Old Photograph St. Mary's Tower House Birnam Scotland

Old photograph of St. Mary's Tower house in Birnam, Perthshire, Scotland. Sir John Everett Millais and Beatrix Potter were often visitors to this mansion house. Helen Beatrix Potter, born, 28 July 1866, died 22 December 1943, was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Born into a privileged household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District in England, developing a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted.



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Old Photograph Sauchie Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and cottages in Sauchie located North East of Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The land here originally belonged to Clan Campbell, being mentioned in connection with Cailean Mór and Gilleasbaig of Menstrie. In 1321 Robert the Bruce granted the lands of Sauchie to Henry de Annand, former Sheriff of Clackmannan. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.



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Old Photograph Cumberland Stone Culloden Battlefied Scotland

Old photograph of the Cumberland Stone on the battlefield at Culloden, near Inverness, Scotland. According to local legend, the Cumberland Stone, by Culloden Moor, marks the spot where on the morning of the battle the Butcher Duke of Cumberland took breakfast. The huge stone served the purpose of his table, and later in the day was used by him as a vantage point to survey the field of battle. On 8 April 1746, Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, set out from Aberdeen for Inverness, and, on 16 April, his army fought the decisive Battle of Culloden, in which the Stuart forces were completely destroyed. Cumberland ordered his troops to show no quarter against any remaining Jacobite rebels. His troops traversed the battlefield and stabbed any of the rebel soldiers who were still alive. When Cumberland learned that a wounded soldier lying at his feet belonged to the opposing cause he instructed a major to shoot him; when the major, James Wolfe, refused to do so, Cumberland commanded a private soldier to complete the required duty.



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Old Photograph Sheephousehill Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, houses and children in Sheephousehill by Fauldhouse in West Lothian. West Lothian lies on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth and is predominantly rural, though there were extensive coal, iron, and shale oil mining operations in the 18th and 19th centuries, which created distinctive red spoil heaps, locally known as " bings " throughout the council area. The old county town was the royal burgh of Linlithgow, but the largest town (and the second largest town in Lothian after Edinburgh) is now Livingston. 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 Photographs Graves Of The Clans Culloden Battlefied Scotland

Old photograph of the graves of the Clans on the battlefield at Culloden near Inverness, Highlands, Scotland. This is the area where many of the wounded Clansmen died and were buried. The principal graves are on an elevated piece of ground and consist of two or three grass covered mounds rising slightly above the adjoining land. There are clan graves of the Mackintoshes, MacGillivrays, Macleans, Maclachlans and Atholl Highlanders, Stewarts of Appin, Camerons, Campbells, Frasers and others including Alexander MacDonald chief of the Keppoch MacDonalds.


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