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

Spotlights

  • Rhum: Mesolithic and Later Sites at Kinloch, Excavations 1984–86

    Rhum

    Spotlight

    '[M]ajor contribution to Scottish Mesolithic Studies.'

    – Tony Pollard (Glasgow Archaeological Journal)

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  • Anatomy of an Iron Age Roundhouse: The Cnip Wheelhouse Excavations, Lewis

    Anatomy of an Iron Age Roundhouse

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    'Thorough, thought-provoking and beautifully written.'

    – J D Hill (British Museum)

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New Releases

Cover for Rhum: Mesolithic and Later Sites at Kinloch, Excavations 1984–86 Rhum: Mesolithic and Later Sites at Kinloch, Excavations 1984–86
Caroline R Wickham-Jones
November 11, 2022
Cover for Anatomy of an Iron Age Roundhouse: The Cnip Wheelhouse Excavations, Lewis Anatomy of an Iron Age Roundhouse: The Cnip Wheelhouse Excavations, Lewis
Ian Armit
September 30, 2022
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