Archaeologists have discovered vestiges of a nearly 900-year-old “nameless” castle on a remote island that may have been home to kings. On the Isle of Islay, Scotland, due north of Ireland, the former ...

Archaeologists say Finlaggan was once the location of a castle in the 12th and 13th centuries A "forgotten" castle discovered on a Hebridean isle could have been home to kings who once ruled large ...

When the word “thing” first arrived on the British Isles, it was Old Norse and referred to something specific: a place where people gathered to discuss law and justice. One such Viking Age thing has ...

Finlaggan is an historic site on Eilean Mòr in Loch Finlaggan. The loch is located in northwest Islay. The Island of Islay lies in the stormy waters of the Atlantic Ocean just off the West coast of ...

Visualization of the castle that stood at Finlaggan during the 12th and 13th centuries David Simon via Society of Antiquities of Scotland Archaeologists have discovered a previously unknown castle ...

The ancient seat of the Lords of the Isles was home to a thriving agricultural community that virtually disappeared after the kingdom was signed over to Scotland, breakthrough research has found. Did ...

The lost home of the Lord of the Isles has been virtually reconstructed by historians. The medieval site, which was located on the Isle of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, would've functioned as the ...

My Alerts is a service for subscribers. Please login or subscribe in order to use My Alerts. Zennor Petroleum has been given the go-ahead by UK authorities to develop its Finlaggan field in the ...

A "forgotten" castle discovered on a Hebridean isle could have been home to kings who once ruled large parts of western Scotland, say archaeologists. They believe the fortress, which was built across ...