Old Photograph Calva Beach Island Of Iona Scotland

Old photograph of Calva Beach, Island of Iona, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Inn Cairnryan Scotland

Old photograph of people outside the Inn in Cairnryan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Cairnryan is a linear settlement, looking across the main A77 road to Loch Ryan. It was established in 1701, when Lochryan House was built, along with many of the houses, in the North End of the village, for workers on the Lochryan Estate. Into the 1800s, Cairnryan was an important staging post on the coach route to Ayr, with half a dozen inns along this short stretch of coast. It also achieved a less desirable reputation as a haunt of highwaymen preying on that same passing traffic. WWII saw the building of some sections for the two Mulberry harbours in Cairnryan, these were floating ports on which the allies depended after D-Day. The village is important in maritime history, with two ferry services connecting Scotland and Northern Ireland.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Our Lady of Perpetual Succour And St Cumin Morar

Tour Scotland photograph of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour and St Cumin, Morar, Lochaber, Scotland. This Catholic church was built and dedicated by the Lovat family in 1889 for the people of the area. It is built of local grey stone with a detached bell tower. Among those present at the opening service were Lady Lovat, Lord Lovat, the Honorable Misses Fraser, the Honorable Lady Mostyn, the Honorable Lady Sausse, the Lord Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, the Right Reverend Angus MacDonald, Colonel MacDonald of Glenaladale, the Right Reverend A. MacIntosh of Fort William, the Reverend D.A. MacPherson, Arisaig, the Reverend D. MacLellan, Morar, The Reverend John MacElmail, Knoydart, Mr and Mrs MacLellan, Mr Johnstone, Mr Walker, Mr MacNab etc. The congregation also included a large number of persons from the neighbouring districts of South Morar, Arisaig, Knoydart; while others were present from the Isle of Skye, Eigg and places even more remote.



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Tour Scotland Video Waterfall In The Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland video of a waterfall in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland. Much of Scotland is mountainous, western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular are home to countless waterfalls.

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Tour Scotland Video Deer Stalkers In The Scottish Highlands

Tour Scotland video of deer stalkers removing a deer from a hill in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland. There are no natural predators of deer in Britain. Therefore, to maintain a stable and healthy population of deer a cull of some of them is required each year. This is not random however, and a deer stalker will have carried out a population count/census to determine the age and sex profile of those to be culled. So then during the correct deer season, barren, genetically odd or very old animals are taken. After that selected animals resulting in a balanced pyramid profile with a few healthy older animals of each sex at the top with increasing numbers of each sex down to the yearlings at the bottom. Scottish deer stalking is often done under the guidance of a stalker or a gillie, a resident expert.

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