Old Photograph Town Hall Kirriemuir Scotland

Old photograph of the town hall in Kirriemuir, Scotland. In 1815 Kirriemuir's Trades Hall was opened as a venue where societies could meet. Among the societies that existed in the town in the nineteenth century were an education society, a horticultural society, a gardeners society and various friendly and religious societies.



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Old Photograph Chesters House Ancrum Scotland

Old photograph of Chesters House by the River Teviot near Ancrum located four miles North of Jedburgh, Borders, Scotland. It was built in the late 18th century for Thomas Elliot Ogilvie, a man who made his fortune with the Madras Civil Service in India. Ogilvie purchased the estate in 1787 and commissioned local architect William Elliot to design the new mansion, which was completed by 1790. Two local landmarks which are visible from certain areas around the village of Ancrum are the Waterloo Monument and the Timpendean Tower. The original name of the village was Ancram, as in Earl of Ancram, Marquess of Lothian and Baron Teviot. The area just north of the village was the site of the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545.





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Old Photograph Children Tollcross Park Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of children in Tollcross Park in Glasgow, Scotland. The park is located in the heart of Glasgow's East End some 3 miles east of the City Centre. Wellshot Road, Tollcross Road and Muiryfauld Drive surround the park.



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Old Photograph The Fairy Loup Canonbie Scotland

Old photograph of the Fairy Loup waterfall on Byre Burn, a tributary of River Esk near Canonbie, located six miles South of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The waterfall's name originates from a local legend of " a fairy having leaped from one side to the other ", and is an example of a regional tradition of associating small streams with fairies. This waterfall was one of several features near Langholm described in the poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid.


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Tour Scotland Video Storm Clouds Trotternish Ridge Isle Of Skye

Tour Scotland video of storm clouds over Trotternish Ridge and the Old Man Of Storr, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Trotternish or Tròndairnis in Scottish Gaelic, is the northernmost peninsula of the Isle of Skye. One of its more well-known features is the Trotternish landslip, a massive landslide that runs almost the full length of the peninsula. The landslip contains two of Skye's most famous landmarks: the Old Man of Storr, an isolated rocky pinnacle, and the Quiraing, an area of dramatic and unusual rock formations.

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