Tour Scotland Photograph House Pittenweem East Neuk of Fife

Tour Scotland photograph of houses in Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The white houses with red roofs illustrate the classic East Neuk building style, influenced by trade with the Low Countries, Belgium and the Netherlands. The East Neuk offered natural trading ports for Dutch and Belgian captains as they sailed up past the east coast of England. These ships brought red pantiles as ballast, and the locals soon found them to be excellent roofing material. One can just make out the " crow step " gables the gable ends rise in steps rather than the more normal smooth angled line, an architectural feature imported from the Low Countries. These and other vernacular features are common throughout the town, which has one of Scotland's best preserved and most attractive town scapes, with many historic buildings.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Loch Etchachan Cairngorms

Tour Scotland travel Blog photography of Loch Etchachan, a small high level loch on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the Cairngorms to the northeast of Ben Macdui, Scotland. Directly north of the loch and lying 664 feet lower lies Loch A'an and the imposing peak of Cairn Gorm. To the north east lies Beinn Mheadhoin, known for its broad and flat summit. To west, rising vertically lies the plateau of Carn Etchachan which constitute the lower slopes of Ben Macdui rising to a peak south of the loch, the second highest mountain in the UK. To the east, the loch flows into Little Loch Etchahan, which outflows through the gap made up of Creagan a' Choire Etchachan in the south and Stobb Coire Etchachan in the north, into what will become the Derry Burn turning southwards becoming the Lui Water before eventually flowing into the River Dee.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Loch Beoraid

Tour Scotland photograph of Loch Beoraid, a narrow, deep loch in South Morar, Lochaber, Scotland. It is located between Loch Morar and Loch Eilt.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Loch Pattack

Tour Scotland photograph of Loch Pattack, a small loch in the Badenoch and Strathspey region of Scotland. Loch Pattack lies to the southeast of Loch Laggan.

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Tour Scotland Bestselling Books Old Photographs

Tour Scotland blog post of the bestselling books of old photographs of Scotland.

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