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  1. 1 day ago · Scotland is the most northerly of the four parts of the United Kingdom, occupying about one-third of the island of Great Britain. It has a long and complicated history with England, with which it was merged in 1707 to form the United Kingdom.

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  2. 19 hours ago · The Kingdom of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Rìoghachd na h-Alba; Scots: Kinrick o Scotland, Norn: Kongungdum Skotland) was a sovereign state in northwest Europe traditionally said to have been founded in 843.

  3. 19 hours ago · The original Parliament of Scotland was the national legislature of the independent Kingdom of Scotland and existed from the early 13th century until the Kingdom of Scotland merged with the Kingdom of England under the Acts of Union 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

  4. 3 days ago · The Scottish Reformation was the process whereby Scotland broke away from the Catholic Church, and established the Protestant Church of Scotland. [a] It forms part of the wider European 16th century Protestant Reformation .

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  6. 6 days ago · The earliest written records in Scots date from the late 14th century, and by the 16th century it had supplanted Latin as the principal literary and record-keeping language in the kingdom. Scots was steadily Anglicized from the mid-16th century onward as a result of the cultural, economic, and political dominance of England.

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  7. May 14, 2024 · It is the long-established centre of the Highlands and lies at the best crossing place of the River Ness, which flows from Loch Ness at the east end of Glen Mor. Situated astride the river and the Caledonian Canal, it commands the route system of northern Scotland. Inverness-shire. Castle on the River Ness in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

  8. Apr 30, 2024 · Historic Environment Scotland is the lead public body established to investigate, care for and promote Scotlands historic environment. Browse the website today, or contact us to learn more.

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