Old Photograph Tayvallich Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, horse and carriage in Tayvallich, Argyll, Scotland. A small Scottish village in the Knapdale area of Argyll and Bute, in Scotland. The village name has its origins in Gaelic, and means the " house of the pass ". The village is built around a sheltered harbour on Loch Sween.


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Old Photograph Bass Rock Firth Of Forth Scotland

Old photograph of the Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, Scotland. The rock is currently uninhabited, but historically was settled by an early Christian hermit, and later was the site of an important castle, which was, after the Commonwealth, used as a prison. The island was in the ownership of the Lauder family for almost six centuries, and now belongs to Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple. A lighthouse was constructed on the rock in 1902, and the remains of a chapel are located there. The Bass Rock features in numerous works of fiction, including Robert Stevenson's Catriona and The Lion is Rampant by contemporary Scottish novelist Ross Laidlaw.



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Old Photographs Kippen Scotland

Old photograph of Kippen near Stirling, Scotland. In the 16th century, the local laird, John Buchanan, was nicknamed the " King of Kippen " after an encounter with King James V, where he reportedly held up royal messengers to ensure his estate was secure.


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Old Photograph Orbost Skye Scotland

Old photograph of Orbost, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Orbost, located on the west coast of the Isle of Skye near Dunvegan, has a history stretching back to the Mesolithic era, with evidence of human occupation and tool use, including bloodstone microliths found on the foreshore


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Old Photographs Newhaven Scotland

Old photograph of Newhaven in Edinburgh, Scotland. This Scottish village played a part in the birth of photography. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson did many studies of the fishwives of Newhaven.



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