Old Photographs Mull Of Galloway Lighthouse Scotland

Old photograph of Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, Galloway, Scotland. Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, with its 26 metre high tower, was built from a design by Robert Stevenson, between 1828 and 1830. Mull means rounded hill or mountain. Robert Stevenson, born in Glasgow on 8 June 1772, died 12 July 1850, was a Scottish civil engineer and famed designer and builder of lighthouses.

Old photograph of Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, Galloway, Scotland.

Old photograph of the fog horn Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, Galloway, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Sheep Galloway

Tour Scotland photograph of sheep in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dumfries and Galloway is located in the western Southern Uplands. It comprises the historic counties of Dumfriesshire, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and Wigtownshire, the latter two of which are known as Galloway. To the north, Dumfries and Galloway borders East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; in the east the Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England and the Solway Firth. To the west lies the Irish Sea.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Mull of Galloway Lighthouse

Tour Scotland photograph of the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, Galloway, Scotland. Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, with its 26 metre high tower, was built from a design by Robert Stevenson, between 1828 and 1830. Mull means rounded hill or mountain.


Photograph of the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, Galloway, Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Dunskey Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of the 16th century clifftop Dunskey Castle, overlooking the Irish Sea, near Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The present Dunskey Castle was built by the Adairs of Kinhilt, who also possessed the Castle of St. John in nearby Stranraer, around 1510. In 1620, it was acquired by Hugh Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery, who extended the building. In 1648 it passed to the Blair family, but was ruined by 1684.






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Tour Scotland Photograph Cairn Holy Chambered Cairns

Tour Scotland photograph of Cairn Holy Chambered Cairns, Galloway, Scotland. Two remarkably complete Neolithic burial cairns, of a type characteristic of Galloway. The cairns are situated on a hill offering fine views over Wigtown Bay. The tomb shown measures 50 by 15 metres and has a monumental curving façade, that formed the backdrop to a forecourt in front of the tomb. Excavation showed that several fires had been lit in the forecourt. The tomb itself has two chambers. The outer chamber, which was entered through the façade, contained a fragment of a jadeite ceremonial axe, together with sherds of Neolithic pottery and a leaf-shaped arrowhead. Late grave goods comprised Peterborough ware and Beaker ware pottery sherds and a flint knife. The inner chamber was built as a closed box, and was inaccessible from the outer one. It was probably originally roofed by a great stone slab resting on the two taller end slabs. The inner chamber contained a secondary cist, with food vessel sherds and a cup and ring carved stone.



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