Possible evidence of a medieval Norse parliament meeting place may have been found at an archaeological site in the Highlands, the BBC has reported. A geophysical survey of Thing's Va Broch near Thurso has found "faint features" that may relate to activity associated with the meetings.
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Danish architecture firm EFFEKT has designed a new attraction which will allow people to walk above the tress and experience the stunning nature of the forest from another perspective. The Treetop Experience is a 600 meter seamless continuous ramp connected to a 45 meter tall spiralling observation
Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient papyrus which appears to be a first-hand account of the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The documents of note are contained within a diary of a man named Merer, an official known to have been involved in the planning of the architectural wonder, re
New giant funnel bins are being installed at motorway service areas across the North West of England in a bid to reduce the amount of litter dropped on the region’s roads. Highways England is providing the bins as part of a North West initiative to tackle littering after over 40,000 sacks of rubbi
The owner of a construction business is among the candidates seeking to win investment from Lord Sugar in the next series of The Apprentice. The 13th series of the show starts on BBC1 next week with 33-year-old Michaela Wain, director and co-owner of Bolton-based Optimise Build Ltd, among the contes
A London council has ordered the owners of three conservation area houses that were illegally demolished during the night to build them exactly as they stood before. The owners, suspected to have caused or permitted the demolition of the buildings in Coldharbour Conservation Area in June 2016, repea
A new generation of Scandinavian-style wooden homes is being planned for Scotland as the government presses on with its plan to plant up to 26.5 million more trees every year, The Scotsman has reported. Housing and forestry experts are due to meet in Edinburgh next week for a major conference that w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxB9sbK8LvQ Prehistoric remains have been uncovered during work on a £120 million water mains network upgrade between Ayrshire and Glasgow.
The first columbarium of its kind in Scotland will be created in a Fife village. The vault for funeral urns will be part of a woodland eco-cemetery to be constructed in Kinghorn. Only three others exist in the UK.
Architect Tom Hetherington’s run as a contestant on Great British Bake Off came to an end last night after his caramel ‘hummingbird’ cake proved a disaster Edinburgh-based Hetherington, who works for Richard Murphy Architects, failed to impress in the first caramel week the series has ever had
An Italian construction worker, involved in routine restoration at the 1,000 year old Church of Santa Maria in Capella in Trastevere, Rome, has stumbled across what could be the bones of St. Peter. According to The Daily Beast, in helping to repair the structural problems around the altar, the worke
Special wildlife bridges, the first of their kind on a Scottish trunk road, are being constructed by Aberdeen Roads Limited on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project to ensure animals can safely access areas on either side of the road once it opens to traffic. Two
Student accommodation provider true has opened its doors to Glasgow’s newest development in the city’s Finnieston area. This state-of-the-art new development offers students the coolest accommodation available – complete with a Google-inspired helter-skelter slide.
Thames Water engineers are engaged in a three-week battle against one of the biggest fatbergs they have ever encountered. A solidified mass of wet wipes, nappies, fat and oil weighing an estimated 130 tonnes is blocking a 250-metre length of Whitechapel sewers in East London, threatening an obnoxiou
The theft of a tiny house that later resurfaced over 750 miles away has baffled police officers in Australia. Julie Bray built the prototype home, worth around £12,000, for exhibition to investors, but it disappeared from her business premises on Sunday.