Since 1987 an illustration of the castle has featured on the reverse side of £ 100 notes issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Since about 2005, Oi Polloi ( from Scotland ) have recorded in Scottish Gaelic.

Since 1993, the programmes that have been mainstays on BBC Scotland on Hogmanay have been Hogmanay Live and Jonathan Watson's football-themed sketch comedy show, Only an Excuse?

Since the late Middle Ages the Kingdoms of England and Scotland had been evolving towards a quasi-oligarchical or collegiate form of government in which the monarch was held to rule with the consensus of the land-owning upper classes.

Since the 19th century it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland in general, or with Celtic ( and more specifically Gaelic ) heritage even more broadly.

Since local government reorganisation, the unit in England, Northern Ireland and Wales is known as a district, and in Scotland as a council area.

Since the 18th century, particularly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some wealthy or ennobled families embraced Catholicism, including branches of the Asquith, Bellingham ( Ireland ), Bowyer ( England ), Calvert ( Maryland ), Cary-Elwes / Elwes ( since 1872 ), Feilding ( England ), Forbes ( Ireland ), Leslie ( Ireland ), Fraser ( Scotland ), Lane-Fox, Meynell, Noel ( Gainsborough ), Ashton Case ( or Ashton-Case ; England ), Radcliffe ( England ), Monckton, Pakenham ( Ireland ), Pontifex ( England ), Crichton-Stuart ( Scotland ) and Strickland ( Counts of Catena, Malta ) families.

( Since the Lockerbie crash was a terrorist act in Scotland, the Staines crash remains England's worst air disaster, and Britain's worst air accident ). The crash was commemorated in June 2004, with the opening of a dedicated garden near the crash site, created at the request of relatives, and the unveiling of a stained glass window at St. Marys Church, where a memorial service was held.

Since the 19th century, much of the square dance repertoire has been derived from jigs and reels from Scotland and Ireland, sometimes in relatively unaltered form, sometimes as played in the old time music tradition or as adapted by other cultures such as that of Quebec.

Since the exile of James II, the ' Jacobite Cause ' had striven to return the Stuarts to the thrones of England and Scotland, in 1707 united as Great Britain.

:" Since the Dorians were regarded as uncivilised by the Athenians, ' Doric ' came to mean ' rustic ' in English, and was applied particularly to the language of Northumbria and the Lowlands of Scotland and also to the simplest of the three orders in architecture.

Since the marriage of Francis II and Marie Stuart, the future of Scotland was linked to France.

Since 1987 an illustration of the castle has featured on the reverse side of ten pound notes issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Since this episode Johnny Adair is reported as having moved to Scotland, living in Troon in Ayrshire.

Since 1929 both parties in Scotland have had to be at least 16 years old, but they still may marry without parental consent.

Since 2003 there have been separate Forestry Commissions for England, Scotland and Wales.

Since 1948, BAFTA have presented awards in film, television, video games and children's entertainment in England, and internationally in Scotland, Wales and Los Angeles.

Since 1999 there have been calls for the office of Welsh Secretary to be scrapped or merged with the posts of Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland due to the lesser powers of the role since devolution.

Since smaller parties are likely, in compensatory systems, to win a larger number of proportional seats, such additional member systems hand additional political power to the leaders of these parties at the expense of regional directly elected representatives, unless the additional members are elected on an open regional list or a closed regional list as in Scotland and Wales.

Since it was much more economical to use a few herders as reasonable to bring herds of livestock the long distances from Ireland, Wales and Scotland to England for fattening and / or slaughter accumulating the money to buy these herds was much facilitated by a workable banking system.

Since 1983, the town has played host to the first outdoor Pipe Band competition of the season in Scotland.

Since the opening of the Channel Tunnel and High Speed 1, there has been discussion about " High Speed 2 " linking the tunnel to the North of England and Scotland.

Since the assumed threat to Red Grouse is the main reason for the persecution of this species in the UK, a project funded by Scottish Natural Heritage, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, the RSPB and Natural England was launched at Langholm Moor in Scotland from 2007.

Scotland ; From Prehistory to the Present.

After another publication dealing with Scottish archaeology, Prehistory of Scotland ( 1935 ), Childe produced one of the defining books of his career, Man Makes Himself ( 1936 ).

* Scotland Since Prehistory: Natural Change and Human Impact ( 1993 ), ISBN 978-1-898218-03-6

* Scotland Since Prehistory: Natural Change and Human Impact, by Christopher Smout, 1993, Scottish Cultural Press, ISBN 1-898218-03-X

* Scotland: From Prehistory to the Present, by Fiona Watson, 2003, ISBN 0-7524-2591-9

* The Early Prehistory of Scotland, by Tony Pollard and Alex Morrison, 1996, ISBN 0-585-10420-4

* The Later Prehistory of the Western Isles of Scotland, by Ian Armit, 1992, ISBN 0-86054-731-0

* The Prehistory of Scotland, by Vere Gordon Childe, 1935, K Paul, Trench, Trubner & co

* 1808 – The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

The National Trust for Scotland for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, commonly known as the National Trust for Scotland () describes itself as the conservation charity that protects and promotes Scotland's natural and cultural heritage for present and future generations to enjoy.

Historic Scotland, Cadw, English Heritage and Natural England also offer owners advice on how to manage their monuments.

In Scotland, its functions were merged with those of the Countryside Commission for Scotland to form Scottish Natural Heritage, and similarly in Wales there was a merger to form the Countryside Council for Wales.

A National Scenic Area ( NSA ) is a conservation designation used in Scotland, and currently administered by Scottish Natural Heritage.

National Nature Reserves in Scotland are established by Scottish Natural Heritage.

* Scottish Natural Heritage ( Scotland )

* Scottish Natural Heritage and Historic Scotland

Through the Natural Heritage ( Scotland ) Act 1991 the Scottish Natural Heritage ( SNH ) was established in 1992 as a Government body, responsible to the Scottish Government Ministers and through them to the Scottish Parliament.

2011-The Wildlife and Natural Environment ( Scotland ) Act 2011 made some major amendments with regard to control of non-native species, the protection of birds, protection of hares and rabbits and associated poaching.

Similar responsibilities to Natural England, but responsible in Wales and Scotland.

In Scotland, the equivalent trails are called Long Distance Routes and are administered by Scottish Natural Heritage.

On September 6, 2007, RSPB Scotland and the Scottish Natural Heritage ( SNH ) stated that it was surprised by an increase in the last 12 years in the breeding figures in the UK for the Red-throated Diver and the rarer Black-throated Diver of 16 % and 34 % respectively due to the anchoring of 58 man-made rafts in lochs.

In Scotland, on the other hand, the population increased by some 16 percent between 1994 and 2006, according to surveys done by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Scottish Natural Heritage.

In Scotland, a two-year study published in 2004, and funded by Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish Homing Union ( SHU ), found there was " no evidence that birds of prey cause major losses of racing pigeons at lofts or during races.

The Kinlochleven Community Trust, a partnership consisting of the local community, ( Rio Tinto ) Alcan, Lochaber Enterprise, Highland Council and Scottish Natural Heritage, supported by other agencies in Scotland and the European Union and chaired by Highland Councillor Drew McFarlane-Slack led the economic revival of the village.

He created Scottish Homes as the Government's housing agency ; and Scottish Natural Heritage which combined both the Countryside Commission for Scotland and the Nature Conservancy Council.

In 1991 the Nature Conservancy Council of Scotland ( the forerunner to Scottish Natural Heritage ) reverted to the use of Rum without the h.