Old Photograph Covenanter's Gravestone Kirk O' Shotts Scotland

Old photograph of the Covenanter's gravestone at Kirk O' Shotts in Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The grave of William Smith, who fought at Rullion Green in the Pentlands in the year 1666. In 1678, the Duke of Monmouth, with an army of 10,000 men, camped for ten days at Muirhead, about three miles east of Kirk o’Shotts. They were on their way by the old bridle road, to Bothwell Bridge where they defeated the Covenanters. It is believed that 160 Shotts men took part in the battle, 13 were killed and 33 taken prisoner.



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Old Photograph Kirk O' Shotts Parish Church Scotland

Old photograph of Kirk O' Shotts Parish Church and Kate's Well in Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Kirk O' Shott's Church also goes by the more affectionate title " The M8 Church " for its location on a hillock alongside the busy M8 motorway between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The Church was formerly a Catholic place of worship under the name Saint Catherines Chapel. St. Catherine's Well or Kate's Well is a historical natural spring well of significant interest and sits on holy ground at the foot of Kirk O' Shott's Parish Church. The well dates back to the 14th century and derives from the Churches former past when it was once a Catholic place of worship as St. Catherines Chapel which has origins from Catherine of Sienna.

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Old Photograph West Church Garelochhead Scotland

Old photograph of the West Church in 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 Cottage Post Office Haroldswick Scotland

Old photograph of the cottage Post Office in Haroldswick on the Island of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland. The name Haroldswick comes from the Viking King Harald, and is reputed to be the first landing point for the Vikings on the Shetland Islands. For many years, Haroldswick Post Office was the most northerly in the UK and visitors could get a special postmark. Since the office's closure in 1999, this record is now held by the post office in Baltasound.





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Old Photograph George Hotel Inveraray Scotland

Old photograph of passenger bus and cars outside the George Hotel in Inveraray, Scotland. The George Hotel was originally two private houses completed in 1770. They were part of a project by the 3rd Duke of Argyll, started in 1744, to build a whole new town in Inveraray. This was to be the first example in Scotland of a planned town. The Duke of Argyll employed the services of Adam and Milne, renowned architects of their time. The buildings in the main town remain whitewashed with blackened window surrounds. The industry of the town was herring fishing. The smoking of these fish produced the famous Loch Fyne Kipper. The fish industry survives along the longest sea loch in Scotland, with farmed salmon, mussels and oysters.



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