Old Photographs Strathaven Scotland

Old photograph of houses and people in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The town was granted a Royal Charter in 1450, making the Town of Strathaven a burgh of barony. The town is located on the edge of the valley of the Avon Water, around six miles from Hamilton, and 23 miles from Glasgow.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Sanna Bay

Tour Scotland photograph of Sanna Bay, on the Ardnamurchan peninsula of Scotland. Near to Ardnamurchan Lighthouse. This the most westerly point in mainland Britain.

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Old Photograph Strathaven Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Strathaven Castle, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The origins of this Scottish castle are obscure, but it is thought to have been built around 1350 by the Bairds, on a bend of the Powmillon Burn. Later the castle passed to the Sinclairs and then to the Earls of Douglas. After the suppression of the Earls of Douglas by James II in 1455, the castle was sacked and slighted. Little or nothing of the early castle remains. In 1457 Strathaven was granted to Sir Andrew Stewart, an illegitimate grandson of Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany. Stewart, who later became Lord Avondale, either rebuilt the earlier castle, or built a new castle on the same site. In 1534 it passed to Sir James Hamilton of Finnart, who expanded the buildings. A letter of 1559 mentions that it was here, at 'Straverin', that Master Patrick Buchanan, brother of George Buchanan, taught the children of Regent Arran.

It changed hands one last time in 1611, when the castle was sold to James, Marquis of Hamilton. The last occupant was Anne, Duchess of Hamilton (1632-1716), whose main residence was Hamilton Palace. The castle was abandoned in 1717.

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July 10 Photograph Weather Scotland

July 10 photograph of the weather today in Perthshire, Scotland. Very heavy rain for most of the day.

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Photograph T in the Park Music Festival Scotland

Photograph of T in the Park Music Festival, Balado, Perthshire, Scotland. T in the Park is a major music festival that has been held annually in Scotland since 1994. It is named after its main sponsor, the brewing company Tennents. It was originally held at Strathclyde Park, but since 1997 has been held at a disused airfield in Balado, near Kinross, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Pearl Fisher Scotland

Old photograph of a Pearl Fisher in Perthshire, Scotland. There has been pearl fishing in Scotland for centuries. First mentions of British pearls come from the time of Julius Caesar. Tacitus noted that the pearls from Britain were dusky or brownish. In 1355 Scottish pearls were being exported to Paris, France, as there is a statue from that time of the Parisian Goldsmiths saying that gold and silver smiths were not to set Scottish pearls alongside Oriental ones. The only exception being for large projects such as for churches, where it probably was not possible to acquire sufficient Oriental pearls without an item becoming too expensive.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Joyce Cairns Painting Perth

Tour Scotland photograph of a painting by Joyce Cairns in the Art Gallery in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. An oil painting title the " Deadly Wars. " Joyce Cairns has lived in Aberdeen for the past 30 years. Born in Edinburgh in 1947, Cairns was brought up in North East Scotland, where her father was a school master. In 1966, she went to Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen where she studied until 1970. She then took a Master of Art at the Royal College of Art in London, England, from 1971 to 1974. This was followed by a fellowship at Gloucestershire College of Art and Design in Cheltenham. She went on to undertake a further period of study at Goldsmith’s College before returning to Aberdeen in 1976 to take up a teaching post at Gray’s School of Art. On returning to Aberdeen, she moved into the small fishing village of Footdee at the mouth of the harbour in Aberdeen.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Stella Steyn Painting Perth

Tour Scotland photograph of a painting by Stella Steyn in the Art Gallery in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. A painting titled " Two Women. " Stella Steyn, born 1907, died 1987, was an Irish artist of Jewish heritage. She was born in Dublin in 1907 to dentist William Steyn and Bertha Jaffe, who met and married in Limerick, having moved to Ireland from the town of Akmene on the borders of Latvia and Lithuania. In 1938 she married David Ross, a Professor of French at the University of London, England, whom she had met while in Germany in 1933. They lived in England, where Ross worked as an academic in a number of universities.


Photograph of a self portrait by Stella Steyn in Perth, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Painting Medieval Perth

Tour Scotland photograph of a painting of Medieval Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The name Perth derives from a Pictish word for wood or copse, and links the town to the Picts described by the Romans, who subsequently joined with the Scots to form the kingdom of Alba which later became known as Scotland. During much of the medieval period the town was known colloquially as " St. John's Toun " or " Saint Johnstoun " because the church at the centre of the parish was dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Perth's Pictish name, and some archaeological evidence, indicate that there must have been a settlement here from earlier times, probably at a point where a river crossing or crossings coincided with a slightly raised natural mound on the west bank of the River Tay, thus giving some protection for settlement from the frequent flooding. The presence of Scone two miles north east, a royal centre of Alba from at least the reign of Kenneth I mac Ailpín, later the site of the major Augustinian abbey of the same name founded by King Alexander I, will have enhanced Perth's early importance. It was for long the effective ' capital ' of Scotland, due to the frequent residence of the royal court. It was at Scone Abbey that the Stone of Destiny was kept, and on it the Kings of Scots were crowned down to king Alexander III.



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Old Photograph Braid Hills Golf Course Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Braid Hills Golf Course, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Langholm Scotland

Old photograph of Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish town is also known colloquially as the " Muckle Toon ". The town grew around the textile industry, but is now best known as the birthplace of Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure, Hugh MacDiarmid and Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder, Thomas Telford. The town was an important centre for the Border Reivers. The Border reivers were raiders along the Anglo-Scottish border from the late 13th century to the beginning of the 17th century. Their ranks consisted of both Scottish and English families, and they raided the entire Border country without regard to their victims' nationality. Their heyday was perhaps in the last hundred years of their existence, during the time of the Stewart Kings in Scotland and the Tudor dynasty in England.



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Old Photograph Armadale Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station at Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland. The station opened on 11 August 1862. It was opened by the Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway which was then absorbed by the North British Railway. Becoming part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, it passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, and was then closed by the British Transport Commission with the withdrawal of passenger services on 8 January 1956. The station was reopened as part of the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link. The Airdrie-Bathgate Rail link was a project created to enable Glasgow and Edinburgh to be linked via a fourth route by reopening the railway between the towns of Airdrie and Bathgate. However, the very severe winter weather of November and December 2010 delayed completion of construction work, and the station was initially served by a replacement bus service. The station was re-opened on 4 March 2011.



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Old Photograph Cliffs Fair Isle Scotland

Old photograph of cliffs on Fair Isle, Scotland. This is an island in northern Scotland, lying around halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney Islands. It is famous for its bird observatory and a traditional style of knitting.

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Old Photograph Coastal Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of a rock arch and small fishing boat on the coast of the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Enormous waves crash into the shores of these islands, wearing away great chunks of rock and creating the massive cliffs, with their caves, rock arches and inlets that are so much a feature of the Shetland coast.



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Photograph Highland Cow Killiecrankie Scotland

Photograph of a Highland Cow on the slopes above the Battle site of Killiecrankie, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Pass of Killiecrankie Scotland

Tour Scotland Autumn photograph of the Pass of Killiecrankie, Perthshire, Scotland. Killiecrankie is one of the famous names of Scotland, renowned both for its history and its scenery. The Pass of Killiecrankie lies three miles north of Pitlochry, and for a mile threads the deep, steep, thickly wooded gorge of the River Garry, between a spur of Ben Vrackie and Tenandry Hill, with the village at the north end.



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Tour Scotland Video Soldiers Leap Killiecrankie

video Tour Scotland videoh of soldiers leap at Killiecrankie, Perthshire, Scotland. Towards the north end of Killiecrankie Pass is the famed Soldier's Leap, where one of Mackay's fleeing men managed to jump the foaming cataract between two fearsome rocks, and so escape the pursuing enemy during the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689.


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Tour Scotland Rosanne Cash Video

Go hear Rosanne Cash at The Big Tent, Falkland Estate, Falkland, Fife, Scotland. Sunday, July 25th, 2010.

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Old Photograph Whitehorse Close Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Whitehorse Close, Edinburgh, Scotland. During 1745 Jacobite Rebellion an Inn here acted as a headquarters for Jacobite officers, while Bonnie Prince Charlie resided at Holyrood Palace.

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Old Photograph Waves East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of waves off the East Neuk Of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph St Monans East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of the harbour front at St Monans, East Neuk Of Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph East Coast Fishwives Scotland

Old photograph of Fishwives waiting for the fishing boats to return on the East Coast of Scotland.



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Old Photograph Cromarty Firth Scotland

Old photograph of a fishing boat in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland. This is an arm of the North Sea in Scotland. It is the middle of the three sea lochs at the head of the Moray Firth: to the north lies the Dornoch Firth, and to the south the Beauly Firth. At its head the Firth receives its principal river, the River Conon, other rivers include the Allt Graad, Peffery, Sgitheach, Averon and Balnagown. The Dingwall Canal remains connected to the Firth, although it is now disused. The principal settlements on its shores are Dingwall near the head, Cromarty near the mouth, from which the Firth takes its name, and Invergordon on the north shore. The villages of Evanton, Alness and Culbokie are nearby. There is one bridge, the A9 road crossing between Ardullie and Findon. In the past there were several ferries across the firth, for example at Foulis, but now there is only one, a four car ferry that runs between Cromarty and Nigg during the summer.



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Old Photograph Salmon Fishermen River Tay Scotland

Old photograph of Salmon Fishermen by the River Tay, near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Dundee Scotland

Old photograph the Railway Station in Dundee, Scotland. The station is the rebuilt Dundee Tay Bridge railway station, which had been built by the North British Railway in 1878 as part of the Tay Rail Bridge project. Until the 1960s, other stations in Dundee included Dundee West, the Caledonian Railway station for Perth, and Dundee East station on the Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway. It is located in cutting at the south end of Camperdown tunnel, which passes beneath the town's former docks, now filled in, and required permanent pumping to keep dry. The station is consequently sited below sea level.



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Old Photographs Balmerino Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people in Balmerino, North East Fife, Scotland.

Old photograph of Balmerino, North East Fife, Scotland.

Old photograph of Balmerino, North East Fife, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Beach North Berwick Scotland

Old photograph of the beach at North Berwick, Scotland. A Scottish seaside town and former royal burgh in East Lothian. It is located on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, approximately 25 miles east north east of Edinburgh. North Berwick Harbour was built in the 12th century, and for 500 years there was a ferry crossing to Earlsferry, near Elie in Fife. This was popular with pilgrims to St Andrews.



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Old Photograph Camping Highlands Scotland

Old photograph of Camping in the Highlands of Scotland.



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July 7th Morning Photograph Perth Scotland

July 7th morning photograph shot in Perth, Scotland. Met this Veteran this morning in one of the parks in Perth. He was on his way to Balhousie Castle, the regimental headquarters and museum of the Black Watch.

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Old Photograph Peat Turning Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of Peat Turning on the Shetland Islands of Scotland. When the peat turner thinks the peat is ready, then the peat are turned for drying, exposing their wet undersides.

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Old Photograph Hand Spinners Hebrides Scotland

Old photograph of Hand Spinners in a cottage on the Hebrides of Scotland. The yarn for the cloth was hand-spun by the women from their own sheep. This activity was eulogised by ministers of the church in the Outer Hebrides, who clearly believed that non-spinners were sinners. This is a recurring theme in the Statistical Account of Scotland penned by parish ministers from 1791 to 1799.

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Old Photographs Skara Brae Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of Skara Brae, Orkney, Scotland. A large stone built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is Europe's most complete Neolithic village and the level of preservation is such that it has gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status, and been called the "Scottish Pompeii".




Old photograph of Skara Brae, Orkney, Scotland.


Old photograph of Skara Brae, Orkney, Scotland.

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Funny Loch Ness Scotland Postcard

Funny Loch Ness, Scotland, Postcard. A Scotsman sleeping on the banks of Loch Ness, is approached by two ducks.

" There you are ! What did I tell you ? "

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The Guide to Mysterious Loch Ness and the Inverness Area. This is a guide to everything supernatural, paranormal, folkloric, eccentric and, above all, mysterious that has occurred on the dark waters of the enigmatic Loch Ness and the surrounding area of Inverness. Containing Celtic gods and martyrs, telepathy, exorcism and magic, mermaids, demons and saints (and based on texts both ancient and modern), it is a fascinating introduction to the heritage of the area.This is a guide that the armchair adventurer or the on-location visitor can revel in. Comprehensive entries covering Inverness' tombstones, simulacra, standing stones, gargoyles, ruins, churches and archaeological curiosities are complemented by more than 100 photographs. .

Old Photograph Whisky Flask Scotland

Old photograph of a woman with her Whisky Flask in Scotland.

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Old Photograph Glencoe Scotland

Old photograph of Glencoe, Scotland.

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'You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and to put all to the sword under seventy.' This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13 February 1692, when the Campbells slaughtered their hosts the MacDonalds at the Massacre of Glencoe. It was a bloody incident which had deep repercussions and was the beginning of the destruction of the Highlanders. Glencoe: The Story of the Massacre.

Old Photograph Wishaw Scotland

Old photograph of Wishaw, Scotland. A large Scottish town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the edge of the Clyde Valley, 15 miles south-east of Glasgow.



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Old Photograph Packhorse Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of the Packhorse Bridge, Carrbridge, Badenoch and Strathspey, Scotland. This famous landmark is the old packhorse bridge, from which the village is named. The bridge, built in 1717, is the oldest stone bridge in the Highlands. It was severely damaged in the "muckle spate" of 1829. Tour The Cairngorms Scotland.

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Old Photograph Family Day Out In Scotland

Old photograph of a Scottish family setting off for a day out in Scotland.



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Old Photographs Moffat Scotland

Old photograph of Colvin Fountain, Moffat, Scotland. William Colvin of Craigielands, Beattock, Scotland, built this fountain in the middle of Moffat in 1875. The architect of the fountain is listed as Mr Brodie of Edinburgh.



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Old Photograph Muckle Flugga Lighthouse Scotland

Old photograph of Muckle Flugga Lighthouse, north of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Muckle Flugga, a small rocky island, is home to the Muckle Flugga Lighthouse, built by Thomas and David Stevenson in 1854, originally to protect ships during the Crimean War.

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Old Photograph Gordon Highlanders Scotland

Old photograph of Gordon Highlanders in Scotland. The Gordons recruited from the north-east of Scotland and the regiment’s character was moulded by men from the farming counties of Aberdeenshire, Moray and Nairn. It was raised in 1794 by an aristocratic landowner, the Duke of Gordon, whose wife played a major role in attracting recruits by riding through her husband’s estates and offering a guinea and a kiss to each man who enlisted. Originally raised as the 100th Highlanders, it was later renumbered the 92nd Highlanders and in 1881 was amalgamated with the 75th, Stirlingshire, Regiment to form The Gordon Highlanders.

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Old Photographs Station Square Ballater Scotland

Old photograph of Station Square, Ballater, Royal Deeside, Scotland.

Old photograph of Prince Of Wales in the Station Square, Ballater, Royal Deeside, Scotland.

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Photograph Whisky Barrels Glasgow Scotland

Photograph of Whisky Barrels in a Bonded Warehouse in Glasgow, Scotland. Photographic Print of Whisky barrels from Mirror Photos.

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Photograph Whyte and Mackay Whisky Scotland

Photograph of Whyte and Mackay Whisky in Scotland. Whyte and Mackay Ltd is a Scottish company producing alcoholic beverages. It was founded in 1844 and is based in Glasgow, Scotland. In February 2010, it was reported that Whyte and Mackay whisky from Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's supplies, left behind in 1909, had been recovered. Photographic Print of Whyte and MacKay whisky from Mirror Photos.

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