Tour Scotland photographs and videos from my tours of Scotland. Photography and videography, both old and new, from beautiful Scotland, Scottish castles, seascapes, rivers, islands, landscapes, standing stones, lochs and glens.
Old photograph of houses on Lochview Terrace in Gartcosh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies a few miles east of Glasgow, and about a mile northwest of the town of Coatbridge. Gartcosh Fireclay Works was established by James Binnie in 1863. Although mostly concerned with firebrick manufacture, during the early years its output was much more varied, extending to garden vases and pedestals, garden edges, fountains, chimney cans, roof tiles, cattle troughs, sewage pipes and other products. It was one of a group of such businesses in the area, with others at Cardowan, Garnkirk, Heathfield and Glenboig. Gartcosh Fireclay Works eventually closed down in the 1950s, when local supplies of fireclay were exhausted.
In 1865 Gartcosh became the home of Woodneuk Iron Works owned by William Gray & Co. It was bought by Smith & McLeans in 1872 and subsequently Colville's steel mills. British Steel Corporation took ownership of the Colville's steel mill in Gartcosh in 1967 and operated until its closure in February 1986. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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Old photograph of cottages in Kirkcolm, Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland. The Rhins of Galloway otherwise known as the Rhins of Wigtownshire, or as The Rhins, also spelt The Rhinns; is a hammer-head peninsula in Dumfries and Galloway. Stretching more than 25 miles from north to south, its southern tip is the Mull of Galloway, the southernmost point of Scotland. The principal settlements are Stranraer at the head of Loch Ryan and the small tourist village of Portpatrick on the west coast, other villages are dotted up and down the peninsula, including Kirkcolm, Leswalt, Lochans, and in the South Rhins; Stoneykirk, Sandhead, Ardwell and Drummore.
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Old photograph of the Parish Church and cemetery in Kilmelford near Oban, Scotland. A small Scottish church built in 1785, re-roofed in 1890. Oblong plan with gable front with birdcage belfry and 8 spoked wheel window over pointed arch entrance.
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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 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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