Tour Scotland Isle Of Harris Slideshow
Tour Scotland Isle Of Harris Slideshow. The beaches of Harris are amongst the most beautiful in Scotland.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Huisinis Beach Island Of Harris
Tour Scotland photograph of Huisinis Beach, Island Of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Huisinish or Hushinish is a remote place on the west coast of Harris. It lies at the end of a 12 mile long single track B road. The settlement of only four houses overlooking a white sand beach with views to the Atlantic. Nearby, and to the north, lies the uninhabited island of Scarp, the location of an experimental rocket postal service in the 1930s.
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Old Photographs Davaar Lighthouse Scotland
Old photograph of Davaar Lighthouse, Campbeltown, Scotland. In 1854, this Lighthouse was built on the north of Davaar island by the lighthouse engineers David and Thomas Stevenson.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Pollok House Glasgow
Tour Scotland photograph of Pollok House, Glasgow, Scotland. This is the ancestral home of the Maxwell family, located in Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, Scotland. The house, built in 1752 and designed by William Adam, was gifted to the City of Glasgow by Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald, whose family had owned the estate for almost 700 years. Displayed within the Pollok House is a large, private collection of Spanish paintings, including works by El Greco, Francisco Goya and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. There are also paintings by William Blake, as well as glass, silverware, porcelain and antique furniture. The house also features servants' quarters downstairs. The house also has an extensive garden, boasting a collection of over 1,000 species of rhododendrons.
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Old Photographs Ben Nevis Scotland
Old photograph of Ben Nevis and the Caledonian Canal, near Fort William, Scotland.
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This is a highly illustrated and painstakingly researched history of a mountain whose global status far outstrips its modest altitude; a story of climbers, poets, geologists, map makers and pioneering meteorologists. For more than 100 years, mountaineers have honed their skills and equipment on its flanks and ridges and applied them to dazzling effect in the Alps and Greater Ranges. Today, climbing on Ben Nevis is more popular than ever and the mountain's international reputation continues to grow, as its cliffs offer up some of the most challenging traditional summer and winter climbs in the world. Ben Nevis: Britain's Highest Mountain
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