Old Photograph Holborn Head Lighthouse Scotland

Old photograph of Holborn Head lighthouse near Scrabster, Caithness, Scotland. Designed and built by David and Thomas Stevenson, it was completed in 1862. The tower for the light is integral with the keepers' house which is unusual since most Scottish lighthouses are separate from the house. After entering the upper floor front doorway there is a vestibule with two entrances, one to the Lightkeepers House and the other to the Lighthouse Tower. There were two Lighthouse keepers houses and the Tower within the building. Separate to this was the Principal Keeper's House. The light was discontinued in 2003. 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 Butt of Lewis Lighthouse Isle Of Lewis Scotland

Old photograph of Butt of Lewis Lighthouse, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. This is the northernmost point of the Isle of Lewis. It is the location for an unmanned lighthouse built in the 1860s and designed by David Stevenson. 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 McArthur's Head Lighthouse Islay Scotland

Old photograph of McArthur's Head lighthouse at the entrance to the Sound of Islay, Islay, Scotland. This Scottish lighthouse was established in 1861 and built by lighthouse builders, David and Thomas Stevenson. 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 Lighthouse North Ronaldsay Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of the old lighthouse on the island of North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Dennis Head, in the northeast of the island, is home to an historic lighthouse known as the Old Beacon. The light was first established in 1789 by Thomas Smith. It was to be the first of many island lighthouses for Smith, who had previously worked on the lights at Kinnaird Head and Mull of Kintyre. Smith received assistance with the North Ronaldsay light from Ezekiel Walker and from his stepson Robert Stevenson. In 1809 with the construction of other nearby lighthouses it was decided that the North Ronaldsay light was no longer required and it was extinguished. 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 Minard Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Minard Castle on the North western shore of Loch Fyne near Inveraray, Scotland. This castellated mansion stands on a low promontory South of Minard Bay, bounded on the East by Loch fine and on the West by steep wooded slopes. It incorporates a plain Georgian house built by Archibald Campbell of Knockbuy, born 1693, died 1790, who was a noted improving landlord who since about 1740 had been developing the policies, North and West of Minard Bay. The estate was sold in 1842 to H W Askew, who immediately began extensive alterations and additions, completed in 1848, to the castellated designs of the Glasgow architect J T Rochead. It was owned by the Lloyd family from 1875 to 1938, and after a period of use as a hotel or guest house it was extensively renovated in the 1970s by the present owner. 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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