Old Photograph Tram Airdrie Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and Tram in Airdrie, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Railway Station Stirling Scotland

Old photograph of the Railway Station, Stirling, Scotland. Stirling railway station is a railway station located on the former Caledonian Railway main line between Glasgow and Perth, Perthshire. It is the junction for the branch line to Alloa and Dunfermline in Fife, via Kincardine and is also served by trains on the Edinburgh to Dunblane Line and long distance services to Dundee & Aberdeen and to Inverness via the Highland Main Line. Stirling was first connected to the Scottish Central Railway in 1848. Lines were subsequently opened by the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway in 1853, and by the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway to Balloch Central three years later. Through services to and from the Callander and Oban Railway in the Highlands also served the station from 1870. The current station buildings were opened in 1916 following a major rebuild by the Caledonian Railway.





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July 30th Photograph Blair Castle Scotland

July 30th photograph of Blair Castle, Perthshire, Scotland. Blair Castle was first built around Comyn's Tower in 1269, and by the time of Mary Queen of Scots' visit in 1564, the castle had been extended southwards to include the Great Hall. Cromwell's troops captured the castle during the Civil War, and in 1703 Queen Anne rewarded the family's loyalty to the crown by creating the second Marquess as Duke of Atholl.

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July 30th Photograph Scottish Crannog Centre Loch Tay Scotland

July 30th photograph of the Scottish Crannog Centre, Loch Tay, Scotland. A crannog is a type of ancient loch dwelling found throughout Scotland and Ireland dating from 5,000 years ago. Many crannogs were built out in the water as defensive homesteads and represented symbols of power and wealth. The Scottish Crannog Centre features a unique reconstruction of an early Iron Age loch dwelling.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Croft Moraig Stone Circle

Tour Scotland photograph of Croft Moraig Stone Circle, Perthshire, Scotland. Croft Moraig, near Aberfeldy in Perthshire, with its concentric rings and outliers on an artificial platform. The history of the site is known from an excavation in 1965: Aout 5000 years ago, a horseshoe arrangement of fourteen wide wooden posts was erected in an ellipse 7 metres by 8 metres. This was surrounded by a ditch. The posts were later replaced by eight stones of graded height. Another smaller stone stood just outside. Some neolithic pottery was found related to this phase of the site. A rubble bank was created outside the stones and cup-marked stones added that aligned with the southern moonset and the midsummer sunrise. A twelve-metre diameter circle of twelve large stones was constructed and a couple of large outlying stones added.

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