Old Photograph Ramna Stacks Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Ramna Sea Stacks from Uyea on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Ramna Stacks are a group of skerries in the Shetland islands. They are north of the northern tip of Mainland, and along with nearby Gruney they are a special protection area on account of their bird life. From north to south they consist of: Gaut Skerries, Outer Stack, Scordar, Turla, Hyter, Ofoora, Fladda, Flae-ass and Barlcudda.



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Old Photograph Tingwall Valley Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Tingwall Valley located two mile North of Scalloway on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Tingwall valley extends north from near Scalloway to the south end of Lax Firth. It is diversified by the lochs of Tingwall, Girlsta, Asta, Strom and some others. It is so indented by the sea as to contain no point farther than two miles from it. Measured across marine intersections, it has a length of about nineteen miles, and a maximum breadth of ten miles. The small promontory at the end of Tingwall Loch, known as Tingaholm or Law Ting Holm was once home to Shetland's earliest parliament. It was once an islet entirely surrounded by water and accessed by a stone causeway. In the 1850s the level of the loch was lowered, and the holm took on its present form. There are a number of ancient and historical monuments in Tingwall, including a standing stone known as the murder stone. This stone is traditionally said to be the site where the Earl of Orkney killed his cousin in a power struggle over Shetland. Tingwall was also the home of brothers Laurence I. Graham and John J. Graham, two of Shetland's most influential 20th Century Writers.



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Old Photograph Vementry Shetland Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Vementry, Shetland Islands, Scotland. Vementry is an uninhabited Scottish island in Shetland on the north side of the West Mainland, lying south of Muckle Roe. The island was last inhabited in the 1840s. On the island are two 6 inch First World War gun emplacements which overlook the narrow entrance into the former naval anchorage of Busta Voe on Swarbacks Head, a cliff standing around 161 feet above sea level. These guns were removed from HMS Gibraltar an Edgar Class cruiser which was acting as a depot ship for 10th Cruiser Squadron. They were manned by a mixed crew of Royal Navy Sailors and Royal Marines. The island is known for the well preserved remains of a Neolithic heel-shaped cairn. There is no ferry service to the island, although the shepherd on the nearby mainland farm occasionally makes the short trip to work with stock on the island.




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Old Photograph Market Cross Peebles Scotland

Old photograph of shops, people and Market Cross in Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. Peebles Market Cross formerly stood at the intersection of the High Street, Northgate and Eastgate. In 1807 it was demolished, having become ruinous, but the shaft and head were given to Sir J Hay, who re-erected them at Kinsmeadows, where the cross stood in 1856. In 1859 it was returned to the town by Sir A Hay, and placed in the centre of the quadrangle of the Chambers Institute. In 1895, the cross was re-erected on its original site, on another pedestal; then in 1964 the cross was removed to its present position, a few yards East of the former one, and mounted on a new pedestal.



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Old Photograph Brecklet Ballachulish Scotland

Old photograph of Brecklet, Ballachulish, Lochaber, Scotland.



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