Tour Scotland Photograph of Suilven

Tour Scotland photograph of Suilven, Sutherland, Scotland. Suilven, Scottish Gaelic: Sula Bheinn, is one of the most distinctive mountains in Scotland. Lying in a remote area in the far north west of Sutherland, it rises almost vertically from a wilderness landscape of moorland, bogs and lochans known as Inverpolly. Mountains and Glens of Scotland. Lochs and Rivers of Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph of Durness Beach

Tour Scotland photograph of Durness Beach, Sutherland, Scotland. A remote township in the northwestern Highlands of Scotland, lying on the Kyle of Durness. A former seat of the Clan Mackay, with a large contingent of the Clan Morrison in the area as well. According to tradition, Ay Mac Hormaid (Aodh Mac Thormoid) married a daughter (or sister) of the Bishop of Caithness, who bestowed on the couple the whole of Durness, with Ashir. Aodh then brought over a colony of about 60 families, mostly of his clan.



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Tour Scotland Photograph of Cranstackie

Tour Scotland photograph of Cranstackie, Scotland. Cranstackie is a mountain in Sutherland, the northwestern tip of the Scottish Highlands. It is a Corbett located west of Loch Eriboll and northeast of Foinaven. Like Foinaven and Beinn Spionnaidh to the northeast, its top is covered with loose, broken quartzite. The slope is much steeper on the west side than the east, but neither approach is easy due to the covering of loose rock. Mountains and Glens of Scotland. Lochs and Rivers of Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph of Balnakeil Graveyard

Tour Scotland photograph of Balnakeil Graveyard, Durness, Scotland. The foundation of a church in Durness may go back to the time of the Red Priest, St Maelrubha. In the 13th century it had to provide light and incense for the cathedral at Dornoch and it contributed to in 1275 the crusade organised by Pope Gregory. The parish church, now roofless and within the burial area, at Balnakeil was built in 1619. Here in 1623 was buried the Rob Roy of the North, Donald Macleod or McMurcho. His sculptured tomb set inside the S wall shows the shooting of a boar with bow and arrow, there are also the emblems of mortality and the inscription.



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Tour Scotland Winter Photograph of Sgor na h-Ulaidh

Tour Scotland Winter photograph of Sgor na h-Ulaidh, Scotland. Sgor na h-Ulaidh is an outlier of the Glencoe mountains which is hidden from viewpoints in the glen by its prominent projecting ridge Aonach Dubh a' Ghlinne and its higher neighbour, Bidean nam Bian. Mountains and Glens of Scotland. Lochs and Rivers of Scotland.



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