Old Photograph Casting Peats Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter Casting Peats on the the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.



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Old Photographs Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Amhuinnsuidhe Castle on the Island Of Harris, Scotland. The house was built in 1865 for the 7th Earl of Dunmore, the then owner of the island. Amhuinnsuidhe was designed in the Scottish baronial style by architect David Bryce. In 1874, Charles Adolphus Murray, 7th Earl of Dunmore, was appointed a Lord-in-Waiting in Disraeli's government, a post he held until 1880. In 1875 he was made Lord Lieutenant of Stirlingshire, which he remained until 1885. In 1882 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Inverness-shire Rifle Volunteers, later the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. He retired in 1896 and died on the 27th of August 1907.

Old photograph of Amhuinnsuidhe Castle on the Island Of Harris, Scotland.

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Old Photographs Easdale Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Easdale near Ellenabeich, Scotland. A small Scottish village on the isle of Seil, an island on the east side of the Firth of Lorn, 7 miles south west of Oban. A former slate mining village and one of the Slate Islands, in the Firth of Lorn. A ferry sails from Easdale to Ellenabeich which is separated from Easdale by only a narrow channel. Confusingly, Ellenabeich is sometimes known as Easdale as a result of its traditional connections with the island. Once the centre of the British slate industry, Easdale had a community of more than 500 working as many as seven quarries, some of which extended to 300 feet below sea level. Easdale slate helped to build major cities of the British Empire and can still be seen on rooftops as far afield as Melbourne, Nova Scotia, Dunedin and Dublin. The last slate was cut in 1950.



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Old Photographs Glencaple Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Glencaple near Dumfries, Scotland. Located on the banks of the River Nith, it once served as a port for nearby Dumfries.



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Old Photograph Glengarnock Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses, shop and people in Glengarnock in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The River Garnock flows through the village, but the name Glen Garnock applies to the ravine at Glengarnock Castle two miles to the north. This Scottish village, 25 miles from Glasgow, was first known as Kilbirnie Ironworks village. The community at that time consisted of a number of migrant workers from Ireland and Lithuania who were brought in to man the iron works and were housed in the " raws ", rows of terraced cottages which have now been demolished.



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