronze Age and Roman Iron Age, revealing exciting new evidence for the treatment of the dead in both periods.'

    – Gordon Noble (Current Archaeology)

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  • '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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  • 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 Darkness Visible: The Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea, from the Bronze Age to the Picts Darkness Visible: The Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea, from the Bronze Age to the Picts
Ian Armit, Lindsey Büster
June 15, 2022
Cover for 'Remember Now Thy Creator': Scottish Girls' Samplers, 1700–1872 'Remember Now Thy Creator': Scottish Girls' Samplers, 1700–1872
Naomi E A Tarrant (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, 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, Isabel Henderson, Sally M Foster, Siân Jones
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