Old Photographs Sandbank Scotland

Old photograph of Sandbank on the coast two miles North of Dunoon, Scotland. Sandbank is located on the southern shore of the Holy Loch, branching off the Firth of Clyde. Sandbank was the site of the shore facilities of the US Navy submarine base in the Holy Loch from 1961 to 1992.

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Sandbank on the coast two miles North of Dunoon, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Cardross Scotland

Old photograph of Cardross located halfway between Dumbarton and Helensburgh, Scotland. Cardross is also the name of the historic Parish where King Robert the Bruce once lived. King Robert the Bruce purchased the portions of lands of Pillanflatt from the Earl of Lennox, lying in the parish of Cardross in 1326. He died at his manorial house that he built there in 1329, a field called the Mains of Cardross is thought to have been his Royal Manor's location.



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Old Photograph Bunnahabhain Distillery Islay Scotland

Old photograph of Bunnahabhain Distillery, Islay, Scotland. Islay Whisky. This Scottish village was established in 1881 to house the distillery's workers, and the whisky distillery still employs the majority of the village's workers. The Bunnahabhain is one of the milder single malt Islay whiskies available and its taste varies greatly from other spirits to be found on the island of Islay, off the west coast of Scotland.



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Tour Scotland Video Wheel Cross Stone With Twelve Flower Petals Pictish Stone

Tour Scotland video of a Wheel Cross Stone With Twelve Flower Petals at Abercorn in West Lothian, Scotland. Fragments of a wheel cross stone of the 12th century in the museum at Abercorn Churchyard: with flower of twelve petals in low relief. the cross-stone is believed to have been originally a cover stone for a burial casket.

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Old Photograph Man Bicycle St Andrews Scotland

Old photograph of a man with his bicycle in St Andrews, Scotland.

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The Book of St Andrews. Its ecclesiastical significance dates as far back as the fourth century, when St Regulus is claimed to have brought the relics of the saint there; its cultural importance dates from the early fifteenth century, when the world-famous university was founded there. More recently, since the seventeenth century, it has been well known as a centre for golf. This selection of short stories and essays is a wonderful literary celebration of this historic and venerable city which explore the multiple facets of its life and history It includes contributions from a wide range of authors, including A.L. Kennedy, Robert Fergusson, Alastair Reid, Ian Rankin, Samuel Johnson, Robert Burns, Don Paterson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edwin Morgan, Hugh MacDiarmid, Willa Muir, Douglas Dunn, Anna Crowe, Meagan Delahunt, Seamus Heaney, Rudyard Kipling, Kathleen Jamie, Liz Lochhead, J.M. Barrie, Meg Bateman and Homer. The Book of St Andrews.