Old Photograph Dunderave Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Dunderave Castle located three miles North East of Inveraray, Scotland. An L-plan Scottish castle built in the 16th century as the Scottish seat of the MacNaughton clan. Clan Macnaghten, sometimes spelt as MacNachten or MacNaughton. is a Scottish clan. The Clan Macnaghten are amongst the Scottish clans who claim descent from the early Pictish rulers of the Mormaer of Moray.[4] The name Nectan means pure or clear and was popular in at least one Pictish royal branch. Three brothers are recorded in the thirteenth century: Gilchrist, Athe and Gilbert, all sons of Malcolm Macnachten. In 1297 Gilchrist received a charter from Alexander III of Scotland which granted to him the keepership of a castle warding the narrow Pass of Brander, which was the gateway to the west.



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Old Photograph Auchenlochan Scotland

Old photograph of Auchenlochan, Kyles of Bute, Argyll, Scotland. This small hamlet lies between Tighnabruaich and Kames.



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Old Photograph Loch Sunart Scotland

Old photograph of Loch Sunart, Lochaber, Scotland. This Scottish loch runs west from the sea, bounded to the north by the Sunart district of Ardnamurchan and to the south by the Morverna brutta. A local legend holds that the absence of resident swans in Loch Sunart is the result of a doomed love affair between a Celtic chieftain and a local girl. When his mother, who opposed a marriage, turned her into a swan to thwart their love, the young man accidentally killed the swan while hunting. On learning of the swan's real identity he killed himself to join the swan at the bottom of the loch, which swans supposedly have shunned ever since.



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Old Photographs Garelochhead Scotland

Old photograph of Garelochhead, Scotland. Originally in Dunbartonshire, this village developed from the 1820s with the advent of steamer cruising during the Glasgow Fair holiday. Tourism was boosted with the opening of the West Highland Railway line to Fort William in 1894. In 1854 there was a great dispute that became known as the Battle of Garelochhead fought between the locals, led by Sir James Colquhoun, and the passengers of the steamer Ship Emperor. The trouble started when Colquhoun did not want trippers on the sabbath day. The battle was eventually won by the passengers, but undeterred Colquhoun took his case to the courts who subsequently banned sailings on Sundays.

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Old Photograph Dunragit Scotland

Old photograph of Dunragit in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village grew up around the west gate of Dunragit House, an 18th century country house. The major employer was always the Creamery, but this is no longer in use.



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