Tour Scotland Photograph Coll Scotland

Tour Scotland photograph of the Island of Coll, Scotland. Coll is a small island, west of Mull in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Coll is known for its sandy beaches. Coll was home to a branch of the Clan Maclean for 500 years, not all of which were peaceful. In 1583 the Macleans of Duart invaded their cousins on Coll with the intention of taking the island for themselves. A battle was fought at Totronald near Breacachadh Castle where the Coll clan overwhelmed the Duarts, chopped off their heads and threw them in the stream, which is still known as "the stream of the heads". The Macleans of Coll retained their baronial fief and Castle of Breacachadh until 1848 when Alexander Maclean of Coll emigrated to Natal, South Africa where he died unmarried.



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Old Photographs Colonsay Scotland

Old photograph of Colonsay, Scotland. Colonsay is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, located north of Islay and south of Mull.



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Old Photographs Ploughing Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of farmers ploughing in Perthshire, Scotland.




Old photograph of ploughing in Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photographs South Uist Scotland

Old photograph of South Uist, Scotland.


Old photograph of South Uist, Scotland.

Old photograph of the ferry to Barra and South Uist, Scotland.

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Old South Uist: with Eriskay and Benbecula. Bill Innes, originally a native of the island, presents a delightful collection of photographs of life as it was on South Uist and this is every bit a book about people as it is about place. The author's own wonderful photos from the 1950s and 60s are augmented by images from the Margaret Fay Shaw collection, Kildonan Museum and other sources and many previously unseen images are included. Among the subjects featured are the old car ferry which ran until 2001, the Pollachar Inn, Walter Blaikie, the author(!), seaweed collection, the caschroom, Ian Campbell, Donald MacDonald, the Bute hospital, Daliburgh, Roderick MacDonald (Ruraidh Posta), emigrants leaving in 1923, Angus Maclellan and Donald Macintyre, Ormiclate, Howmore School, Flora Johnstone's seashell covered cottage in Eochar, the 1936 cattle show. the Creagorry Inn, Benbecula Aerodrome and more. Old South Uist: with Eriskay and Benbecula.

Old Photographs Isle Of Gigha Scotland

Old photograph of Isle of Gigha, Scotland.


Old photograph of Isle of Gigha, Scotland.


Old photograph of Isle of Gigha, Scotland.


Old photograph of Isle of Gigha, Scotland.

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The island of Gigha lies just off Tayinloan on the Kintyre peninsula and is the most southerly of the true Hebridean islands. The name Gigha is thought to have come from the Norse, and may mean 'God's Island', 'The Good Isle' or, more probably and prosaically, 'The Place of the Good Harbour'. Gigha has an astonishing twenty-five miles of coastline and a great number of small, sheltered harbours. This is the story of the people of Gigha, based on an examination of changing settlement patterns on the island from prehistoric times to the present day. Analysing the written and recorded history in conjunction with the oral and popular traditions of the island, Catherine Czerkawska provides an in-depth account of clan ownership of the island and changing allegiances up to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Her study carries through to the present day, examining the relationship between a contemporary community which is struggling to become viable once again, and its own rich past. The Story of Gigh' is the story of this part of Scotland, in miniature, and God's Islanders' exploration of the history of its people is also an examination of much wider issues, trends and challenges affecting the whole area. God's Islanders: The Story of Gigha.