Old Photographs Mallaig Scotland

Old photograph of Mallaig, Scotland. Mallaig is a port in Lochaber, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland. The local railway station, Mallaig, is the terminus of the West Highland railway line, Fort William and Mallaig branch, completed in 1901, and the town is linked to Fort William by the A830 road, the Road to the Isles. The village of Mallaig was founded in the 1840s, when Lord Lovat, owner of North Morar Estate, divided up the farm of Mallaigvaig into seventeen parcels of land and encouraged his tenants to move to the western part of the peninsula and turn to fishing as a way of life. The population and local economy expanded rapidly in the 20th century with the arrival of the railway. Ferries operated by Caledonian MacBrayne and Bruce Watt Sea Cruises sail from the port to Armadale on the Isle of Skye, Inverie in Knoydart, and to the isles of Rùm, Eigg, Muck, and Canna. Mallaig is the main commercial fishing port on the West Coast of Scotland.

Old photograph of Mallaig, Scotland.




Old photograph of Mallaig, Scotland.

Old photograph of Mallaig, Scotland.

Old photograph of Mallaig, Scotland.

Old photograph of Mallaig, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Barr Ayrshire Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and car in Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland. Barr is a picturesque village in the South West of Ayrshire, located approximately 8 miles from the town of Girvan. It is believed to have been established in the 17th century and has not grown much since that time.

Old photograph of Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Ullapool Scotland

Old photograph of a fishing boat in the harbour in Ullapool, Wester Ross, Scotland. On the east shore of Loch Broom, Ullapool was founded in 1788 as a herring port by the British Fisheries Society. It was designed by Thomas Telford. The harbour is still the edge of the town, used as a fishing port, yachting haven, and ferry port. Ferries sail to Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides.



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Old Photographs Lossiemouth Moray Scotland

Old photograph of Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland. In 1685, the Elgin burgh council called upon a German engineer, Peter Brauss, to look at the viability of providing a harbour at the mouth of the River Lossie; he decided that a harbour could be established. The first efforts at the beginning of the 18th Century looked to have failed but by 1764, the new jetty had been built at a cost of £1200. At the time that the new river mouth harbour was being constructed, so too was a more planned development laid out in streets running parallel and right angles to each other. An open square with a cross separated the first settlement from the new. The fishers occupied the houses at the Seatown and the builders, craftsmen and merchants in the new Lossiemouth.



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Old Photograph Port Ellen Islay Scotland

Old photograph of Port Ellen, Islay, Scotland. Port Ellen is a small town on the island of Islay. The town is named after the wife of the founder, Frederick Campbell of Islay. Its previous name, Leòdamas, is derived from old Norse meaning " Leòd's Harbour ". Port Ellen is built around Loch Leodamais, Islay's main deep water harbour. It is the second largest town on Islay, only slightly smaller than Bowmore and provides the main ferry connection between Islay and the mainland, at Kennacraig. The Port Ellen Distillery was first established in the 1820s and ceased production of Scotch whisky in 1983. The large malting continues to produce for the majority of the distilleries on Islay. The area around Port Ellen has a variety of archaeological sites covering the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age periods. There are standing stones at Kilbride, a fort at Borraichill Mor, several chambered cairns, and a chapel at Cill Tobar Lasrach. Nearby lie the ruined remains of the 14th century Dunyveg Castle, once a fortress of the MacDonald Lords of the Isles.



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