Old Photograph Aberlour Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Aberlour located twelve miles South of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. The full name of this Scottish village is Charlestown of Aberlour. The town was granted its feu charter in 1814 and began to operate its own markets. Whisky was a major industry even then and once the 1823 licensing act was passed and a longer warehousing process introduced it began to take on the more mature characteristics that we are familiar with today.



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Old Photograph Keltie Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Keltie Castle, Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish fortified house was built by the Bonar family around 1600. The Rollo family acquired the estate in 1835. Keltie incorporates earlier work. It is an L shaped building with an unusual turret corbelled out on the east gable with five shot holes. There are other shot-holes elsewhere and a stout iron grille over a first floor window.



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Old Photograph Castle Sween Scotland

Old photograph of Castle Sween, Argyll, Scotland. This Scottish castle is thought to be one of the earliest stone castles built in Scotland, having been built sometime in the late twelfth century. In the thirteenth century, the Clan MacSween governed lands extending as far north as Loch Awe and as far south as Skipness Castle on Loch Fyne. In the later half of the thirteenth century the MacSween lands of Knapdale passed into the hands of the Stewart Earls of Menteith. By the time of the Wars of Scottish Independence the MacSweens entered into the service of King Edward I of England in the hope of recovering their lands from the Earl of Menteith, however when Robert the Bruce became King of Scotland he displaced the MacSweens from their lands. After Robert the Bruce had defeated MacDougall Lord of Lorne in 1308, he then laid siege to Alasdair Og MacDonald in Castle Sween. Alastair gave himself up and was disinherited by Robert Bruce who then granted Islay to Alasdair's younger brother, Angus Og, the king's loyal supporter, who also received the Castle Sween in Kintyre from the King. In 1376 half of Knapdale, which included Castle Sween, passed into possession of the MacDonald Lords of the Isles, by grant of Robert II of Scotland to his son-in-law John I, Lord of the Isles.



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Old Photograph Crofter Carrying Peat Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter carrying a Peat basket on the Island Of Harris, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Lann Hall Scotland

Old photograph of Lann Hall, Tynron, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. A late 18th century symmetrically planned small mansion house.



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