Old photograph of fishing boats in the harbour in Findochty village, located four miles east of the town of Buckie on the Moray Firth, Scotland. The lands here passed from the Duffs to the Ogilvies of Findlater and subsequently, in 1568, the Ord family acquired the manor, port, custom and fishers lands of Findochty, and later built the House of Findochty, known as Findochty Castle, now a ruin, which stands to the west of the village. In 1716 the Ords brought 13 men and 4 boys from Fraserburgh under contract to fish from Findochty, and for a time the harbour was busy with landings of herring and white fish. Findochty expanded as a fishing port through the 1700s and 1800s, and by 1850 was home to 140 fishing boats. But the expansion in the late 1800s of nearby Buckie provided a better harbour, and some of the fishing fleet had left Findochty by 1890.
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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 Collecting Peat Isle Of Lewis Scotland
Old photograph of collecting Peat on Isle of Lewis, Scotland. 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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Tour Scotland Photograph Clach an Trushal Standing Stone Isle Of Lewis
Tour Scotland photograph of Clach an Trushal standing stone on Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. This stone is located in the village of Ballantrushal on the west side of Lewis. Like many standing stones, it has been said that it marks the site of a great battle, the last one fought between the feuding clans of Macaulay and Morrison, however it is actually the solitary upright stone remaining from a stone circle built about 5,000 years ago. 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 Railway Station Newtongrange Scotland
Old photograph of the original railway station in Newtongrange, a station to be opened as part of the future Waverley Line, a line to be reopened between Edinburgh and Tweedbank, just beyond Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. The new station is on a site south of the original station. There is a planned half-hourly service at this stop to Tweedbank. This station will serve the town of Newtongrange, Midlothian. The station was previously closed, along with the Waverley Line, the station and the line is expected to reopen. 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 Railway Station Crosshouse Scotland
Old photograph of the railway station in Crosshouse located two miles West of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. Crosshouse railway station was a railway station serving the village of Knockentiber and nearby Crosshouse, East Ayrshire. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway. The station opened on 4 April 1843 as Busby. Busby station had a short life and closed on 15 April 1850, however the station reopened as Crosshouse, then as part of the Glasgow and South Western Railway on 1 September 1872. Crosshouse and its four platforms served as a junction station, allowing travel to Kilmarnock from the directions of both Irvine and Dalry. The Irvine service was withdrawn on 6 April 1964, with the station closing permanently to passengers on 18 April 1966, although the line was still in use by freight trains and diverted passenger trains until 23 October 1973. 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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