Old Photograph River Calder Kingussie Scotland

Old photograph of River Calder near Kingussie, Scotland. The River Calder is a left bank tributary of the River Spey in the Scottish Highlands. Its headwaters are the an t-Allt Ballach, Allt an Lochain Dubh and Allt Madagain which drain the mountain slopes at the south eastern corner of the Monadhliath. Their waters are added to by those of the Allt Fionndraigh and Allt a' Chaorainn dropping down into Glen Banchor from the north. The river turns southeastwards and skirts the western edge of Newtonmore, running beneath the A86 road before joining the Spey at Spey Bridge.



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Old Photograph Loch Broom North West Highlands Scotland

Old photograph of Loch Broom, North West Highlands, Scotland. The small town of Ullapool lies on the eastern shore of the loch. The reference to broom is thought to be derived from the spreading yellow gorse.

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Old Photograph Fishing Boat Buckie Scotland

Old photograph of a fishing boat leaving the harbour in Buckie, Moray Firth, Scotland. The origin of the name of the town has caused some debate and although the folk etymology is that Buckie is named after a seashell the reality is that the shared marine background is merely a coincidence. The name Buckie would originally have occurred in identifying a place that was not immediately adjacent to the sea so we must seek alternative etymological sources. Unfortunately in one of the earlier books on Scottish place names Buckie on the Moray Firth does not receive a mention although Buckie, spelt the same way, in the Balquhidder district of Perthshire is described as being derived from the Gaelic word boc or Welsh bowk, both meaning a buck or male deer so this would suggest the meaning of Buckie as place where male deer gather and this specifically would most likely have been the valley of what is known today as the Buckie Burn.

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Old Photograph Invermoriston Scotland

Old photograph of a cottage, houses and people in Invermoriston, Scotland. A small village seven miles north of Fort Augustus, Highland, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Millheugh South Lanarkshire Scotland

Old photograph of Millheugh, Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Larkhall sits on high ground between the River Clyde to the East and the Avon Water to the West, on the edge of the Clyde valley and is a commuter town for Glasgow. Traditionally a mining, weaving and textile area, most of Larkhall's traditional industries have now shut, including the Lanarkshire iron and steel works.

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