Old Photographs Ferryden Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats in Ferryden across the South Esk from Montrose, Scotland. The earliest mention of the ferry is in 1178 when King William the Lion granted the ferryboat of Montrose and its lands to Arbroath Abbey.



Old photograph of Ferryden across the South Esk from Montrose, Scotland.

Old photograph of Ferryden across the South Esk from Montrose, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Knapp Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Knapp, Perthshire, Scotland. The surname Knapp, Napp, Knappe, Knappen, Knapman and Napman, is an English surname with two possible origins. The first is locational from a number of places called Knapp in Devon, Hampshire and Surrey, England, deriving from the Old English pre 7th century word " cnoepp " meaning a hilltop. The name was originally given to a person living dwelling on a hilltop, or hillock or to the Lord of the Manor as in Henry de Cnappe, recorded in Devonshire in the year 1301. Secondly the name may have been a status name for a servant or squire.



Old photograph of Knapp, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Walk In Snow Old Course St Andrews



Tour Scotland Winter video of a walk in the snow on the 18th Fairway at the Old Golf Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. The Old Course at St Andrews is considered by many to be the " home of golf " because the sport was first played on the Links at St Andrews in the early 15th century. Golf was becoming increasingly popular in Scotland until in 1457, when King James II of Scotland banned golf because he felt that young men were playing too much golf instead of practising their archery. The ban was upheld by the following kings of Scotland until 1502, when King James IV became a golfer himself and removed the ban.

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Old Photographs Invergowrie Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people in Invergowrie, Scotland. A Scottish a village located west of Dundee, but in the region of Perthshire, Scotland. A royal castle stood at Invergowrie in the reign of Edgar, King of Scotland (1097 to 1107), one of the earliest recorded castles in Scotland. It long ago became ruinous, and there are no visible remains.



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Old Photograph George Street Perth Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings and people on George Street in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Winter Video Walk Snow Glamis Castle



Tour Scotland Winter video of a walk in the snow on the grounds of Glamis Castle, Scotland. This Scottish castle is the home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Glamis Castle has been the home of the Lyon family since the 14th century, though the present building dates largely from the 17th century. Glamis was the childhood home of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who married King George VI, and was later known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Her second daughter, Princess Margaret, was born there. The most famous legend connected with the castle is that of the Monster of Glamis, a hideously deformed child born to the family. Some accounts came from singer and composer Virginia Gabriel who stayed at the castle in 1870. In the story, the monster was kept in the castle all his life and his suite of rooms bricked up after his death. Another monster is supposed to have dwelt in Loch Calder near the castle.

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Old Photographs Cairnryan Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Cairnryan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Cairnryan is notable these days for its two modern ferry terminals connecting Scotland to Northern Ireland. Into the 1800s, Cairnryan was an important staging post on the coach route to Ayr, Ayrshire, with half a dozen inns along this short stretch of coast. It also achieved a less desirable reputation as a haunt of highwaymen preying on that same passing traffic.



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Old Photograph Mill of Crichie Scotland

Old photograph of the Mill of Crichie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Built in the mid to late 19th century. The spectacular 4 storey, mill was gutted by fire many years ago. This must have been one of the largest mills in the north east.



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Tour Scotland Winter Video Drive In Snow To Glamis Castle



Tour Scotland Winter video of a drive in the snow to Glamis Castle, Scotland. Glamis Castle has been the home of the Lyon family since the 14th century, though the present building dates largely from the 17th century. Glamis was the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, wife of King George VI. Their second daughter, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, was born there. Macbeth was Thane of Glamis but did not own the castle. King Malcolm II is reputed to have been murdered in the castle, with blood stains on the floor of King Malcolm's Room to prove the claim. Tour Scottish Castles.

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Old Photograph Cottages Port Henderson Gairloch Scotland

Old photograph of cottages at Port Henderson, Gairloch, Scotland. The lands around Gairloch have been mostly in the ownership of the Mackenzies of Gairloch since the 15th century, when they were acquired by Hector Roy Mackenzie. The Mackenzies were clan leaders in the traditional sense and were known for their attachment to their tenants. During the 19th century, Sir Hector Mackenzie and his sons Sir Francis and Dr John Mackenzie refused to evict a single tenant during the clearances, despite the estate running at a loss. As a result, evicted Highlanders from other communities came to live in the area and has caused Gairloch to maintain a thriving community even today.



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Old Photograph Photographer And Tour Vehicle Perth Scotland

Old photograph of photographer and tour vehicle in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. There has been a settlement at Perth since prehistoric times, on a natural mound raised slightly above the flood plain of the Tay, where the river could be crossed at low tide. The area surrounding the modern city is known to have been occupied since Mesolithic hunter-gatherers arrived more than 8000 years ago.



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Tour Scotland Winter Video Snow Falling River Tay Perth Perthshire



Tour Scotland Winter night video of snow falling on a walk by the Old Bridge over the River Tay in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Snow Falling City Centre Perth Perthshire



Tour Scotland video of snow falling on a walk in the city centre of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Flora MacDonald Cottage Flodigarry Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of the Flora MacDonald cottage at Flodigarry, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. In 1750 the Jacobite Flora MacDonald and her fiancee Allan MacDonald were married and lived in this cottage in Floddigarry. One of the most romantic characters in Scottish history, Flora Macdonald is famous for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie escape from Scotland after the defeat of the Jacobites at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. After his defeat at the battle of Culloden Moor in 1746, Bonnie Prince Charlie was forced to flee for his life. After two months on the run he arrived at the island of South Uist where he met 24-year-old Flora. As both her step-father and her fiancée Allan MacDonald were in the Hanovarian army of King George II, she would have seemed an unlikely ally. However after some initial hesitation, she agreed to help the Prince escape. She managed to get permission from her step-father, the commander of the local militia, to travel from Uist to the mainland, accompanied by two servants and a crew of six boatmen. The Prince was disguised as Betty Burke, an Irish spinning maid. They set sail in a small boat from Benbecula on 27th June 1746, not to the mainland but to Skye, landing in Kilmuir at what is today called Rudha Phrionnsa. After hiding overnight in a cottage, they made their way overland to Portree where the Prince was able to get a boat to the island of Raasay and from there, passage back to France. Charles is said to have presented Flora with a locket containing his portrait. They never met again. Charles died in Rome on 31 January 1788.



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Old Photograph Wyre Orkney Scotland

Old photograph of Wyre, Orkney Islands, Scotland. One of the Orkney Islands, lying south east of Rousay. Cubbie Roo's Castle, built in about 1150 and St Mary's Chapel are both located on the island.



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Old Photographs Bridge Of Cally Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Bridge Of Cally, Perthshire, Scotland. Bridge of Cally sits at the junction of three glens, Glenshee, Strathardle and Glenericht and is centred round the bridge over the River Ardle.





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Tour Haunted Leith Hall Scotland

Tour Haunted Leith Hall, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Scottish ghost here is believed to be Laird John Leith III who was killed on Christmas Day in 1763 in Aberdeen at Archie Campbell's Tavern in the Castlegate during a drunken brawl in which he was shot in the head, after he reacted angrily to a fellow diner who accused him of adulterating the grain sold from Leith Hall. The ghost of John is said to appear in great pain with a dirty white bandage over his head and covering his eyes, wearing dark green trousers and a shirt. In 1968, one guest awoke during the night to see John in highland dress, his head covered in bloody bandages, standing at the foot of the bed.

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Old Photographs Forewall Battery Edinburgh Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the Forewall Battery at Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. The Forewall battery armed with iron guns made in 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars.




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Tour Scotland Photograph Winter Walk Cairngorms

Tour Scotland photograph of me going for a wee walk in the Cairngorms of Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Wedding Group Swilcan Bridge St Andrews

Tour Scotland photograph of a Wedding Group on the Swilcan Bridge on the 18th Fairway at the Old Course, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Rainbow And Cottage Assynt

Tour Scotland photograph of a rainbow over a cottage in Assynt, Scotland. Assynt is a parish in west Sutherland, Scotland, just north of Ullapool. It is famous for its landscape and its remarkable mountains including; Quinag, Canisp, Suilven, Cul Mòr, Stac Pollaidh, and Ben More Assynt.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Rainbow And Cottage Isle Of Arran

Tour Scotland photograph of a rainbow outside a cottage on the Island of Arran, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Crofters Cottage Isle of Raasay

Tour Scotland photograph of an inhabited crofters cottage on Isle of Raasay across from, Isle Of Skye, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Hallaig Isle of Raasay

Tour Scotland photograph of Hallaig on Isle of Raasay across from, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Hallaig was cleared of people during the Highland Clearances, an event made famous by a poem by Sorley Maclean.

Hallaig, by Sorley Maclean.

The window is nailed and boarded
through which I saw the West
and my love is at the Burn of Hallaig,

between Inver and Milk Hollow,
here and there about Baile-chuirn:
she is a birch, a hazel,
a straight, slender young rowan.

In Screapadal of my people
where Norman and Big Hector were,
their daughters and their sons are a wood
going up beside the stream.

Proud tonight the pine cocks
crowing on the top of Cnoc an Ra,
straight their backs in the moonlight -
they are not the wood I love.

I will wait for the birch wood
until it comes up from the cairn,
until the whole ridge from Beinn na Lice
will be under its shade.

if it does not, I will go down to Hallaig,
to the sabbath of the dead,
where the people are frequenting,
every single generation gone.

They are still in Hallaig,
MacLeans and MacLeods,
all who were there in the time of Mac Gille Chaluim
the dead have been seen alive.

The men lying on the green
at the end of the house that was,
the girls a wood of birches,
straight their backs, bent their heads.

Between the Leac and Fearns
the road is under mild moss
and the girls in silent bands
go to Clachan as in the beginning.

and return from Clachan
from Suishnish and the land of the living;
each one young and high-stepping,
without the heartbreak of the tale.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Derelict Cottage Isle of Raasay

Tour Scotland photograph of derelict crofters cottage on Isle of Raasay across from, Isle Of Skye, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Calum's Road Isle of Raasay

Tour Scotland photograph of Calum's Road on Isle of Raasay across from, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Malcolm MacLeod, Scottish Gaelic: Calum MacLeòid, BEM, born 15th November 1911, died 26th January 1988,was a crofter who famously built Calum's Road on the Island of Raasay. He was Local Assistant Keeper of Rona Lighthouse and the part time postman for the north end of Raasay. Calum and his brother, Charles, constructed the track from Torran to Fladda over three winters from 1949 to 1952. After decades of unsuccessful campaigning by the inhabitants of the north end of Raasay for a road, and several failed grant applications, Calum decided to build the road himself. He started work replacing the old narrow footpath. Over a period of about ten years, he constructed one and three quarter miles of road between Brochel Castle and Arnish using little more than a shovel, a pick and a wheelbarrow.



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Old Photograph Ferry Kinclaven Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of the ferry across the River Tay at Kinclaven, North of Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The River Tay, Scottish Gaelic: Tatha, is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh longest in the United Kingdom. The Tay originates in western Scotland on the slopes of Ben Lui, Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Laoigh, then flows easterly across the Highlands, through Loch Dochart, Loch Iubhair and Loch Tay, then continues east through Strathtay, in the centre of Scotland, then southeasterly through Perth, where it becomes tidal, to its mouth at the Firth of Tay, south of Dundee.



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Old Photograph Fishermen Fair Isle Scotland

Old photograph of fishermen on Fair Isle, Scotland. This is an island in northern Scotland, lying around halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney Islands.



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Old Photographs Lifeboat Fair Isle Scotland

Old photograph of the Lifeboat on Fair Isle, Scotland. Fair Isle's first lifeboat was also the first one in Shetland. It was delivered to the isle in 1878 by the Shetland Board of Trade. This is an island in northern Scotland, lying around halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney Islands.



Old photograph of the Lifeboat on Fair Isle, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Lighthouse Fair Isle Scotland

Old photograph of the South lighthouse on Fair Isle, Scotland. Designed and built in 1891 by David A. and Charles Stevenson, cousin of author Robert Louis Stevenson, it entered service in 1892. This is an island in northern Scotland, lying around halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney Islands.



Old photograph of the South lighthouse on Fair Isle, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Shetland Ponies Fair Isle Scotland

Old photograph of moving Shetland Ponies by boat on Fair Isle, Scotland. This is an island in northern Scotland, lying around halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney Islands.



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Old Photograph Cottage Glenesk Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage in Glenesk, Angus, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Winter Video Sunset Sidlaw Hills Perthshire



Tour Scotland Winter video of sunset in the Sidlaw Hills above the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Video Photographs Drive Through Sidlaw Hills Perthshire



Tour Scotland Winter video of a drive in the Sidlaw Hills above the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. These are a range of hills of volcanic origin in the counties of Perthshire and Angus in Scotland that extend for 30 miles from Kinnoull Hill, near Perth, north east to Forfar Law is a Lowland Scots word of Old English origin meaning a hill which rises sharply from the surrounding land. The element ' sid ' probably derives from the Scottish Gaelic sidhe, meaning fairy or sacred, referring to the prehistoric cairns still visible on various of the hills, claimed in folklore as the habitations of supernatural beings. Principal peaks within the Sidlaws include Ark Hill and King's Seat. Points of interest include Dunsinane Hill, mentioned in Shakespeare's play Macbeth, and Auchterhouse Hill, which was the site of an ancient hill fort. The ruined observatory on Kinpurnie Hill was built by James Stuart-Mackenzie who owned the Kinpurnie estate.

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of a road in the Sidlaw Hills above the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of a road in the Sidlaw Hills above the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Shipyard Workers Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of Shipyard workers from, Glasgow, Scotland. Scotland was once the shipbuilder to the world and the heart of its industry was sited on the south bank of the River Clyde in the Glasgow district of Govan. It was the famous Fairfield yard which took the Upper Clyde to great heights and worldwide prominence. The yard was founded in 1864 by William Elder, a talented marine engineer who developed the compound engine which transformed shipbuilding by allowing vessels to use fuel more efficiently and travel further. Under William Pearce from 1888, the company flourished, building luxurious ocean liners, steamers and naval ships for the world. At its peak before World War 1, the Fairfield shipyard was part of a local industry which directly employed 70,000 workers in 19 yards. The largest crane in the world, with a maximum lift capacity of 250 tons, was built at the Govan yard in 1911 and in the following year Fairfield had 12 ships under construction at the same time.



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Old Photograph Crofter Spinnng Wool Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter spinning wool on the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. The island of Skye has been occupied since the Mesolithic period, and its history includes a time of Norse rule and a long period of domination by Clan MacLeod and Clan Donald. The 18th century Jacobite risings led to the breaking up of the clan system and subsequent Clearances that replaced entire communities with sheep farms, some of which also involved forced emigrations to distant lands.



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Old Photograph Harvesting Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of islanders harvesting on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Shetland, Scots: Shetlan, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies northeast of Great Britain. Humans have lived in Shetland since the Mesolithic period. The earliest written references to the islands date to Roman times. The early historic period was dominated by Scandinavian influences, especially from Norway, and the islands did not become part of Scotland until the 15th century. When Scotland became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, trade with northern Europe decreased.



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Old Photograph Of The Birthplace Of Thomas Chalmers Anstruther Scotland

Old photograph of where Thomas Chalmers was born in Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Thomas Chalmers, born 17th March 1780, died 31st of May 1847, was a Scottish minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland. He has been called the greatest nineteenth century Scottish churchman. He was born at Anstruther in Fife. At the age of eleven Chalmers was entered as a student at St Andrews, where he devoted himself almost exclusively to mathematics. In January 1799 he was licensed as a preacher of the Gospel by the St Andrews presbytery. In May 1803, after attending further courses of lectures in The University of Edinburgh, and acting as assistant to the professor of mathematics at St Andrews, he was ordained as minister of Kilmany, about 9 miles from the university town, where he continued to lecture. In 1815 he became minister of the Tron Church, Glasgow, in spite of determined opposition to him in the town council on the grounds of his evangelical teaching. From Glasgow his repute as a preacher spread throughout the United Kingdom.

Some words from Thomas Chalmers; " Nothing seems much clearer than the natural direction of charity. Would we all but relieve, according to the measure of our means, those objects immediately within the range of our personal knowledge, how much of the worst evil of poverty might be alleviated! Very poor people, who are known to us to have been decent, honest, and industrious, when industry was in their power, have a claim on us, founded on our knowledge, and on vicinity and neighbourhood, which have in themselves something sacred and endearing to every good heart. One cannot, surely, always pass by, in his walks for health, restoration, or delight, the lone wayside beggar without occasionally giving him an alms. Old, care-worn, pale, drooping, and emaciated creatures, who pass us by without looking beseechingly at us, or even lifting up their eyes from the ground, cannot often be met with without exciting an interest in us for their silent and unobtrusive sufferings or privations. A hovel, here and there, round and about our own comfortable dwelling, attracts our eyes by some peculiar appearance of penury, and we look in, now and then, upon its inmates, cheering their cold gloom with some small benefaction. These are duties all men owe to distress: they are easily discharged; and even such tender mercies are twice blessed. "



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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Cottage Rural Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of a cottage in rural Perthshire, Scotland. Snow on the hills today.

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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph Sunset Coupar Angus Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter photograph at sunset on a road near Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Winter Afternoon Photograph Video Coupar Angus Perthshire

Tour Scotland Winter photograph near Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland.



Tour Scotland Winter video near Coupar Angus, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Winter Drive Lundie Angus



Tour Scotland travel video of a Winter road trip drive to Lundie, Scotland. Lundie is a parish and small hamlet in Angus, Scotland, 10 miles north west of Dundee, situated at the head of the Dighty valley in the Sidlaws, off the A923 Dundee to Coupar Angus road. Lundie is notable for being the burial place of Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan.


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Tour Scotland Winter Photographs Video Parish Church Lundie

Tour Scotland photograph of the Parish Church in Lundie, Scotland. This rural Scottish parish church, close to the suburbs of Dundee dates to the 12th century, when it was dedicated to St Lawrence The Martyr. It was built on a small rise by the powerful Durward family who owned the surrounding land. The ashlar stonework of the nave is largely Norman and original, although there have been several alterations and remodelling over the years, particularly in the 19th century (1846 and 1892, the latter by T S Robertson). The present church consists of a nave, porch and late 18th century mausoleum attached to the east gable.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Parish Church in Lundie, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of the Parish Church in Lundie, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Kelp Cart Isle Of Lewis Scotland

Old photograph of a Kelp Cart on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. During the Highland Clearances, many Scottish Highlanders were moved off their crofts, and went to industries such as fishing and kelping (producing soda ash from the ashes of kelp). At least until the 1820s, when there were steep falls in the price of kelp, landlords wanted to create pools of cheap or virtually free labour, supplied by families subsisting in new crofting townships. Kelp collection and processing was a very profitable way of using this labour, and landlords petitioned successfully for legislation designed to stop emigration. But the economic collapse of the kelp industry in northern Scotland led to further emigration, especially to North America.



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Old Photographs Lochmaddy North Uist Scotland

Old photograph of the pier at Lochmaddy, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. In a report dated 1616 Lochmaddy was described: " Lochmaldie on the coast of Uist is a rendezvous for pirates " it said. The coves and inlets characterising the area around the village were ideal hiding places for raiding ships stocked with fine goods bound for the clan chiefs of the time, and contraband activity persisted until the modern era. Lochmaddy was an important fishing community before the commercial decline of the herring. During the reign of King Charles it was the site of a Royal Fishing Station.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Misty Morning Sunrise Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of a misty morning sunrise by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of a misty morning sunrise by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photographs Misty Tay Valley Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the Tay Valley by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Had a wee walk this morning near Kinnoull Hill and shot these photographs looking down on the mist.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Tay Valley by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of the Tay Valley by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of the Tay Valley by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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