Old Photographs Spinningdale Sutherland Scotland

Old photograph of Spinningdale, Sutherland, Scotland. Spinningdale is possibly named from the Norse for round valley, and is a hamlet on the north shore of Dornoch Firth in eastern Sutherland, Scottish Highlands.

Old photograph of Spinningdale, Sutherland, Scotland.

Old photograph of Spinningdale, Sutherland, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Post Office Balchrick Near Kinlochbervie Sutherland Scotland

Old photograph of the cottage Post Office, Balchrick near Kinlochbervie, Sutherland, Scotland. Balchrick lies entirely within the estate of John Muir Trust's Sandwood Estate. The John Muir Trust is a Scottish charity established as a membership organisation in 1983 to conserve wild land and wild places for the benefit of all.



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Old Photograph Post Office Kylesku Sutherland Scotland

Old photograph of the Post Office Hut, Kylesku, Sutherland, Scotland. Kylesku is a small very remote fishing village in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. Kylesku is located where Loch Glencoul and Loch Gleann Dubh join to form a sea passage Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin which links to Eddrachillis Bay.





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Tour Scotland Photograph Flying Puffin

Tour Scotland photograph of a flying puffin on Handa Island, off the west coast of Sutherland, Scotland. Anciently Handa Island was used as a burial place, and there are still the remains of a chapel in the south east, commemorated in the name Tràigh an Teampaill, Beach of the Temple. These days Handa is noted for its birdlife, which includes puffins, razorbills and guillemots.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Climber Stac Pollaidh

Tour Scotland photograph of a climber on Stac Pollaidh, Scotland. Stac Pollaidh is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The peak displays a rocky crest of Torridonian sandstone, with many pinnacles and steep gullies. The sandstone pinnacles are impressive and are rated in Scotland as second only to the ones on Quiraing on the Isle of Skye. They carry names such as The Sphinx, Tam o' Shanter, Andy Capp and Madonna and Child, a particularly fine example known as the Lobsters Claw partly collapsed several years ago due to natural erosion.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Climber Quinag Mountain

Tour Scotland photograph of a climber on Quinag mountain in Sutherland, Highlands of Scotland. Quinag is in fact a mountain range with an undulating series of peaks along its Y-shaped crest. The name Quinag is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Cuinneag, a milking pail, reflecting its distinctive shape. this Scottish mountain is made of Torridonian sandstone, resting on a substrate of Lewisian gneiss. Quinag boasts three separate Corbett summits, Sàil Ghorm at 2,546 feet; Sàil Gharbh at 2,651 feet and Spidean Coinich at 2,506 feet. From the north and from the road crossing the Kylesku Bridge, Quinag presents a formidable sight with its two huge buttresses of Sàil Gharbh and Sàil Ghorm dominating the skyline. It provides a backdrop to Loch Assynt, and seen from the road coming from the village of Lochinver, Quinag stretches as far as the eye can see. Spidean Coinich projects a broad south east ridge which provides the usual ascent route for walkers. The Corbetts are peaks in Scotland that are between 2,500 and 3,000 feet high with a prominence of at least 500 feet. The list was compiled in the 1920s by John Rooke Corbett.



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Photograph Climber Suilven Mountain Scotland

Photograph of a climber on Suilven mountain in Sutherland, Scotland. This is one of the most distinctive mountains in Scotland. Lying in a remote area in the west of Sutherland, it rises almost vertically from a wilderness landscape of moorland, bogs and lochans. The highest point, known as Caisteal Liath, the Grey Castle in Scottish Gaelic, lies at the northwest end of this ridge. There are two other summits: Meall Meadhonach, Round Middle Hill, at the central point of the ridge is 723 m high, whilst Meall Beag, Round Little Hill, lies at the southeastern end.

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Old Photograph Forsinard Scotland

Old photograph of the hotel in Forsinard, Sutherland, Scotland. A hamlet in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands. It is located on the A897 road in Strath Halladale. It is served by a hotel and railway station on the Far North Line.



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Tour Scotland Sutherland Slideshow

Tour Scotland Sutherland Slideshow. The Sutherland Trail, A Journey Through North-west Scotland, is the long awaited latest book by the UK's best known hillwalker and backpacker, Cameron McNeish. In partnership with award-winning photographer and film maker Richard Else, Cameron has developed a superb week long walking route through one of the finest landscapes in Europe. Sutherland, in the far north-west of Scotland, has long been described as the empty lands. Much of the land is magnificently untamed and unpopulated, and the grandeur of the landscape attracts hillwalkers and backpackers from throughout the world. The Sutherland Trail between Lochinver and Tongue follows ancient pathways, stalker's routes and hill tracks through one of the most geologically fascinating regions of the UK. It passes caves, chambered cairns and the remains of ancient shielings, follows river banks and loch-sides, climbs iconic hills and visits the highest waterfall in Britain. Along the way, the voices of the local people are heard loud and clear. The passions of the crofters, hoteliers, fishermen, climbers and hillwalkers give a new momentum to life in the region, looking forward to a positive future for these spectacular northern lands. Sutherland is revealed as a land rich in glorious scenery, wildlife and natural resources, a region that was once vastly more populated than it is today, but is slowly regaining some of its lost population, a region that belies its common perception as the empty lands. The Sutherland Trail: A Journey Through Scotland's North-west.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Vegetable Shop Drumbeg

Tour Scotland photograph of a Vegetable Shop in Drumbeg, a remote Scottish crofting village on the north west coast of Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. The name Assynt may derive from an Old Norse word meaning ridge end. There is also a tradition that the name comes from a fight between the two brothers Unt and Ass-Unt, meaning Man of Peace and Man of Discord. The latter having won the tussle gave his name to the parish.



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Old Photographs Bonar Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of Bonar Bridge, Scotland. A Scottish village on the north bank of the Kyle of Sutherland. This bridge was opened on the July 6th, 1893, and was eventually replaced by a new bridge.

Old photograph of the village of Bonar Bridge, Scotland.

Old photograph of the village of Bonar Bridge, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Kinlochbervie Scotland

Old photograph of a crofters cottage in Kinlochbervie, Sutherland, Scotland. Sutherland, in the far north-west of Scotland, has long been described as the empty lands. Much of the land is magnificently untamed and unpopulated, and the grandeur of the landscape attracts hillwalkers and backpackers from throughout the world. The Sutherland Trail between Lochinver and Tongue follows ancient pathways, stalker's routes and hill tracks through one of the most geologically fascinating regions of the UK.



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Old Photographs Brora Scotland

Old photograph of Brora, Sutherland, Scotland. A small industrial village having at one time a coal pit, boat building, salt pans, fish curing, lemonade factory, the new Clynelish Whisky Distillery (as well as the old Clynelish distillery which is now called the Brora distillery, wool mill, bricks and a stone quarry. Brora was the first place in the north of Scotland to have electricity thanks to its wool industry. This distinction gave rise to the local nickname of Electric City at the time,



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Old Photographs Scourie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Scourie, Sutherland, Scotland. This village is known as the birthplace of Hugh Mackay, born 1640, died 3 August 1692, who was British general in the 17th century. He was the third son of Hugh Mackay of Scourie, Sutherlandshire, descended from Hugh Mackay, third of Strathnaver, chief of the clan Mackay, and Anne, daughter of John Corbet of Arboll, Rossshire.



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Street View Achnacarnin Sutherland Scotland

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Street view of Achnacarnin, Sutherland, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Am Buachaille

Tour Scotland photograph Am Buachaille, Sutherland, Scotland. Am Buachaille is a sea stack, or vertical rock formation, near Sandwood Bay. It was first climbed in 1968 by the mountaineers Tom Patey and Ian Clough. The name means " The herdsman " in Scottish Gaelic. Ian Clough, born 1937, died 1970, was a British mountaineer who was killed on an expedition to climb the south face of the Himalayan massif Annapurna. He was born in the Yorkshire town of Baildon, near Bradford, England, and grew up to become one of the best British climbers of his generation. Tom Patey, born 20 February 1932, died 25 May 1970, was a Scottish climber, mountaineer and writer. He was born in Scotland and educated at Ellon Academy and Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen. He was killed abseiling from The Maiden, a sea stack off Whiten Head on the Sutherland coast.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Grey Seal Sutherland

Tour Scotland photograph of a Grey Seal in the harbour in Lochinver on the coast of the Assynt district of Sutherland, Scotland. There are far fewer common seals than grey seals around the coastline of Scotland. Lochinver is the second largest fishing port in Scotland; frequented by European fishermen primarily from Spain and France.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Loch Assynt

Tour Scotland photograph of Loch Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. There is excellent fishing for trout, sea trout, and salmon in this Scottish loch.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Ben Griam Beg

Tour Scotland photograph of Ben Griam Beg, Sutherland, Scotland. The remains of the highest hill fort in Scotland crown the summit of Ben Griam Beg.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Foinaven

Tour Scotland photograph of a walker on the summit of Foinaven in Sutherland, Scotland. Foinaven is a mountain in Scotland, situated in the far north west corner of the Scottish Highlands. Like many of the monolithic mountains that surround it, the mountain is within the Moine Thrust Belt and is made up of imbricated layers of Cambrian quartzite which overlie the older Lewisian gneiss basement. The quartzite, being tougher, stood firm when all the surrounding rock was eroded away, leaving the huge mountain isolated. Its highest point is named Ganu Mòr.



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