Scottish History Research

Scottish History Research Results - Imagery

The questionnaire asked respondents if they had their own website, and if they did, if it had any information about Scotland on it. 150 responded that they had their own website, and of these 119 (79%) responded that they had their own website about Scotland, and a further 71 (60% of the number of sites about Scotland) had information about Scottish history. The other data gathered here showed that in the main, sites were built personally by respondents, and a clear majority went online from 1995 onwards.

A majority of these sites had their own domain names with only 36% of 124 being a hosted site under the umbrella of a generic domain. Other countries (of residence) which also have websites about Scotland include the Czech Republic, France, Iceland, Italy, Switzerland, Tanzania, UK and Uruguay.

Respondents with their own website were also asked to indicate which images appeared on their sites. The results were as follows (in descending order):

Symbol	No.
Clans	73
Tartan	68
Genealogy	62
Highland Games	56
Castles	48
Famous Scots	48
Scottish Societies	43
Bagpipes	41
Highlands and Islands	39
Declaration of Arbroath	37
Scottish legends	37
Scottish monarchs	37
Gaelic	36
Clearances	34
Robert Burns	34
Saltire	34
Tartan day	32
Other	29
Scots language	25
Emigration	24
Flower of Scotland song	24
Mountains	23
Scottish character	23
Thistle	22
Lochs	21
Scottish authors	20
St Andrew	20
Whisky	20
Scottish Regiments	19
Scottish Traditional Music	19
Haggis	17
Kirking of the Tartans	16
Presbyterianism	16
Scottish education	16
Standing stones	16
Stone of Destiny	16
Scottish Parliament	14
Shortbread	13
Braveheart	12
Walter Scott	12
Golf	10
Scottish Enlightenment	10
Weather	10
Football	9
Irn Bru	9
Loch Ness Monster	9
Oil	8
SNP	8
Sectarianism	7
Shipbuilding	7
Rugby	2

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Home Page Demographics Scottish Identity Images of Scotland and Scottishness
Favourite films, books and TV series about Scotland
Respondents own websites about Scotland

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