January 30th Photograph Frozen Lochan Scotland

January 30th photograph of a frozen Lochan, small loch, in Perthshire, Scotland.

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January 30th Photograph Appaloosa Scotland

January 30th photograph of an Appaloosa Horse at Meikle Obney, Perthshire, Scotland. Appaloosa horses are known for their hardiness, even temperament and trainability. They are very versatile and great for use in any sphere, we find they are particularly good for jumping and endurance.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Witches Stone Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of the Witches Stone at Meikle Obney Farm near Bankfoot, Perthshire, Scotland. A standing stone, known locally as the Witch's Stone. The top is peaked and the stone is quite vertical. Of all the early historic peoples of Scotland, the Picts capture the popular imagination like no other.



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January 30th Photograph Ploughing Match Scotland

January 30th photograph of a ploughing match near Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland. Logiealmond, Glenalmond and Lynedoch Ploughing Society, Annual Ploughing Match. Stewart Tower Farm, Stanley, Scotland. 30th January 2010.


January 30th photograph of a ploughing match near Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 30th photograph of a ploughing match near Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 30th photograph of a ploughing match near Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 30th photograph of a ploughing match near Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 30th photograph of a ploughing match near Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 30th photograph of a ploughing match near Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 30th photograph of a ploughing match near Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.

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January 30th Photograph Sheepdog Scotland

January 30th photograph of a sheepdog at Stewart Tower Farm, Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland. Logiealmond, Glenalmond and Lynedoch Ploughing Society, Annual Ploughing Match. 30th January 2010.


January 30th photograph of a sheepdog at Stewart Tower Farm, Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 30th photograph of a sheepdog at Stewart Tower Farm, Stanley, Perthshire, Scotland.

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January 30th Photograph Edradour Distillery Scotland

January 30th photograph of Edradour Distillery near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland. Established in 1825, the distillery was traditionally run by three men but now there are just two. Only twelve casks are produced each week. Distillery tour, which includes a dram, for an admission fee of just £5.


January 30th photograph of Edradour Distillery near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 30th photograph of Edradour Distillery near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 30th photograph of Edradour Distillery near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 30th photograph of Edradour Distillery near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 30th photograph of Edradour Distillery near Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Scotland's Malt Whisky Distilleries. In Scotland, between 1750 and the present day, over 700 distilleries have been legally registered to make single malt Scotch whisky. Of those there are 100 in production today. Blighted by punitive taxation, war, poor harvests, prohibition, the temperance movement, corruption, recession, takeovers and mergers as well as the inevitable interference of the company accountant, those that have survived each has a unique tale to tell. For many the story is quite simple: they produce the right style of malt whisky for use in the big brands of blended Scotch whiskies. From Glenturret to Daft Mill, the history of every surviving distillery is told in this book. Scotland's Malt Whisky Distilleries.

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January 29th Photograph Trees Scone Palace Scotland

January 29th photograph of trees in the grounds of Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 29th photograph of trees in the grounds of Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 29th photograph of trees in the grounds of Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 29th photograph of trees in the grounds of Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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January 29th Photograph Gate Scone Palace Scotland

January 29th photograph of a gate at Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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January 29th Photograph Scone Palace Scotland

January 29th photograph of Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Scone Palace is a large castellated mansion, which dates from 1802, but incorporates some earlier work. There was an abbey here, and this was where the Kings of Scots were inaugurated on the Moot Hill. The Stone of Destiny, or Scone, was used in the ceremonies, but it was stolen by Edward I in 1296, and was only returned to Scotland in 1996, and is now held at Edinburgh Castle. The abbey was dissolved at the Reformation, and the Ruthvens acquired the property. They were forfeited.


January 29th photograph of Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 29th photograph of Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.


January 29th photograph of Scone Palace, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Caerlaverock Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Close to the English border, Caerlaverock Castle controlled the important waterways of the Solway and the Nith, the south western gateways to medieval Scotland. Built to a unique triangular shield design and surrounded by a moat, Caerlaverock was also protected by the rough Solway landscape of marshes, thickets and surging tides. Locals knew it as the island of Caerlaverock. Its castellans were the fiercely belligerent Maxwells. No wonder that one chronicler in 1300 described it as so strong a castle that it feared no siege. Edward Longshanks respected Caerlaverock's reputation for impregnability. In 1300 the Plantagenet laid siege to Caerlaverock with a force of 87 knights and 3000 men, aiming to punish the Maxwells for their role in organizing resistance to him throughout the south west. Siege engines were brought from the castles of Carlisle, Lochmaben and Roxburgh. One of these was the Warwolf, a giant trebuchet that hurled 200 pound stone balls high over Caerlaverock's marshy defences. Ninety of these missiles smashed into the castle's towers and curtain walls before the terrified garrison of 60 Scots emerged to surrender.

Caerlaverock was now garrisoned by English troops although the castellan was still a Maxwell. However, when Sir Eustace Maxwell switched allegiance from Edward II to Robert 1 in 1312, an English army surrounded Caerlaverock once more. This time the Scots held out. After Bannockbum, King Robert offered various privileges to the Maxwell family as compensation for the demolition of the castle. Enough remained however for Sir Eustace to repair and pledge to the puppet king Edward Balliol in 1333. Caerlaverock was only recaptured by the Scottish Crown in 1356 when Roger Kirkpatrick took and demolished it.

Caerlaverock also suffered in later wars. The fifth Lord Maxwell was twice captured by the English, after the battle of Solway in 1542 and again in 1544. He was forced to surrender the castle into English hands as a guarantee of his future 'good' behaviour. The Earl of Sussex is said to have 'threwn down' the castle in the siege in 1570, though the damage from this siege was soon repaired. In the religious wars of 1630's and 40's, the royalist Earl of Nithsdale held out in Caelaverock against a besieging Covenanting force for thirteen weeks. Nithsdale's garrison of 200 starving men only marched out of the castle in 1640 when Charles I granted them permission to surrender with honour. The Covenanters proceeded to dismantle parts of the fortress which gradually fell into ruin.



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Photograph Barnbougle Castle Scotland

Photograph of Barnbougle Castle, near Edinburgh, Scotland.


Photograph of Barnbougle Castle, near Edinburgh, Scotland.


Photograph of Barnbougle Castle, near Edinburgh, Scotland.

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The Great Houses of Scotland featured in this book reveal Scots architecture in its grandest forms. The specially commissioned photographs by Christopher Simon Sykes include stunning close-ups of architectural details and objects, and capture the spirit and style of the houses while Hugh Montgomery-Massingberds refreshingly personal and informal text is as much about the families, who in many cases still live in these fascinating places, as about the architecture and decoration. The personal selection of twenty-six houses reflects the development of style in Scotland, from old tower houses such as Cawdor through Baroque masterpieces like Drumlanrig and the pioneering Classicism of Kinross right up to the Edwardian opulence of Manderston and Ardkinglas. Great Houses of Scotland.

January 27th Photograph Swans Scotland

January 27th photograph of swans on the River Tay, just South of Perth, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Of South Uist Scotland

Old photographs of South Uist, Scotland. A delightful collection of photographs of life as it was on South Uist and this is every bit a book about people as it is about place. The author's own wonderful photos from the 1950s and 60s are augmented by images from the Margaret Fay Shaw collection, Kildonan Museum and other sources and many previously unseen images are included. Among the subjects featured are the old car ferry which ran until 2001, the Pollachar Inn, Walter Blaikie, the author(!), seaweed collection, the caschroom, Ian Campbell, Donald MacDonald, the Bute hospital, Daliburgh, Roderick MacDonald (Ruraidh Posta), emigrants leaving in 1923, Angus Maclellan and Donald Macintyre, Ormiclate, Howmore School, Flora Johnstone's seashell-covered cottage in Eochar, the 1936 cattle show. the Creagorry Inn, Benbecula Aerodrome and more. Old South Uist: with Eriskay and Benbecula.



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Old Photographs Of Last Ferry to Skye Scotland

Old photographs of last ferry to Isle of Skye, Scotland. Photographs of virtually every settlement on the island and still features SS Glencoe at Kyle, a tinker's caravan loaded aboard a ferry boat about to depart from Kyle, scenes from the works of Skye Marble Ltd. and climbers on top of giddy peaks in the Cuillins. Places covered include: Portree, Staffin, Digg, Duntulm, Kilmuir, Uig, Skeabost, Bernisdale, Stein, Waternish, Dunvegan, Glendale, Roskhill, Bracadale, Drynoch, Carbost, Portnalong, Elgol, Loch Scavaig, the Cuillins, Sligachan, Luib, Torrin, Broadford, Kyleakin, Kylerhea, Isle Ornsay, Tarskavaig, Armadale, Ardvasar. Last Ferry to Skye.

Recent photographs of the Island of Skye, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Of Shetland Scotland

Old photographs of Shetland, Scotland. Based on the extensive collection of old photographs and postcards gathered over the years by Shetland native Douglas Smith, this beautifully presented book provides fascinating insight into the lives of Shetlanders from the 19th to the mid 20th centuries. As is usual in a fishing and maritime community, the men folk were typically absent for long periods of time at sea and the role of women was vital to the life of the islands. They are pictured here performing task as varied as gutting the herring catch, knitting the complex Fair Isle patterns and gossamer thin shawls for which the islands are famous, cutting and drying peat for fuel, shelling bait for the fishermen and burning seaweed for Kelp to supply chemical manufacturers. The wartime period 1939 to 1945 and the island’s crucial role as a lifeline to occupied Norway via the “Shetland Bus” is detailed and there are some fine examples of the unique and mysterious Brochs, substantial round stone defensive towers located throughout the islands. The herring and whaling boats, social occasions such as football and dancing, not to mention the annual Up-Helly-Aa fire festival celebration are all covered in this very comprehensive volume. Old Shetland.

Shetland Islands Up Helly Aa Photographs.

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January 27th Photograph Melting Ice Scotland

January 27th photograph of melting ice on the River Tay, just South of Perth, Scotland.


January 27th photograph of melting ice on the River Tay, just South of Perth, Scotland.

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Photograph Butchers Dunkeld Scotland

Photograph of haggis available from Macdonald Brothers Butcher, in Dunkeld, Scotland. A traditional family Butcher, owned and run by the Macdonald family since 1928.

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January 27th Photograph Boat Scotland

January 27th photograph of a salmon fishing boat on the River Tay, just South of Perth, Scotland. Willowgate Trout and Salmon Fishery is situated on the banks of the legendary river Tay, 2 miles from Perth City Centre.


January 27th photograph of a salmon fishing boat on the River Tay, just South of Perth, Scotland.

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Rivers and Lochs of Scotland is the only book on fishing in Scotland that an angler will ever need. This new, comprehensive and completely revised edition describes more than 5,000 freshwater fishing locations complete with access details, flies and tactics and where to obtain permission to fish. For anyone fishing in Scotland, this book is the angler's bible. Rivers and Lochs of Scotland: The Angler's Complete Guide.

Scotland's Classic Wild Trout Waters. A practical and informative guide to some of the finest wild trout fishing spots in Scotland, from the clear open lochs of Shetland and Orkney to the tumbling waters of the tweed. It contains guidance on the correct techniques and differentiating between rivers and lochs. Scotland's Classic Wild Trout Waters.

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Photograph Harvey Holton Scotland

Photograph of Harvey Holton in his cottage in Scotland. In Memory Of Harvey Holton.

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