The map, featured by The National, displays the ancestral lands of Scottish clans and allows users to hover over each clan name and discover the history, motto, and tartan specific to the clan.

Scotland Now; Heritage; 15 of the most famous Scottish clan names, their mottos and meanings These clans have had a lasting impact not only on Scotland but also around the world.

Known as both Clan Donald and Clan MacDonald, this is among the largest clans in Scotland. At one time, it controlled practically the entirety of Scotland's western seaboard. Clan Fraser (of Lovat) ...

An 18th century map of Scotland reveals the military strength of Scotland's most notorious clans at time when tensions between Jacobites and the British government was high.

EDINBURGH, Scotland — There were kilts, caber-tossing and a touch of controversy as more than 40,000 Scots from around the world descended on Edinburgh on Saturday for an event billed as the … ...

In Scotland, families are called clans and most are represented by a woven fabric that has a distinctive pattern. These plaid textiles are called tartans and they symbolize the clan, much like a ...

Archaeologists excavating the scene of the most infamous clan massacre in Scottish history have unearthed parts of a "lost village" in the Highlands valley of Glencoe. The settlement featured in ...

They are landscape photographers, TV cameramen, gardeners and housewives. They're also the chieftains of Scotland's clans – and they're gathering next weekend in their first powwow for 250 years.

At 11: 30 a.m., the Parade of Clans will show the colors and crests of more than 35 Scottish clans. A clan, of course, is sort of a Scottish version of an extended family — make that very extended.

ONE of the older Scottish clans, Gordons have been recorded since the 1100s. The first on record is Richard of Gordon, believed to be the grandson of a famous knight responsible for slaying a ...

THE origin of Scottish clans stretches back into the mists of time but the concept has been brought into the 21st century with an interactive map on the worldwide web. Months of painstaking work ...