Old Photograph Cottage Moray Scotland

Old photograph of cottage near Forres in Moray, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Tomintoul Moray Scotland

Old photograph of Tomintoul in Moray, Scotland. Despite its small size, this village is on the famed Whisky Trail, which also includes Dufftown, Keith, Tomnavoulin, and Marypark. The surrounding countryside forms the Glenlivet Estate.

Old photograph of Tomintoul in Moray, Scotland.

Old photograph of Tomintoul in Moray, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Post Office Ferness Morayshire Scotland

Old photograph of the Post Office in Ferness, Morayshire, Scotland. Ferness is a hamlet and rural area in Strathdearn. It is situated in a forested area of the valley of the River Findhorn at the crossroads of the A939 Nairn to Grantown-on-Spey and B9007 Forres to Carrbridge roads.



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Old Photographs Findhorn Scotland

Old photograph of Findhorn, Moray, Scotland. Findhorn is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is located on the eastern shore of Findhorn Bay and immediately south of the Moray Firth. Findhorn is 3 miles northwest of Kinloss, and about 5 miles by road from Forres.



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Old Photographs Rothes Morayshire Scotland

Old photograph of people, shops and houses in Rothes, Moray, Scotland. A Scottish town south of Elgin and on the banks of the River Spey. At the south end of the village lie the remains of Rothes Castle, which dates from the 13th century. Sir Norman Leslie, the castle's owner, was host to King Edward I of England when he stayed there on 29th July 1296 during his triumphal march through Scotland following its conquest by him in 1296. The village and castle are associated with the Earl of Rothes and many Speyside whisky Distilleries.


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Old Photograph Hopeman Beach Scotland

Old photograph of Hopeman Beach near Elgin, Moray, Scotland. There are quite a few birds to be found on the beach, such as the herring gull, the great black-backed gull, the black headed gull, the curlew and the oystercatcher. The areas of gorse heathland surrounding the eastern beaches are home to the whitethroat, the robin and the yellowhammer.


Old photograph of Hopeman Beach, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Lossiemouth Moray Scotland

Old photograph of Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland. In 1685, the Elgin burgh council called upon a German engineer, Peter Brauss, to look at the viability of providing a harbour at the mouth of the River Lossie; he decided that a harbour could be established. The first efforts at the beginning of the 18th Century looked to have failed but by 1764, the new jetty had been built at a cost of £1200. At the time that the new river mouth harbour was being constructed, so too was a more planned development laid out in streets running parallel and right angles to each other. An open square with a cross separated the first settlement from the new. The fishers occupied the houses at the Seatown and the builders, craftsmen and merchants in the new Lossiemouth.



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Tour Haunted Ballindalloch Castle Scotland

Tour haunted Ballindalloch Castle, Scotland. This Scottish castle is also known as The Pearl of the North. The castle is located between Dufftown and Grantown-on-Spey, in Moray, Scotland. The first tower of the Z plan castle was built in 1546. After it was plundered and burned by James Graham, the first Marquess of Montrose, it was restored in 1645. Extensions were added in 1770 by General James Grant of the American Wars of Independence (whose ghost is said to haunt the castle) and in 1850 by the architect Thomas MacKenzie. Further extensions carried out in 1878 were mostly demolished during and modernisations enacted in 1965. It has been continuously occupied by the Russell and Macpherson-Grant families throughout its existence. The castle houses an important collection of 17th century Spanish paintings. The dining room of Ballindalloch is said to be haunted by a ghost known as The Green Lady.

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Old Photographs The Links Nairn Scotland

Old photograph of The Links, Nairn, Moray, Scotland. An ancient fishing port and market town around 16 miles east of Inverness. It was the county town of the wider county of Nairn also known as Nairnshire. There is record of golf being played in Nairn in 1797 and Nairn Golf Club itself was founded in September 1887. Over the years Field Marshal Haig, the Duke of Windsor when Prince of Wales, two prime ministers, Ramsay Macdonald and Harold MacMillan, have been associated with the golf club.



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Old Photograph Thatched Cottages Findhorn Scotland

Old photograph of thatched cottages and people in Findhorn, Moray, Scotland. Nearby Findhorn Bay witnessed a brief episode in the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion. In March 1746 the French brigantine Le Bien Trouvé entered the tidal waters with dispatches for Bonnie Prince Charlie but her departure, with the Prince’s aide-de-camp on board, was delayed by the arrival of two British men-o’-war. Unable to enter the shallow bay, the two warships lay in wait in the Firth. Somehow Le Bien Trouvé slipped out and away to safety on a dark night.



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