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Welcome to the collection of open access e-books about Scotland's past published by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland thanks to the support of our Fellows.
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Spotlights
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Radar in Scotland 1938–46
SpotlightRead MoreThe first published history of the Second World War radar stations in Scotland. With histories of each individual station, this book shows how the radar chain operated, how the radar information was processed and used for the air defence of Scotland, and what it was like to live and work on these mostly very remote sites.
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Roman Camps in Scotland
SpotlightRead MoreAs the northern frontier zone of Britain, subject to repeated campaigns by the Roman army, Scotland possesses a wide and fascinating range of camp sites recorded both as earthwork remains and through cropmarkings from the air. The field evidence is discussed against the background of Roman army campaigns, with each of the camps described and illustrated in a detail gazetteer.
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Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland
SpotlightRead MoreOffering a transformative reassessment of power, settlement and material culture in Late Roman Iron Age and early medieval northern Britain, this volume provides the first comprehensive analysis of a Pictish central place complex. Integrating artefactual, environmental, stratigraphic and scientific datasets, it explores themes of rulership, cult and connectivity between northern Pictland and the wider European world.
