Electric Scotland

http://www.electricscotland.com/

"Electric Scotland's Scottish History" is a large Web site offering information on early Scottish history, battles, culture, literature, and music. Famous Scots from Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) and Sir William Wallace are just a couple of the famous Scots that have detailed biographies here. Historical events such as battles, the Viking raiders and settlers, the 1745 Rebellion, and the Highland Clearances are some of the major events described in detail. But the nature of the source material means that stories from Scottish heritage included here range from these major events to those of more local significance. The author has drawn much of this from antiquarian and other copyright free texts of the history of the Highlands and Scotland itself, (by authors that include Rev. J. A. Wylie, C. Thomas Cairney, and James Halliday). There are also many unverified articles from visitors to the site. This is an excellent overview of Scottish and Gaelic culture, language, history, and literature. The author of the site makes no claim to complete accuracy as more modern historical investigations have not contributed significantly, however there are links to other resources online as well as societies and organisations relating to the history and literature of Scotland, and the Scots in north America.