Old Photograph Laurencekirk Scotland

Old photograph of houses in Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Laurencekirk was, in the past, known for making snuff boxes with a special type of airtight hinge, known as a Laurencekirk hinge, invented by James Sandy.

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Old Photograph Whitekirk Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Whitekirk, East Lothian, Scotland. Whitekirk is four miles from North Berwick, eight miles from Dunbar and 25 miles east of Edinburgh. The shrine of Our Lady at Whitekirk was desecrated by the armies of Edward III of England in 1356, a period that would become known as the Burnt Candlemas. Whitekirk continued to be a place of pilgrimage, however, receiving visits from the future Pope Pius II and Kings James IV and James V. The Covenanting preacher John Blackadder gave his last conventicle on the hill behind the Church in 1678. Whitekirk was on the pilgrim's route from St Andrews, Fife to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, and described as a stopping point in the Iter pro peregrinis ad Compostellam., Book V of the Codex Calixtinus.

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Tour Scotland Close Up Photograph Wildcat

Tour Scotland close up photograph of a wildcat in the Cairngorms of Scotland. The Scottish wildcat is one of the most elusive and enigmatic of our carnivores. It is certainly amongst our rarest, having been persecuted in Britain since the Middle Ages and suffered a steady decrease in its range. The population probably reached its lowest level around 1914, when it was believed to be confined to the north and west of Scotland, where keepering pressure is traditionally less intense than elsewhere. A reduction in persecution following the First World War allowed the species to recolonise former parts of its range. They are now fully protected as a European Protected Species.



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May 3rd Photograph Three Vintage MG Cars Scone Palace Scotland

May 3rd photograph of three Vintage MG Sports cars outside Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.

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May 3rd Photograph Vintage MG Outside Scone Palace Scotland

May 3rd photograph of a vintage MG Sports car at the front door of Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland.

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