Old Photograph Bay of Skaill Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of the Bay of Skaill on the West Coast of the mainland Orkney Islands, Scotland.



Tour Scotland video of the Neolithic village on visit to Skara Brae located on Bay of Skaill on the West Coast of the mainland Orkney Islands, Scotland. Older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids, it has been called the Scottish Pompei" because of its excellent preservation. In the winter of 1850, a severe storm hit Scotland, causing widespread damage and over 200 deaths. In the Bay of Skaill, the storm stripped the earth from a large irregular knoll known as " Skerrabra ". When the storm cleared, local villagers found the outline of a village, consisting of a number of small houses without roofs. William Watt of Skaill, the local laird, began an amateur excavation of the site, but after four houses were uncovered, the work was abandoned in 1868. The site remained undisturbed until 1913, when during a single weekend the site was plundered by a party with shovels who took away an unknown quantity of artefacts. In 1924, another storm swept away part of one of the houses and it was determined the site should be made secure and more seriously investigated. The job was given to University of Edinburgh's Professor Vere Gordon Childe who travelled to Skara Brae for the first time in mid 1927.

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Old Photograph HMS Moon Sound Of Hoy Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of HMS Moon in the Sound of Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland. H.M.S. Moon was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the " M " class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War. Moon fought at the Battle of Jutland, screening the Battle Fleet as one of the 14 " M " class destroyers of the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla.



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Old Photograph Steam Train Approaching Rockcliffe Scotland

Old photograph of a steam train approaching Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Rockcliffe railway station, later Rockcliffe Halt, served the rural area around Rockcliffe, north of Carlisle, England, in the English county of Cumberland (now part of Cumbria); it lay some distance from the village. The station was served by local trains on what is now known as the West Coast Main Line. The nearest station for Rockcliffe is now at Carlisle.


Tour Scotland video of old photographs of Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Rockcliffe lies at the mouth of the Urr Water on the eastern shore of the Rough Firth, 6 miles south of Dalbeattie. The Mote of Mark, a hill fort of the 5th Century AD, is located to the north west on Mark Hill, the name Mark being associated with the King of ancient Dumnonia who was the husband of Isolde in the story of Tristan and Isolde. The Jubilee Path along with the Muckle Lands form an extensive area of coast between Rockcliffe and Kippford. Rockcliffe is also linked to Castle Point, site of a Roman fort, Glenstocken, Portling and Sandyhills by walking footpath. 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 Photograph John MacFarlane Shop Innellan Scotland

Old photograph of the John MacFarlane grocery shop in Innellan, Scotland. A Scottish village that lies on the east shore of the Cowal peninsula, on the Firth of Clyde, four miles south of the town of Dunoon, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Farmers Bowden Scotland

Old photograph of farmers harvesting near Bowden, three miles South of Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland.





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