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 Photographs The Old Man of Hoy

Tour Scotland photograph of The Old Man of Hoy, sea stack, Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland. The Old Man of Hoy is a 449 feet high sea stack of red sandstone perched on a plinth of Igneous Basalt rock, close to Rackwick Bay on the west coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is a distinctive landmark seen from the Thurso to Stromness ferry.





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Tour Scotland Photographs Noup Head Lighthouse

Tour Scotland photograph of Noup Head Lighthouse, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Noup Head Lighthouse lies on the north west headland of the isle of Westray, in Orkney, Scotland. It was constructed by David A Stevenson in 1898 for the Northern Lighthouse Board. It was converted to solar power in 2001. Originally a Principal Lightkeeper and an Assistant, with their families, lived at Noup Head until the light was automated in 1964. Lightkeeping was a remote, lonely and hard existence. At night each keeper was required to keep a watch in the lightroom to ensure that the light flashed correctly to character; during daytime keepers were engaged in cleaning, painting and generally keeping the premises tidy.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Harbour Kirkwall Orkney

Tour Scotland photograph of fishing boats in the harbour in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland. The town is first mentioned in Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046 when it is recorded as the residence of Rögnvald Brusason the Earl of Orkney, who was killed by his uncle Thorfinn the Mighty. In 1486, King James III of Scotland elevated Kirkwall to the status of a royal burgh.




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Tour Scotland Photograph St Magnus Cathedral Orkney Islands

Tour Scotland photograph of St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland. The most northerly cathedral in the British Isles, a fine example of Romanesque architecture built for the bishops of Orkney when the islands were ruled by the Norse Earls of Orkney. It is owned not by the church, but by the burgh of Kirkwall as a result of an act of King James III of Scotland following Orkney's annexation by the Scottish Crown in 1468. It has its own dungeon. Its construction commenced in 1137 and it was added to over the next three hundred years. The first Bishop was William the Old, and the diocese was under the authority of the Archbishop of Nidaros in Norway. It was for Bishop William that the nearby Bishop's Palace was built. Before the Reformation, the Cathedral was presided over by the Bishop of Orkney, whose seat was in Kirkwall. Today it is a parish church of the Church of Scotland.



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