Old Photograph Auchmithie Scotland

Old photograph of Auchmithie, Scotland. Auchmithie is a former fishing village in Angus, Scotland, three miles north east of the town of Arbroath. It sits atop a red sandstone cliff, approximately 120 feet above a shingle beach which contains an unusual amount of jasper. In the dilapidated harbour, built in 1891, there are still some small fishing boats. The Arbroath Smokie, haddock hot smoked in a particular way, originated in Auchmithie. Sir Walter Scott stayed in the Waverley Hotel in Auchmithie and described Auchmithie in his novel The Antiquary (1816), under the name Musslecrag.



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Old Photographs Sligachan Isle of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of Sligachan, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Sligachan has always been an important junction on Skye, and the bridge across the River Sligachan forms part of the only road leading to the west end of the island. The bridge was built in the 19th century and consists of three arches. The middle arch is the widest, but the side arches are not mere flood arches, as the River Sligachan is a wide and ferocious piece of water for most of the year. The roadway is slightly humpbacked over the large central arch and only single track.

Old photograph of Sligachan Hotel, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Crieff Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of shops, buildings, horse and carriage and people in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland. Rob Roy MacGregor visited Crieff on many occasions, often to sell cattle. Rob Roy's outlaw son was pursued through the streets of Crieff by soldiers and killed. In the second week of October 1714 the Highlanders gathered in Crieff for the October Tryst. By day Crieff was full of soldiers and government spies. Just after midnight, Rob Roy and his men marched to Crieff Town Square and rang the town bell. In front of the gathering crowd they sang Jacobite songs and drank a good many loyal toasts to their uncrowned King James VIII.



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Old Photograph Steamship Loch Lomond Scotland

Old photograph of a steamship at Luss, Loch Lomond, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Tea Room Rouken Glen Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of a tea room in Rouken Glen near Glasgow, Scotland. Rouken Glen Country Park lies some six miles to the south of Glasgow city centre with Newton Mearns to the south and Thornliebank to the north. The lands of Rouken Glen Park originally belonged to the Scottish Crown, and then to the Earl of Eglinton, presented to Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton on the marriage of his son in the year 1530 by King James V.



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