Old Photograph Crofters Cottage Glencoe Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofters cottage in Glencoe, Highlands, Scotland. It was the location of the infamous massacre of the Macdonalds by the Campbells. It has been associated with the mighty Clan Donald since the 14th century, when Angus Og McDonald of Islay bestowed the Glencoe lands on his son Iain Abrach, the ancestor of the Glencoe McDonalds. The McDonalds of Glencoe held their lands under the feudal superiority of Stewart of Appin, and later the Campbells of Argyll.



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Old Photographs Cowdenbeath Fife Scotland

Old photograph of Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scotland. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a Police Burgh in 1890. It is alleged that the infamous graverobbers Burke and Hare sourced some of their cadavers from local cemetery, to supply to the Scottish surgeon Robert Knox for dissection. When the actual name of Cowdenbeath came into being is not known, but it is thought to have originated when turnpike roads were first made and that it marked the spot of an inn and later of a tollhouse erected in the 17th century. Cowdenbeath first came into prominence around 1820 as a stop on the north bound coaching route to Perth, Perthshire. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.




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Old Photographs Corpach Loch Linnhe Scotland

Old photograph of Corpach, Loch Linnhe, by Fort William, Scotland. The name Corpach is reputedly based on the Gaelic for " field of corpses ", so called because it was perhaps used as a resting place when taking coffins of chieftains on the way to burial on Iona. The Battle of Corpach in about 1470 saw Clan Cameron rout Clan MacLean.

Old photograph of Corpach, Loch Linnhe, by Fort William, Scotland.



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Old Photograph One O'Clock Gun Edinburgh Castle Scotland

Old photograph of the One O'Clock Gun, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland. The 94 pound artillery weapon was provided by the Royal Artillery, and intended as an alternative to the Calton Hill Time-Ball. This other method of telling the time, positioned atop the Nelson Monument, was hindered by fog, mist or being out of the line of sight, with the definitive report of a cannon favoured over the Time-Ball.



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Old Photograph Duddingston Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of houses and people in Duddingston, Edinburgh, Scotland. The house on the left is the house in which Bonnie Prince Charlie held his council of war before the battle of Prestonpans in 1745. It was built in 1721 and was a tavern for many years. The Battle of Prestonpans was the first significant conflict in the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The battle took place at 4 am on 21 September 1745. The Jacobite army loyal to James Francis Edward Stuart and led by his son Charles Edward Stuart defeated the government army loyal to the Hanoverian King George II led by Sir John Cope. The inexperienced government troops were outflanked and broke in the face of a highland charge. The victory was a huge morale boost for the Jacobites.



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