Tour Scotland Photograph Town House Culross

Tour Scotland photograph of the Town House in Culross, Fife, Scotland. The Town House was built in 1626 and was the administrative centre of Culross with a tollbooth and witches' prison. The front of the building was altered, and the forestair and clock and bell tower were added in 1783.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Mercat Cross Culross

Tour Scotland photograph of the Mercat Cross in Culross, Fife, Scotland. The Mercat Cross has a unicorn on top. The cross was the symbol of a burgh's right to trade and was located in the market place of Culross. A mercat cross is a market cross found in Scottish cities and towns where trade and commerce was a part of economic life. It was originally a place where merchants would gather, and later became the focal point of many town events such as executions, announcements and proclamations.



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Tour Scotland Photograph The Study Culross

Tour Scotland photograph of the 16th century building called The Study in Culross, Fife, Scotland. The study at the top of the stair tower, from which the house takes its name, was possibly also a look out. It is also said to have been used by Bishop Leighton of Dunblane in the late 17th century who reputedly stayed in Mid Causeway.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Cobblestoned Street Culross

Tour Scotland photograph of a cobblestoned Street in Culross, Fife, Scotland. In 1490 Culross was made a Burgh of Barony by King James IV. In 1575 the local abbey sold the lease of its disused colliery to George Bruce, who exploited the coal and developed the salt panning industry to create a large and profitable business. He was influential in getting James VI to grant Culross the royal burgh status in the late 16th century, so that he could trade abroad and enjoyed 50 years of prosperous trading in coal and salt. Iron baking girdles were a famous Culross product and Culross had the monopoly on their manufacture from the late 16th century until 1727. Much rebuilt in the 17th century, Culross retains many typical burgh features including the church, tolbooth and mercat cross.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Oban

Tour Scotland photograph of Oban, Scotland. In the eighteenth century, the land where Oban now stands supported very few households, sustaining only minor shipbuilding and quarrying. The modern town of Oban grew up around the distillery that was founded there in 1794. By the late nineteenth century, Oban was a busy port which shipped wool, whisky, slate and kelp to Liverpool and Glasgow. The arrival of the railways brought new prosperity to Oban, revitalising local industry and giving birth to local tourism. It was at this time that McCaig's Tower, a folly and prominent local landmark, was constructed.


Tour Scotland photograph of McCaig's Tower, Oban, Scotland.



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