Old Photographs Botanic Gardens Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow, Scotland. Glasgow Botanic Gardens is an Arboretum and public park located in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. It features several glasshouses, the most notable of which is the Kibble Palace. The gardens were created in 1817, and run by the Royal Botanic Institution of Glasgow, founded by Thomas Hopkirk of Dalbeth, and were intended to supply the University of Glasgow. William Hooker was regius professor of botany at Glasgow University, and contributed to the development of the Botanic Gardens before his appointment to the directorship of Kew Gardens in London. The gardens were originally used for concerts and other events, and in 1891 the gardens were incorporated in to the Parks and Gardens of the City of Glasgow.

Old photograph of the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Floral Art Flower Show Bridge of Earn Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Floral Art Display at the Flower Show in Bridge of Earn, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Flower Show Bridge Of Earn Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a walk around the Flower Show in Bridge of Earn, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Show included Cut Flowers, Pot Plants, Fruit, Vegetables, Floral Art, Handicrafts, Bakery and much more.

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Tour Scotland Video Amaryllis Flower Show Bridge Of Earn Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Amaryllis flowering bulbs at the Flower Show in Bridge of Earn, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The amaryllis originated in South America's tropical regions and has the botanical name Hippeastrum. The Amaryllis belladonna, is a native of the Western Cape region of South Africa.

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Tour Scotland Video Food Flower Show Bridge Of Earn Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the food available at the Flower Show in Bridge of Earn, by Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Homemade baked goods included rice crispy cakes, malteser cake, shortbread, buttered tea loaf, iced fruit cake, tiffin, cupcakes, banana loaf, scones, empire double biscuits.

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Old Photograph Glasgow Road Perth Scotland

Old photograph of Glasgow road, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Lochnaw Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Lochnaw Castle five miles from Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Agnews held this new castle till the end of the 19th century. The castle, located by the loch, is occupied as a private residence.

Old photograph of Lochnaw Castle five miles from Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Ballater Scotland

Old photograph of Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Balmoral Castle, the British Royal Family's holiday home, lies approximately 10 miles to the west, and the family has visited the town frequently since the time of Queen Victoria.



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Old Photograph South Port Perth Scotland

Old photograph of South Port, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. In the 19th century there was a linen industry and also a dyeing industry in Victorian Perth. A bleaching industry also flourished in Perth in the 19th century. Whisky distilling was carried on a small scale for centuries but in the 19th century it became a major industry. General Accident insurance company was formed in 1885. There was also salmon fishing in the River Tay.



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Old Photograph Craigie Perth Scotland

Old photograph of Craigie, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Step Rock Bathing Pool St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of the Step Rock Bathing Pool in, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Step Rock in St Andrew's Bay where suspected witches were swum, was used as a swimming pool until 1978. The witch swimmings that took place there involved the right thumb bring tied to the left big toe and vice versa before the suspected witch was swum.



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Tour Scotland Carrickfergus Video

Tour Scotland Celtic music video recommendation. Cedric Smith and Loreena Mckennitt singing Carrickfergus. .

I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
Only for nights in Ballygrand
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
And neither have I the wings to fly
If I could find me a handy boatman
To ferry me over my love and I
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy time there spent so long ago
My boyhood friends and my own relations
Have all passed on now like the melting snow
So I?ll spend my days in this endless roving
Soft is the grass and shore my bed is free
But to be home now in carrickfergus
On the long road down to the salty sea

And in Kilkenny it is reported
On marble stone there as black as ink
With gold and silver I would support her
But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink
For I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
The handsome rover from town to town
Ah but I am sick now my days are numbered
Come all me young men and lay me down
Come all me young men and lay me down

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Tour Scotland The Cruel Sister Video

Tour Scotland music video recommendation. Old Blind Dogs singing The Cruel Sister. Old Blind Dogs are a Scottish musical group which plays traditional Scottish folk music and Celtic music, with influences from rock, reggae, jazz, blues and Middle Eastern music rhythms.

There lived a lady by the north sea shore
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
Twa daughters were the bairns she bore
Fa la la la la la la la la la

One was as bright as is the sun
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
Sae coal black grew the elder one
Fa la la la la la la la la la

A knight came riding to the ladies' door
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
He travelled far to be their wooer
Fa la la la la la la la la la

He courted one, aye with gloves and rings
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
But he loved the other above all things
Fa la la la la la la la la la

"Sister, sister won't you walk with me
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
An' see the ships sail upon sea?"
Fa la la la la la la la la la

And as they stood on that windy shore
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
The elder sister pushed the younger o'er
Fa la la la la la la la la la

Sometimes she sank or sometimes she swam
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
Crying, "Sister, reach to me your hand"
Fa la la la la la la la la la

And there she floated just like a swan
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
The salt sea carried her body on
Fa la la la la la la la la la

Two minstrels walking by the north sea strand
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
They saw the maiden, aye float to land
Fa la la la la la la la la la

They made a harp out of her breast bone
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
The sound of which would melt a heart of stone
Fa la la la la la la la la la

They took three locks of her yellow hair
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
And wi' them strung that harp so rare
Fa la la la la la la la la la

The first string that those minstrels tried
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
Then terror seized the black-haired bride
Fa la la la la la la la la la

The second string played a doleful sound
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
"The younger sister, oh she is drowned"
Fa la la la la la la la la la

The third string, it played beneath their bow
Lay the bairn tae the bonnie broom
"And surely now her tears will flow"
Fa la la la la la la la la la

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Tour Scotland Caoineadh Cu Chulainn Video

Tour Scotland Celtic music video recommendation. Davy Spillane playing Caoineadh Cu Chulainn on the Uilleann Pipes. Davy was born in Dublin on the 6th of January 1959. At the age of 12 he started playing the uilleann pipes. His father encouraged him and inspired him with his love of all music genres.

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Tour Scotland Jamie Raeburn's Farewell Video

Tour Scotland music video recommendation. Tannahill Weavers singing Jamie Raeburn's Farewell. This Scottish e band was formed in 1968, practising in a back room of a rented Council house at 41 St. Ninian's Road, Hunterhill, Paisley and first performed at St. Peter's Folk Club, Glenburn, Paisley. The Club was run by Pat Doherty, father of Weavers' founding member Neil Doherty. They are named after Scottish poet Robert Tannahill, known as the 'Weaver Poet,' and have recorded several of his songs.

My name is Jamie Raeburn, in Glasgow I was born
My place and habitation I'm forced to leave with scorn
Frae my place and habitation, it's I must gang awa'
Far from the bonnie hills and dales of Caledonia

It was early on one morning, just by the break of day
The turnkey he came to us and unto us did say
Arise you hapless convicts, arise you one and a'
This is the day you are to stray from Caledonia

We all arose, put on our clothes, our hearts were full of grief
Our friends who stood around the coach could grant us no relief
Our parents, wives and sweethearts too, their hears were broke in twa
To see us leave the hills and dales of Caledonia

Farewell my dearest mother, I'm vexed for what I've done
I hope none shall cast up to you the race that I have run
I hope God will protect you when I am far awa'
Far from the bonnie hills and dales of Caledonia

Farewell, my honest father, you were the best of men
And likewise my own sweetheart, it's Catherine is her name
No more we'll walk by Clyde's clear stream or by the Broomielaw
For I must leave the hills and dales of Caledonia

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Tour Scotland Fine Flowers In The Valley Video

Tour Scotland music video recommendation. Barbara Dickson singing Fine Flowers In The Valley. Barbara Ruth Dickson, OBE, born in Dunfermline, Fife, on the 27th of September 1947 is a wonderful Scottish singer.

She sat down below a thorn
Fine flowers in the valley
And there she's kissed her babe newborn
And the green leaves they grow rarely

"Smile na sae sweet, my bonnie babe
Fine flowers in the valley
An ye smile sae sweet, ye will smile me deid"
And the green leaves they grow rarely

She's ta'en oot her wee pen knife
Fine flowers in the valley
And twined the sweet babe o' it's life
And the green leaves they grow rarely

She's howket a grave by the lecht o' the moon
Fine flowers in the valley
An' there she's buried her sweet babe in
And the green leaves they grow rarely

As she was going to the church
Fine flowers in the valley
She saw a sweet babe in the porch
And the green leaves they grow rarely

"O sweet babe, an' thou were mine
Fine flowers in the valley
I wad cleed thee in the silk sae fine"
And the grow leaves they grow rarely

O cruel mother, when I was thine
Fine flowers in the valley
Ye didna prove tae me sae kind
And the green leaves they grow rarely

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Tour Scotland Now Westlin Winds Video

Tour Scotland music video recommendation. Dick Gaughan singing Now Westlin Winds. Richard Peter Gaughan usually known as Dick Gaughan was born on the 17th of May 1948, in Glasgow, he is a fine Scottish musician, singer, and songwriter.

Now westlin winds and slaughtering guns
Bring autumn's pleasant weather
The moorcock springs on whirring wings
Among the blooming heather
Now waving grain, wild o'er the plain
Delights the weary farmer
And the moon shines bright as I rove at night
To muse upon my charmer
The partridge loves the fruitful fells
The plover loves the mountain
The woodcock haunts the lonely dells
The soaring hern the fountain
Through lofty groves the cushat roves
The path of man to shun it
The hazel bush o'erhangs the thrush
The spreading thorn the linnet
Thus every kind their pleasure find
The savage and the tender
Some social join and leagues combine
Some solitary wander
Avaunt! Away! the cruel sway,
Tyrannic man's dominion
The sportsman's joy, the murdering cry
The fluttering, gory pinion
But Peggy dear the evening's clear
Thick flies the skimming swallow
The sky is blue, the fields in view
All fading green and yellow
Come let us stray our gladsome way
And view the charms of nature
The rustling corn, the fruited thorn
And every happy creature
We'll gently walk and sweetly talk
Till the silent moon shines clearly
I'll grasp thy waist and, fondly pressed,
Swear how I love thee dearly
Not vernal showers to budding flowers
Not autumn to the farmer
So dear can be as thou to me
My fair, my lovely charmer

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Old Photographs Corsock Scotland

Old photograph of Corsock located eight miles North of Castle Douglas near Threave Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Balloch Scotland

Old photograph of Balloch at the foot of Loch Lomond, Scotland. Balloch is at the north end of the Vale of Leven, straddling the River Leven itself. It connects to the larger town of Alexandria and to the smaller village of Jamestown, both of which are located to its south.



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Old Photograph City Hall Perth Scotland

Old photograph of City Hall, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The City Hall, in West St John Street, was built in 1844.



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Old Photographs South Inch Park Perth Scotland

Old photograph of South Inch Park, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Old photograph of South Inch Park, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Bus Crossing Bridge Dunkeld Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Stagecoach Bus crossing the River Tay on Telford Bridge on visit to Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. There are good bus services to Dunkeld from Perth, and onward to Pitlochry and Aberfeldy.

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TourScotland Video Passenger Train Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a passenger train arriving at the railway station in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Passenger services are operated by First ScotRail and East Coast, and the station is staffed throughout its opening hours. From Perth station, trains operate to: Edinburgh, via Fife; Glasgow, via Stirling; Inverness, via the Highland Main Line; and Aberdeen via Dundee. The overnight Caledonian Sleeper service between Inverness and London and the daily East Coast Highland Chieftain service between Inverness and London Kings Cross call at this Scottish train station.

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Tour Scotland Video Drive Kinnoull To Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video shot today of a drive in snow to from Kinnoull Hill to visit Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Drive To Kinnoull Hill Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video shot today of a drive in snow to visit Kinnoull Hill near Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Tay Street Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of Tay Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Den Of Mains Scotland

Old photograph of Den of Mains, Dundee, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Urquhart Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Urquhart village located five miles East of Elgin, Moray, Scotland.

Old photograph of cottages in Urquhart village located five miles East of Elgin, Moray, Scotland.

Old photograph of cottages in Urquhart village located five miles East of Elgin, Moray, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Auchterhouse Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Auchterhouse situated seven miles north west of Dundee, Scotland. The parish church, dedicated to Saint Mary, had been founded by 1238, and Sir John Ramsay played host to both Sir William Wallace and King Edward I of England at Wallace Tower, now part of Auchterhouse Mansion, in 1303. The village came under the jurisdiction of James Stewart, the Earl of Buchan in 1469. He also held the title Lord Auchterhouse, and was the uncle of King James III.

Old photograph of Auchterhouse situated seven miles north west of Dundee, Scotland.

Old photograph of Auchterhouse situated seven miles north west of Dundee, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Gavinton Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Gavinton, Berwickshire, Scotland. The first records of the area came in the reign of David I of Scotland when Richard de Ow, the king's retainer, was in possession of lands and church of Langton. Richard was succeeded at Langton by William de Vipont and that family were the lairds until 1314 when Sir William, Lord of Langton, died at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. The lordship at Langton Tower passed to Sir Alexander Cockburn when he married Mary, the Vipont heiress. In 1496, King James IV of Scotland sent his artillery to Langton to prepare for an English incursion then Mary Queen of Scots was believed to have spent a night at Langton Tower during a survey of the border lands. The old village of Langton, so called because of its straggling layout, Longtown, was attacked and raised to the ground in 1558 by Sir Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland.

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Old Photographs Collieston Scotland

Old photograph of cars and cottages in Collieston, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A ship from the Spanish Armada, the Santa Caterina, carrying arms for the Earl of Erroll is said to have sunk just off the rocky point of St Catherine's Dub in 1594. In retaliation for the Earl's involvement in the Catholic plot against him, King James VI blew up the Earl's castle which stood on the cliffs, a mile north of Collieston. The Earl went on to rebuild Slains Castle, six miles further up the coast, in 1597.





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Old Photographs Bellanoch Scotland

Old photograph of thatched cottages in Bellanoch village situated two miles southeast of the village of Crinan, Scotland.

Old photograph of cottages in Bellanoch village situated two miles southeast of the village of Crinan, Scotland.

Old photograph of Bellanoch situated two miles southeast of the village of Crinan, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Onich Scotland

Old photograph of the cottage Post Office in Onich, Loch Linnhe, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Bellochantuy Scotland

Old photograph of Bellochantuy located 10 miles North of Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland. The origin of the place name Bellochantuy is Bealach an t-Suidhe, Scottish Gaelic for " the pass of the seat ". Local folklore suggests it means " fairy grove. " Argyll Hotel Bellochanty became the first mainland building in Britain damaged by enemy action when strafed by a German aircraft.

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Old Photograph Glenapp Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Glenapp Castle, Ballantrae, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built for the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of the County, James Hunter. Designed by the famous Scottish architect David Bryce the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire at the time, the Castle was finished in 1870. It is a good example of the Scottish Baronial style of architecture. The Inchcape family owned the castle from 1917 until early 1980. Pioneering aviatrix Elsie Mackay, daughter of the first Earl of Inchcape, lived at the castle until her death in 1928 in an attempt to fly the Atlantic in a single engined Stinson Detroiter. The Castle is now a hotel.



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Tour Scotland Video Snow Falling Black Linn Falls

Tour Scotland video shot today of a gentle snow falling on the Black Linn Waterfall by Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Snow Falling Woodland Walk Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of snow falling on a woodland walk near the Hermitage by Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. Located just to the west of the A9 on the River Braan in Craigvinean Forest. This is part of the The River Braan Walk which follows a riverside and woodland path for about 3 miles.

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Old Photographs Milton Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of Milton Bridge, North of Penicuik, Scotland.

Old photograph of Milton Bridge, North of Penicuik, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Coalburn Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and people in Coalburn, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish village lies on the Coal Burn, a tributary of the Douglas Water, 3 miles south of Lesmahagow. Coalburn developed from the 1850s as a railway settlement associated with local coal mines. With the closure of the railway to passengers in 1965 and the last colliery and mineral traffic on the railway in 1968 the village population declined.

Old photograph of Coalburn, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Spean Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of Spean Bridge, Scotland. This Scottish village takes its name from the bridge over the River Spean on General Wade's military road between Fort William and Fort Augustus, and not from Telford's bridge of 1819 which carries the A82 over the river at the heart of the village. The village is served by the Spean Bridge railway station providing links to London, and between 1903 and 1933 it offered a branch line service to Fort Augustus.



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Old Photographs Aviemore Scotland

Old photograph of Aviemore, South of Inverness, Scotland. Aviemore railway station is on the Highland Main Line and Aviemore is also the southern terminus of the Strathspey Railway, a heritage railway.

Old photograph of Aviemore, South of Inverness, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Alness Scotland

Old photograph of Alness near the Cromarty Firth, Scotland. In September 1715 the Skirmish of Alness took place between Jacobite clans such as the MacKenzies, MacDonalds under the Earl of Seaforth, and pro-government Munros, Rosses, MacKays under the Earl of Sutherland. The Jacobites drove their opponents over Struie to Bonar.



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Old Photographs Carnoustie Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Carnoustie, Scotland. The town is at the mouth of the Barry Burn on the North Sea coast in Angus. It was founded in the late 18th century, and grew rapidly throughout the 19th century due to the growth of the local textile industry. It was popular as a tourist resort from the early Victorian era up to the latter half of the 20th century, due to its seaside location, and is best known for its associations with golf.



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Old Photograph Forsinard Scotland

Old photograph of Forsinard, Sutherland, Scotland. Forsinard Railway Station lies on the picturesque Far North Line, north of Kinbrace and south of Altnabreac. It was opened by the Highland Railway on 28 July 1874. From 1 January 1923 it was owned by the London Midland and Scottish Railway. The station is currently managed by First ScotRail. The station building is used as the RSPB visitor centre.



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Old Photographs Ballachulish Scotland

Old photograph of the Ballachulish ferry, Lochaber, Scotland. As there was no road to the head of Loch Leven until 1927, the Ballachulish ferry, established in 1733, and those at Invercoe and Caolas na Con were essential. The Ballachulish ferry closed in December 1975 when the Ballachulish Bridge finally opened.



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Old Photographs Clachnaharry Scotland

Old photograph of Clachnaharry, Inverness, Highlands, Scotland. The Caledonian Canal begins at Clachnaharry, connecting to the Beauly Firth via a sea lock. The Far North Line also passes through, crossing the canal on a swing bridge. Clachnaharry used to have a railway station. This station opened in 1869 on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, and was the first stop after leaving Inverness, but closed in 1913. A monument here commemorates the Battle of Clachnaharry between the Clan Munro and the Clan Chattan in 1454.

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Old Photographs Abernethy Scotland

Old photograph of Abernethy, Perthshire, Scotland. Abernethy may have been the seat of an early Pictish bishopric, its diocese extending westward along Strathearn. In the 12th century the bishop's seat was moved to Muthill, then Dunblane, but Abernethy remained the site of a small priory of Augustinian canons, founded 1272. This priory was suppressed in favour of a collegiate church under the patronage of the Douglas Earls of Angus, in the 15th century. Remains of the collegiate church survived until 1802.





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